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In Dranitca v. Allied Universal Sec. Services LLC, No. 150492/2025, 2025 WL 2814548 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sep. 26, 2025), an employment discrimination case, the court discussed and applied New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 205, which governs the timeframe in which to recommence an action in one forum after being dismissed in another. Here,…

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A recent decision from the Eighth Circuit, Jackson v. Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., 134 F.4th 1262 (8th Cir. April 25, 2025), illustrates the perils of waiting to the very end of the statute of limitations to file a complaint. In sum, the plaintiff filed a Charge of Discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,…

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Every legal claim has a “statute of limitations”. (For the record, not a “statue of limitations“). Generally, a statute of limitations is a law that bars claims after a specific period, namely, a statute establishing a time limit for suing in a civil case, measured from the date the claim accrued. As explained by the…

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The New York City Council recently approved an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law to ensure that employers may not, by agreement, subject a discrimination claim to a shorter statute of limitations than provided by the statute. Specifically, the new law, Int. No. 69-A, amends Section 8-109 of the Administrative Code of…

Read More NYC Council Votes to Amend NYC Human Rights Law to Render Void Any Provision Seeking to Shorten the Statute of Limitations
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In Crawford v. David Ratner, No. 952052/2023, 2023 WL 8810507 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 20, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims – arising from a series of alleged sexual assaults, sexual harassment and retaliatory conduct between 2010 and 2011 by the defendant – under the…

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In Gabin v Greenwich House, No. 155015/21, 16651, 2022-00210, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 06428, 2022 WL 16935706 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Nov. 15, 2022), the court reversed a lower court decision dismissing plaintiff’s age discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. The court explained that plaintiff’s claim was timely, in light…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims’ Timeliness Dismissal Reversed; Tolls Applied
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A recent decision, Brash v. Richards, 2021 NY Slip Op 03436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2nd Dept. June 2, 2021), held that a series of Executive Orders issued by Governor Cuomo in light of the COVID-19 pandemic constitute a “toll”, rather than a “suspension”, of certain filing deadlines. As a result, it held that the appeal…

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In Raji v SG Americas Securities, LLC, No. 12583, 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 07475, 2020 WL 7250251 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Dec. 10, 2020) – an employment discrimination (based on sexual orientation) case – the Appellate Division, First Department held that plaintiff’s claims, in part, were not barred on statute of limitations grounds. The court’s decision…

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In Gausney-Cruz v. City of New York, No. 151766/2020, 2020 WL 5900906 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 30, 2020), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s discrimination claims on statute of limitations grounds. Specifically, plaintiff filed their complaint alleging unlawful termination approximately seven years after they were terminated. It was undisputed that…

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In Young v. Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families, 2020 WL 4287164 (EDNY July 27, 2020), the court dismissed plaintiff’s federal age discrimination claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) on statute-of-limitations grounds. Plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that plaintiff’s supervisor (his former trainee) disrespected and lied abut plaintiff to others, that…

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