WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against gay and transgender workers. The law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbids employment discrimination based on sex. The question for the justices is whether that language bars discrimination based on…
Regardless of what you think about Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN), it’s time to stand with her against the spate of Islamophobic attacks emanating from President Donald Trump, the Republican party, and their allies in the conservative press. The attacks on her have been brutal, relentless, and blatantly bigoted — qualitatively different and far worse than…
Jair Bolsonaro’s first official visit to the US had all the drama of a Brazilian soap opera – intrigue, betrayal, family, controversy. But viewers back home in Brazil were left divided: a disastrous interview with Fox News prompted starkly contrasting verdicts, captured in the two trending hashtags: #BolsonaroShamesBrazil (#BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil) and #Bolsonaro Pride of Brazil (#BolsonaroOrgulhoDoBrasil)….
At least 11 states, from California to Vermont, passed new protections addressing workplace harassment in 2018 — and many of them go into effect in the new year. California also passed a new law requiring women on corporate boards by the end of 2019. The reforms come as the #MeToo movement has raised the curtain…
The legal academy is having its own #MeToo reckoning. The past year or so has seen a spate of law professors and administrators come under the microscope for their questionable conduct with students and staff. Full article below https://www.law.com/2018/12/05/law-profs-swept-up-in-metoo-movement/?slreturn=20190229161012
A Miami litigator expressed skepticism about the #MeToo movement during a bond hearing in the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Saturday. Kristi Kassebaum, a personal injury and criminal law attorney with the Kassebaum and Basile firm, made her remarks while speaking on behalf of her client Alejandro Perez. Perez, a fifth-grade teacher with Charles R. Hadley…
Playboy Enterprises and its bunny ears logo are still among the most identifiable marks around the world, but the company may have stumbled as it tries to branch out by licensing its name and logo beyond its 64-year-old magazine. The Champagne and Spirits Alliance (CASA) and its affiliated company, Fish Fork, claim in a $30…
UPDATE: PEG tells us Adore’s allegations are “categorically inaccurate in every regard, including [Adore’s] income, expenses and PEG’s commissions.” The managers insist they “would never take actions that are adverse to the careers of our artists” … and they’re confident the suit will be tossed. Read full article here
The associated press confirms, a federal lawsuit alleges Moreno Valley Unified school officials failed to alert authorities to the repeated sexual assault of a special-needs third-grader at Honey Hollow Elementary by a fellow student in 2017. May 23, 2018. (TERRY PIERSON,THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE/SCNG) Read Full Article Here
Indie Wire Reports, $100 Million Lawsuit Accuses Late Paramount CEO Brad Grey of Rape, MTV’s Brian Graden of Aggravated Sexual Abuse. Attorney Advertisement*
