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

One year ago, allegations against Harvey Weinstein prompted a worldwide witnessing of sexual harassment and assault stories on social media, and the #MeToo movement sparked a cultural reckoning. Bill Cosby is in jail. Accused men, from Les Moonves to Al Franken, have been ousted from their positions of power. Allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have left…

County prosecutors will visit college campuses throughout New Jersey this fall to forge a relationship with survivors of assault through community forums, state  General Gurbir Grewal announced Thursday at a campus sexual violence conference. The forums will be an opportunity for prosecutors and law enforcement to hear directly from survivors and assure them that allegations will…

Twelve days after WarnerMedia launched an investigation into an alleged affair between Warner Bros. Chairman Tsujihara and a young actress, he was out. Tsujihara appeared to be another casualty of the #MeToo movement: a powerful Hollywood executive abruptly felled by shocking yet credible claims of sexually inappropriate behavior. But the executive’s ouster wasn’t as…

The bill aims to end secret, mandatory arbitration proceedings for claims brought by employees against their employers. When local Elizabeth Jubin Fujiwara started representing sex discrimination victims in Hawaii in 1986, it was rare to come across employees who were bound to go through secret arbitration proceedings rather than the court system. But over…

  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 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…

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) — A shocking lawsuit claims Moreno Valley Unified School District officials tried to cover up a 7-year-old special-needs student’s alleged sexual assault. According to the lawsuit filed in March, a special-needs third-grade student at Honey Hollow Elementary School was made to “feel shame, humiliation and remorse” for speaking out about her…

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…

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