When Alleged Workplace Rape Becomes a “Close Call”
Doe v. New York State Office of Mental Health Exposes the Continuing Gap Between Sexual-Offense Doctrine and What the Law Already Knows About Supervisory...
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The Junk Science Problem in Drug Testing Is Bigger Than False Positives
A New Forensic Review Shows Why Detecting a Drug in Hair Does Not Prove How It Got There, How Much Was Used, or Whether...
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Race, Pregnancy, and the Right to Leave: The Allegations in Kamara v. Goals Plastic Surgery
A Newly Filed Federal Lawsuit Raises Serious Questions About Racial Stereotyping, Pregnancy Discrimination, and Whether Maternity Leave Exists in Practice When an Employee Is...
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If They Try to Decertify You, Fight It
Why Former Law-Enforcement Officers Must Challenge “Removal for Cause,” Protect Their Certification, and Preserve Their Professional and Economic Future For most law-enforcement officers,...
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She Secured Her Pension. Now She Is Challenging the System That Used It Against Her.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The lawsuit alleges that the NYPD converted a Black executive’s caregiving authorization into criminal misconduct, manipulated Smith’s retirement eligibility, and...
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The Institutional Failure Widens: Foster Files Civil-Rights Action Against DEA and PBA Over Alleged Discriminatory and Retaliatory Representation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Lawsuit Alleges NYPD’s Successive Police Unions Failed to Protect Officer Shatorra J. Foster’s Rights While the Department Continued Prosecuting Her...
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“What Happens When a Female Officer Says No?”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Delinda N. Giraldo alleges that after she rejected supervisory sexual attention, discipline and retaliation followed; at the same time, Lieutenant...
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The Statute of Limitations Is Not a License to Retaliate
Why Former Employees Can Bring New Retaliation Claims Years After the Original Employment Dispute Has Ended. The Limitations Period Governs the Act Being Challenged, Not...
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Section 14-115 Does Not Give the NYPD Unlimited Disciplinary Power
What More Than a Century of Legislative History Reveals About the Police Commissioner’s Authority—and Its Limits Executive Summary New York City Administrative Code...
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