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Brown-Allen v. City of New York Exposes What Happens When Police Authority Expands Before The Facts Do The Search Became The Investigation There is...
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When The Complainant Becomes The One Removed From The Workplace
Baez v. CUNY Raises A More Serious Question Than The Alleged Sexual Assault: What Happens When The Employer Leaves The Accused Senior Executive In...
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Winning The Case And Losing The Litigation
Qorrolli v. Metropolitan Dental Associates Is A Cautionary Tale About Trial Evidence, Rule 59, Retrial, Appeal—and The Difference Between Liability And Damages From...
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The Underlying Discrimination Claim Can Fail And The Retaliation Claim Can Still Survive
Povinelli v. Kroll Reinforces The Independent Statutory Protection Against Retaliation Under The NYSHRL And NYCHRL Retaliation is not merely an extension of an underlying...
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Who the Media Decides Is a Victim, Part II
The Cornell Case Study: How Bias, Victim Stereotypes, Institutional Failure, and Civil Litigation Shape Sexual-Abuse Accountability Executive Summary My earlier commentary, Who the...
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Federal Monitoring At The Public Trough
Thirteen Years, Thirty-Three Reports, Millions In Public Money—and NYPD Is Still Underreporting Terry Stops Executive Summary More than thirteen years after federal remedial...
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Reforming the New York City Police Pension Fund
A Legislative Framework for Transparent Disability Standards, Independent Decision-making, Meaningful Representation, and Consistent Review The New York City Police Pension Fund (PPF) administers...
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C.N. v. Sigma Delta Tau Society: The Second Department Begins to Define the Reach of the EFAA
A Case of First Impression Explains Why the Ending Forced Arbitration Act Turns on the Relationship Between the Case and the Sexual-Misconduct Dispute, Not...
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What OLC Can Do—and What It Cannot Do
The June 9, 2026 OLC Opinion Can Reshape Federal Enforcement. It Cannot Amend Title VII, Bind the Courts, or Erase State Antidiscrimination Law. ...
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