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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Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.
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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Deputy Chief Winston M. Faison Challenges NYPD and Police Pension Fund Effort to Force His Retirement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Faison Contends the Police Commissioner Exceeded the Limits of Administrative Code § 14-115 and the Police Pension Fund Unlawfully Surrendered Its...
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She Graduated the Police Academy. She Completed Field Training While Living in a Shelter. Then NYPD Turned Her Victimization Into the End of Her Career
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Former NYPD Officer Sheila M. Nunez-Lopez alleges NYPD ignored its own records identifying her as the victim, continued employment consequences after...
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Newton v. LVMH: Protected Activity Does Not End When Litigation Begins
The Second Circuit Recognizes That Refusing to Settle a Discrimination Case Can Be Protected Opposition—and Rejects an Artificially Narrow View of Retaliation The...
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An Accident Twenty Years Ago Must Not Automatically Become a Disability Pension Today
The New York City Police Pension Fund Must Tighten Remote-Injury ADR Review Now—and the Legislature Must Permanently Reform the Causation Standard Executive Summary...
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