Bad Method of Flirting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Former NYPD recruit alleges Academy supervisors sexualized a male recruit’s alleged assault, falsely framed it as domestic violence, and then...
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Insights on Complex Legal Challenges
Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.
Dirty Little Secrets in Sacred Places
What Teresa Rojas v. St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Archdiocese of New York Alleges About Race, Sex, Medical Leave, Retaliation, and Institutional Protection Inside...
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When Racism Becomes a Workplace Safety Threat
The federal complaint in Shaquille Toby v. Porto Salvo LLC d/b/a Minato Bronx and Luigi Ghidetti shows how racial harassment in a low-wage, off-the-books...
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When Approved Remote Work Becomes a Reason to Fire
The complaint in Wei Liu v. Evaton Inc. raises a modern employment-law question: whether an employer may accept a high-performing employee’s hybrid field-work arrangement,...
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When the Hospital Becomes the Hostile Work Environment
The Federal Complaint in Rachel Sonntag v. NYU Langone Health System Alleges a Healthcare Workplace Where Sexual Harassment, Institutional Minimization, Retaliatory Co-Worker Conduct, and...
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When Sexual Harassment Lives in the Hourly Workplace
The access-to-counsel gap behind low-wage workplace harassment claims. Core Thesis Core Thesis The public conversation about workplace sexual harassment still tends to focus...
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When HR Goes Silent: The Legal Warning Inside Bowman v. Phoenix Houses
A federal complaint alleges that an older female employee reported sexualized and age-based harassment, asked for protection, and was left to choose between returning...
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When HR Becomes the Shield: Sexual Harassment, Retaliation, and Institutional Failure in the MIA Aesthetics Lawsuit
Kayla Silva’s federal complaint alleges more than sexual harassment by a surgeon. It alleges a workplace system that received notice, failed to intervene, discouraged...
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Take Time or Lose the Overtime: The NYPD’s Ongoing Compensatory-Time Coercion
For more than forty years, NYPD employees have been placed in the same coercive position: accept compensatory time instead of cash, or risk being...
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