Sexual Harassment in the Agricultural Industry
Nearly 25% of all U.S. farm workers are women. Many if not most of these women are immigrants, many of them undocumented. They help...
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Insights on Complex Legal Challenges
Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.
The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
The New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, or OATH, is the government agency that is responsible for conducting hearings for other...
Read More ›The New York City Civil Service Commission
A civil servant, also known as a public servant, is a person who provides non-military service to the government and its citizenry. Both a...
Read More ›Can public school officials search a student’s bag while in school?
Yes, in the interest of ensuring a safe and secure academic environment, public school officials can conduct searches but only within certain legal limits....
Read More ›Can store security personnel be sued as ‘state actors?’
Yes. Store security personnel can be sued as ‘state actors’ “Section 1983”, more formally Title 42 § USC 1983 of the Civil Rights Act...
Read More ›Bronx Parks ‘Hangman’s Noose’ Victim Files $15 Million Dollar Lawsuit
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., files a $15 million lawsuit alleging that the NYC Parks Department...
Read More ›Can private parties be sued as ‘state actors?’
Yes. Private parties can be sued as ‘state actors’ under Section 1983 Although state actors are generally governmental employees’ including the state and local...
Read More ›Race Discrimination in the Banking Industry
The American Banking Industry one of the oldest, largest and most important of our industries is plagued with race-based business practices Banks, more broadly...
Read More ›NYPD Cop Files Suit for $30M Alleging Sexual Harassment
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $30 Million Dollar state lawsuit that the NYPD...
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