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Closing the Loophole: Why New York Must Expand Anti-SLAPP Protections to...
Abstract: Workplace whistleblowers play an indispensable role in exposing discrimination, harassment, corruption, and systemic misconduct within both public and private institutions. In New York, legislative reforms, such as the expansion of the...
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Protecting Truth-Tellers: Strengthening New York’s Proposed Expansion of Privilege for Survivor...
Abstract: The weaponization of defamation law against survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination has emerged as a critical threat to free expression and civil rights enforcement. Although New York expanded its anti-SLAPP protections...
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Trial by Reputation: The Legal and Cultural Stakes in the Shannon...
I. Introduction: When the Courtroom Isn’t the Only Arena The battle over truth is no longer confined to courtrooms. Today, allegations of sexual misconduct are litigated just as fiercely—and often more immediately—on social media, in press...
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Whistleblower NYPD Lieutenant Sues City, Exposes ‘Mafia Culture’ and Caban-Fueled Corruption
New York, NY – April 21, 2025 — The NYPD’s inner circle of political influence and retaliatory control is now at the center of a sweeping discrimination lawsuit filed by Lieutenant Emelio C. Rodriques, a 21-year veteran of the force who...
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NYPD Leadership Accused of Enabling Harassment and Retaliation Against Black Recruit...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY — April 20, 2025, a scathing new lawsuit filed in New York County Supreme Court alleges that the New York Police Department subjected recruit Emilio Andino, a Black male assigned to the...
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Exposed: NYPD’s ‘Random’ Drug Testing Disproportionately Hits Officers of Color, Says...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – April 18, 2025 — In a sweeping and detailed complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), veteran NYPD Police Officer Frankie F. Palaguachi has accused the New York City...
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