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...
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Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.
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...
Read More ›Race Discrimination in the Advertising Industry
The US advertising industry, with advertising revenue well over $30 billion a year is economically viable. However, economically viable, the industry is battling an...
Read More ›Race Discrimination in Employment
Yes, despite persistent denials race discrimination is a significant problem in the workplace. Race discrimination occurs when supervisors, colleagues or even third-party associates of...
Read More ›Criminal Records and Arrest Discrimination
In certain instances, the law prohibits an employer from making hiring decisions based on a job applicant’s criminal history (or the lack thereof) There...
Read More ›Employee or Applicant Protection Against Retaliation
“Retaliation” in the workplace constitutes of firing, demoting, or harassing workers or applicants because they have complained about employment discrimination based on age, color,...
Read More ›NYPD Reforms Interacting With the TGNC Community
The LGBT Pride Month is drawing to a close but New York City will continue its observance of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender citizens’...
Read More ›The State of New York’s LGBT Community
For the fourth consecutive year, President Barack Obama has declared June the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”: the 30-day period for pondering...
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