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Woman sheriff wins big judgment for harassment

Panel Upholds $1.5M Harassment Judgment Joel Stashenko, New York Law Journal August 14, 2015 An appeals court Thursday upheld a roughly $1.5 million judgment for a former sergeant in the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department for harassment she suffered from male … Continue reading

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Return of the celebsuit!

For a while now I have eschewed posting any stuff about celeb lawsuits. Why? It’s boring. For me, anyway. I wish I could summon up sympathy for some of the plaintiffs but it’s hard, really hard. Not to prejudice their … Continue reading

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Global war against women in Silicon Valley: big lawsuit

And there will be more lurid details available to peruse on line in the Ellen Pao workplace discrimination lawsuit against the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins. Let me point out, not for the first time, how strong — … Continue reading

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