Sexual Harassment
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Crime
L.A. District Attorney Preparing A Sexual Harassment Task Force
That moment when America officially took Hollywood more seriously than the President. -
Litigators
How Do They Get Away With It? A Bill O'Reilly Case Study.
Remember, the whole system is designed to protect predatory men, not their victims. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
Sexual Harassment: Can Men And Women Be Friends (At Work)?
And if you're friends, can you give each other compliments?
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Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
What Happens When A Prominent Partner Keeps Making Unwanted Sexual Advances And Won't Take 'No' For An Answer?
No, it's not your fault. Please don't blame yourself for this kind of sexual misconduct. -
Biglaw
New York Times Fires David Boies Over The Whole 'Grave Betrayal' Thing
Welp, he had a bad day. -
On The Job
There Are No Accidental Monsters: Or How Not To Worry About Sexual Harassment At Work
Sexual harassment comes from deliberate action by both the harasser and the employer. -
Biglaw
David Boies Takes Responsibility For Enabling Harvey Weinstein
David Boies's role in keeping the allegations against the Hollywood mogul under wraps. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.17
* Colin Kaepernick’s lawyers have requested emails and texts from a number of teams as part of the quarterback’s collusion claim. They’ve also asked to speak to Texans owner Bob McNair, 49ers owner Jed York, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. [CBS Sports]
* So, you want to write a white paper. Best practices for law firms to make the most of the marketing opportunity. [Law and More]
* Bad news for in-house lawyers. Those sexual harassment trainings probably don’t work. [Mother Jones]
* Yeah, you best believe Anita Hill has some thoughts about what’s been going on. [New Yorker]
* It’s apparently Global Love Your Lawyer Day, so get out there and give your lawyer a hug! [ABA Journal]
* As Trump (slowly) nominates U.S. Attorneys, just how important is it that prosecutors have ties to the states they serve? [Baltimore Sun]
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
'9 Tips To Avoid Being A Workplace Sexual Harasser': A Woman Lawyer’s Critique (Part I)
Because a man can never fully grasp workplace sexual harassment as it appears to a woman. -
In-House Counsel
Can We Not Waste This Moment By Merely Updating The Employee Handbook?
I understand the lawyerly instinct to work with documents, but more is needed. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job, Sexual Harassment
Can Harvey Weinstein Be Successfully Sued? (Part II)
Here's some analysis on one of the first live cases filed against Harvey Weinstein. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.27.17
* It looks like Department of Justice will try to have his cake and eat it too. The DOJ is sending Solicitor General Noel Francisco to argue on behalf of the religious freedom of bakers to discriminate against gay people while the government simultaneously argues how imperative it is to keep Muslims out of America. [National Law Journal]
* Former Fried Frank associate faces charges over alleged sexual relationship with 14-year-old girl. [The Recorder]
* Aetna settled a number of class actions over violating the privacy of HIV patients by distributing checks to the class in envelopes with glassine windows indicating “hey, about your HIV…” The attorneys are up in arms because they don’t seem to appreciate performative irony. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* Law firms ripped for cybersecurity failures. Again. [LegalTech News]
* Groups from across the political spectrum unite to oppose AT&T-Time Warner merger. So expect the DOJ to swiftly approve it anyway. [Law360]
* After being slapped with a sexual harassment suit yesterday, legal recruiting firm Wegman Partners announces it’s parted ways with the recruiter named in the suit. [New York Law Journal]
* In case you’re wondering where Biglaw makes its money, here’s a roundup of publicly reported legal bills from a variety of industries. [American Lawyer]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
9 Tips To Avoid Being A Sexual Harasser At Work
The workplace is not your frat house. No touching -- ever.
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.26.17
* Federal judge blocks effort to immediately force Trump to fund ACA subsidies because the law didn’t provide for permanent funding. [Washington Post]
* Allegations of more ugliness in the legal industry: recruiting firm Wegman Partners slapped with a complaint detailing “barrage” of sexual harassment. [American Lawyer]
* Judge tells lawyer to stop going to competitive dog shows, which just sounds like good life advice. [Law360]
* Firm warns clients that their data may have been breached in a 2016 hack. [Law.com]
* Biglaw, small law… everybody wants in on the fight over Trump’s pee party dossier. [National Law Journal]
* New data from Thomson Reuters reveals in-house legal departments are hiring more lawyers and legal ops personnel, but not adding to the budget. So, you know where they expect to be cutting back don’t you, Biglaw? [Corporate Counsel]
* Law students making six-figure incomes while still in school. Strippers always say they’re paying their way through law school, but… [Law.com]
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Law Schools, Sexual Harassment
Elizabeth Warren Says She Was Sexually Harassed As A Young Law Professor
One of the most powerful women in government had a #MeToo moment at a law school. -
Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
What Happens When Partners Sexually Harass Summer Associates And Interns?
Incidents like this continue to go unreported because of the power struggle that's involved. -
Women's Issues
Harvey Weinstein And The Cost Of Silence
Our civil tort system, for all of its strengths, has its weaknesses and failings. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job, Sexual Harassment
Please Just Fire The Harvey Weinsteins Of The World Already
Harvey Weinstein is every employment lawyer’s worst nightmare. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job, Sexual Harassment
Can Harvey Weinstein Be Successfully Sued?
Can the women who have accused him of sexual harassment (or worse) recover damages? -
Women's Issues
#MeToo: No, A Law Degree Doesn't Insulate You From Sexual Harassment
Just because lawyers are supposed to know the law, it doesn't magically make them follow it -- that's not how rape culture works.