This article is authored by Partner Marie Napoli and appears on Medium.com. The Adult Survivors Act, signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul in May 2022, created a…
Category Archives: sexual harassment
En 2018, mientras se hospedaba en el 60 Lower East Side, una huésped fue agredida sexualmente por un masajista facilitado por el lujoso hotel. El despacho legal Napoli Shkolnik ha…
Workplace discrimination and sexual harassment are incredibly sensitive subjects. Unfortunately, many people have been exposed to some form of workplace discrimination or sexual harassment at some point in their careers….
In the last few years, New York State has passed two laws to expand the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes. The first was the Child Victims Act, passed…
The new law, passed in 2022 known as Adult Survivor Act provides a window for survivors of sexual abuse to seek justice and expands the liability of institutions that enabled…
A hostile work environment prevents you from doing your job effectively, leading to a lack of productivity, satisfaction with your job, and engagement with your employer. Worse, a toxic work…
Restaurants Liable for Customer Sexual Harassment? If you ask the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the federal courts, the answer to this question is unequivocally “yes.” Most waitresses, bartenders,…
Generally, a picture, or a recording or video, is worth a thousand words. That being said, surreptitious recordings sometimes cause much more trouble than they prevent. This issue comes up…
Frequently, arbitration is an alternative to the litigation process. But in the sexual harassment context, arbitration generally exists to protect employers. Some lawmakers are demanding change. In February 2019, Rep….