Gender, Seniority Key Factors in Workplace Harassment: Hiscox Survey September 5, 2018 More than one-third (35 percent) of employees in the U.S. feel they’ve experienced workplace harassment, and half of them believe...
JPMorgan Settles Black Advisers’ Job Bias Lawsuit for $24 Million September 5, 2018 By Max Abelson As racial diversity tumbles on Wall Street, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a settlement with financial advisers who say...
Barnes & Noble Calls Fired CEO’s Defamation Claims ‘Lies and Mischaracterizations’ August 29, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Barnes & Noble Inc. was sued on Tuesday by a former chief executive officer who said the largest U.S. bookstore...
Jury Awards $1.25 Million in University Harassment Case But Denies Retaliation Claim July 30, 2018 By Sydney Maki A jury awarded $1.25 million to a former Columbia University finance professor whose senior colleague sent dozens of emails disparaging...
Wal-Mart Settles Transgender Employee’s Claim Over Firing June 7, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday settled a lawsuit by a transgender former employee in North Carolina who accused the retail...
Beyond Wedding Cakes: LGBT Lawsuits Challenge Employee, Business, Religious Rights May 29, 2018 By Mark Sherman A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome...
Weinstein Sues Chubb Seeking Legal Defense Coverage in 11 Sex Harassment Suits May 8, 2018 By Suzanne Barlyn Film producer Harvey Weinstein is fighting back against personal indemnity insurer Chubb Ltd., saying Chubb must pay for his legal...
Uber Wants Pay Inequality Accord to Also Settle Sex Harassment Claims April 10, 2018 By Peter Blumberg Uber Technologies Inc.’s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid...
Uber Settles Employee Gender, Racial Bias Lawsuit for $10 Million March 28, 2018 Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two women engineers who...
How Nondisclosure Agreements Protect Bosses Like Weinstein October 19, 2017 By Rebecca Greenfield A first-year associate at a Manhattan law firm brought her complaint of sexual harassment to the managing partner. Her male...