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New York’s Choking Loophole
Dorchen Leidholdt and Jane Manning contribute to New York Times OP-Ed to demand for a statute which will recognize choking as a crime whether or not physical injury is evident.
By DORCHEN LEIDHOLDT and JANE MANNING
NEW YORKERS have heard a stream of grave accusations this week that our governor tried to obstruct a domestic assault [...]
Long Island Bar Fires Pregnant Bartender
ABC News reports on Jennifer Paviglianiti’s charges of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Bartender in Topless Bar Says She Was Discriminated Against for Being Pregnant
By MARY KATHRYN BURKE and BRENNAN MCCORD
When Jennifer Paviglianiti, 29, of Centereach, N.Y., discovered she was pregnant, she hoped to wait until the three-month mark to tell [...]
Costs of Caregiver Discrimination Increasing for Employers
New Report Says Family Responsibilities Discrimination Cases on the Rise, Cost More
Treating employees less favorably because they have family caregiving obligations can land employers in court and result in significant liability, a new report by the Center for WorkLife Law concludes.
Litigation aimed at bias against U.S. workers who care for children or aging parents has [...]
Markowitz grilled in discrimination suit
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By Thomas Tracy
Borough President Marty Markowitz was put on the hot seat Friday when he was grilled for nearly four hours about a discrimination lawsuit filed against him back in 2007.
The deposition, which was held in Borough Hall, was the first major hurdle in the suit filed by former Borough President Communications Director Regina Weiss. [...]
Defendant Markowitz Deposed in Discrimination Suit
Ryan Thompson reports for Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Marty Markowitz deposition.
BOROUGH HALL — Borough President Marty Markowitz’s former speechwriter is suing him for discrimination. And though the lawsuit was filed over two years ago, depositions are finally underway — with Markowtz being deposed on Friday.
In the lawsuit filed in Kings County Supreme Court in December [...]
Lucy Parsons :: Revolutionary Feminist
By Saswat Pattanayak
No legal case in American history has been more cited than The Scottsboro Trial. Nine young African American men, aged 13 and up, were jailed in Scottsboro, Alabama to await trial over an accusation that they had raped two white women on a train in the Spring of 1931.
The nature of [...]