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PropertyProf Blog
You Think You’ve Got a Bad Landlord?
By propertyprof
A case out of California:A California husband and wife deemed the "landlords from hell" by authorities are headed for four years in prison for menacing their tenants, according to authorities.The…
Employment Discrimination Report
Court Awards “Devout Christian” £100,000 For Colleagues’ Sticking Models of Male Genitalia On Her Phone
A strange case out of the UK – a self-described “devout Christian” was awarded £100,000 as a result of the actions of her colleagues in sticking “mini models of male…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Prosecutor who got ‘Hulk’ email from federal judge leaves Justice Department”
Main June 6, 2013"Prosecutor who got 'Hulk' email from federal judge leaves Justice Department" The title of this post is this latest news emerging from the Des Moines Register concerning…
Education Law Prof Blog
Sexual and Racial Harrasment Charges Against Elementary School Dismissed
By Derek Black
Last week, a federal district court in M.D. v. School Bd. of City of Richmond, 2013 WL 2404842 (E.D. Va. 2013), dismissed a six-year old African American child's claim that…
Employment Discrimination Report
Reader Takes Issue With Our Post About Harassment In The Military
In our effort to be fair and present all sides of an issue, and to encourage discussion, we print here a comment from a reader, Anthony Vieira, an attorney from…
Cruise Law News
Is It Safe to Walk the Decks of Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships at Night?
By Jim Walker
Last week I ran across an interesting blog article by a thirty-three year old woman who sailed aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship out of Tampa with her long time…
Employer Law Report
It Is All About How You Handle an Equal Opportunity Harasser: Sixth Circuit Finds Employer Correctly Killed Two Birds with One Stone
Cases involving an equal opportunity harasser are usually entertaining, but Colston v. Cleveland Public Library, (6th Cir. Apr. 15, 2013) is also educational because it demonstrates how an employer can…
Employment Discrimination Report
Is “Zero Tolerance” An Ambiguous Term?
"Zero tolerance" as to workplace harassment is a mantra we preach often, and have never thought that it could be considered controversial in any way. However, one reader made us think, stating that although he…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Wins One, Settles Two In Furtherance of Its “Strategic Enforcement Plan”
Our readers know by now that under its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) the EEOC is targeting harassment against “vulnerable workers,” such as migrant workers; disability discrimination fueled by “myths, fears,…
Employment Law Worldview
Useful UK Employment Tribunal guidance on inadvertent harassment
Though the Pope may now have stepped down on health grounds, his name lives on in some surprising quarters, most recently the Employment Appeal Tribunal. During the Pope’s visit to…