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Phoenix Charter School To Pay $41,125 For Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

A Phoenix charter school will pay $41,125 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the EEOC.

Four More Women File Suit Against American Apparel CEO Dov Charney

Less than a month after ex-employee Irene Morales sued American Apparel CEO Dov Charney for sexual harassment, four women are banding together in a similar lawsuit.  Onetime worker and model, Kimbra Lo, has come forward to claim sexual harassment during a meeting in his bedroom. Lo’s claim is part of a lawsuit filed in Los [...]

Italians Protest Over Berlusconi Scandals

Thousands of women, in various cities across Italy this past week, took to the streets in coordinated demonstrations against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The demonstrations were known as “If not now, when?”, after a Primo Levi book about the Holocaust. Women in Italy and around the world are angered at the role of women in [...]

Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi faces New Scandal

Italian prosecutors are investigating claims that Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid a 17 year old girl for sex and abused the powers of his office by trying to cover up the liaison.  The prime minister is accused of attempting to conceal encounters between himself and a then underage Moroccan dancer known by the stage [...]

Aircraft Carrier Commander Relieved of Duty After Airing Explicit Videos

Captain Owen Honors was relieved of duty Tuesday as commander of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise after sexually charged videos taken aboard the ship surfaced on the internet.  The videos were shot during 2006 and 2007 deployments.  The videos depicted simulated masturbation, suggestive shower scenes with multiple women and gay slurs.  In one seen Captain [...]

Senior Partner Lenard Leeds of Leeds Morelli & Brown, Champions Clients Against Sexual Harassment on CNN

Lenard Leeds, nationally recognized employment law attorney and senior partner at Leeds Morelli & Brown P.C., appeared on CNN yesterday representing clients Lauren Schlanger, Samantha Romanger, Shivon Super, with regard to their pending lawsuit against Doctor Edward Kleiner. Schlanger, Romanger and Super were employees of Dr. Kleiner at Beach and Surf Medical in Long Beach, [...]

Obama Signs Perfectly Plain Law

On October 13, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Plain Writing Act of 2010.  In essence, the new law means that everything the government writes down must be easy to understand.  This new requirement for stating things plainly applies to “covered documents,” which include those documents necessary for obtaining any federal government benefit or [...]

Leeds Morelli & Brown Recognized for Top Employment Law Verdict of 2009

Leeds Morelli & Brown Recognized for Top Employment Law Verdict of 2009 Verdict Search has recognized Leeds Morelli & Brown for attaining the highest verdict for an employment law case in the state of New York in 2009. In February of last year a jury in the Queens Supreme court awarded a nurse $15,000,000 for [...]

Follow-up: Harassed Reporter Won’t File Charges Against Jets

The National Football League has sent a memo to all 32 of its teams, reminding players and league employees that female reporters should be treated professionally and with respect.  Ines Sainz, the reporter in the middle of the NFL’s most recent firestorm, has made a statement that she will not file harassment charges against the [...]

NFL Reporter Harassed – Is She to Blame for Dressing Too Sexy?

Allegations that female Mexican TV reporter Ines Sainz was treated improperly in the New York Jets’ locker room last Saturday have ignited a nationwide debate over how women should be treated in the male-dominated world of professional sports.  While Sainz waited to interview Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, other Jets players and coaches engaged in questionable [...]