Federal Agency Says South Loop Club Allowed Harassment of Female Employees. CHICAGO – South Loop Club, a Chicago bar and grill located at 701 S. State St., will pay $100,000 under a consent decree entered today to settle a sexual […]

EEOC Sues Food Retailer for Firing Bipolar Worker The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued food retailer King Soopers Inc. for firing a worker who is bipolar, alleging that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Employment discrimination […]

Noose hung in restaurant to intimidate worker.  Northern Star Hospitality D/B/A Sparx Restaurant: (W.D. Wisc.) filed 3/27/12 by Chicago District Office – The Commission alleges that Sparx, a Menomonie, Wis. restaurant, managers posted racist imagery and then fired an African-American […]

Dillard’s to Pay $2 Million to Settle Class Action Disability Discrimination Lawsuit by EEOC.  LOS ANGELES -Dillard’s Inc., a national retail chain, will pay $2 million and commit to extensive, company-wide injunctive relief to settle a class action disability discrimination […]

Sexual harassment in Great Britain.  Controversy at the Liberal Democrat party. Allegations have surfaced that a high profile senior member, Lord Rennard, has been accused of sexually harassing fellow female Liberal Democrat colleagues. Rennard, who denies these claims, is regarded […]

U.K.’s Top Cardinal Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Complaints From Priests On Saturday, the U.K.’s Observer reported that three priests and one former priest came forward to accuse Britain’s most senior Archbishop, Keith Cardinal O’Brien of Scotland, of “inappropriate behavior” spanning […]

Trucking Pays $50k to settle harassment lawsuit.   A trucking company will pay $50,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit, a token payment to avoid trial in a closely watched case that has sharply limited the government’s ability to file […]

Army Generals accused of sex misconduct, adultery with subordinates….A disturbing trend. It’s turning out to be a rough couple of months for current and former U.S. Army Generals. First it was General Jeffrey A. Sinclair being accused of multiple offenses, […]

NBA Accused of Gender Discrimination for alleged “Open Hostility” towards Women. NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Sanford Heisler, LLP, a leading national civil rights law firm, today filed a gender discrimination suit seeking $3 million on behalf […]

Big Law Firms not sharing the Equity with Female Lawyers. Women have made significant strides in the legal community. A National Association of Women Lawyers survey  of the country’s largest law firms, however, recently found that 70 percent of the […]