by Brian Mahany
One hit wonder Right Said Fred had a minor hit a few years ago with his song “I’m too Sexy for My Shirt.” Now a New York court now gets to decide if former Citibank banker Debrahlee Lorenzana was literally fired for being too sexy for her shirts. According to her lawsuit, …
When we think of sexual harassment or abuse, we often think of the recent scandals that rocked the Roman Catholic Church or someone at work who filed a claim with the EEOC. Sexual abuse can occur anywhere, however. Even in the Boy Scouts.
Last month a jury in Portland, Oregon awarded a former Boy Scout $19.9 …
by Brian Mahany
(Warning - contains explicit language)
Depending on where you work, profanity is a fact of life. What might not be common in an office may be normal in a lumber yard, trucking company or merchant ship. We have all heard the expression “swears like a drunken sailor.” The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, however, …
by Brian Mahany
Have we achieved racial equality? Hardly!
No matter what your personal politics may be, the election of Barack Obama was a watershed event in American history. Unfortunately, the election of an African American president was not the death knell of racism. Bigotry is alive and well in the United States. As a lawyer concentrating …
by Brian Mahany
Burn a cross in the yard of a black neighbor and you have committed a hate crime. Deface a local mosque or temple and you commit a hate crime but beat someone up solely because they are gay - as of today, that’s not a hate crime under federal law. That should soon …