Wonder Woman Gal Gadot Is A Real Super Hero Los Angeles, CA – Is Gal Gadot a Wonder Woman in real life too? This week, Gadot announced that she will not play Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman 2 unless Brett Ratner is gone. Gadot made this public announcement in hopes that Warner Brothers would cancels its… Read more »
NYC Protects Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities From Discrimination New York, NY – New York City Human Rights Law (the “NYCHRL”) prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing, and also bias-based profiling by law enforcement. There are many grounds which New Yorkers may claim unlawful discrimination, some you may already know such as race discrimination, gender discrimination,… Read more »
“Sex trade on Capitol Hill” Miami— Last week, after a slew of sexual harassment claims directed at US government officials in recent weeks, the Senate passed a resolution that makes sexual harassment training mandatory for all senators, staffers and interns. On November 14, 2017, during a House committee to examine sexual harassment policies within the… Read more »
NYPD Officers Resign After Accused of Rape NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Two New York City police officers resigned Monday November 6, 2017 after being accused of rape. Now the officers — Eddie Martins, 37, and Richard Hall, 33 of NYPD’s Brooklyn South narcotics unit — are facing 50 criminal charges each. Prosecutors say, on… Read more »
New York, NY – The Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act (“VGMVPA”), is a law passed by New York City that makes it unlawful to commit an act of violence because of an individual’s gender. Anyone who commits such appalling acts of violence may be criminally prosecuted, and additionally face civil recovery too. This is possible because… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY – Amidst the outrage over the Harvey Weinstein allegations women have felt empowered to come forward to take a stand against sexual harassment in the workplace, leading to an influx in sexual harassment cases being filed in Federal, State and local courts. Derek T. Smith, Esq., Founding Partner of the Derek Smith… Read more »
New York, New York – On October 31, 2017, Michael Oreskes, the chief editor at National Public Radio (commonly known as “NPR”) resigned following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Oreskes had joined NPR in 2015, and the accusations against occurred long before he joined NPR. Oreskes is the latest media figure to confront allegations of sexual harassment and… Read more »
New York, NY – 2017 is a year full of firsts. Some of these firsts are better than others, I will leave you to be the judge of this. Well, here is another first, Boy Scouts of America has changed its all boy policy and has decided to start admitting girls. On October 11, 2017, the… Read more »
1st Openly Transgender State Legislator! RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – Congratulations to Virginia’s first openly transgender elected official! Virginia House of Delegates candidate Danica Roem, a Democrat, has defeated longtime Incumbent Robert Marshall, a Republican. According to LGBT advocate groups, Roem, 33 years old, is also the United States first openly transgender person to be elected and seated… Read more »
“Bachelorette” Not in Paradise LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Former “Bachelorette” producer Becky Steenhoek and former small town Iowa girl, said she knew the hit show salacious and “pushed boundaries,” nevertheless she never expected to be a part of the sexual conversations herself. As a producer for the “Bachelorette” Steenhoek worked with the “Bachelorette” JoJo Fletcher. During this time,… Read more »
