So, are you too nice at work? Or not nice enough? This article explains the drawbacks of both: "Working women were once kept beneath the glass ceiling because they were considered 'too nice.' Now they're being held back because they aren't nice enough. "In an effort to erase gender discrimination, many companies have been abandoning their emphasis on stereotypical male qualities like...
Well, this is an interesting question. Legal blogger Carolyn Elefant pointed it out on Legal Blog Watch. : "Over at Counsel to Counsel, Stephen Sackler wonders whether a law firm will hire the photogenic female law student who posed for this photo that's now permanently cached on the Internet. "...Personally, I've always thought that a job applicant's good looks and sex appeal,...
Bad behavior from lawyers who have no excuse. But I've seen this kind of news before: "A law firm specialising in sexual harassment cases has itself been proven to have practised sexual harassment and ordered to pay $368,000 to a Roseville woman who worked at the firm as a paralegal."The Martinez-Senftner Law Firm, Roseville, CA, handles a variety of civil and criminal work, including...
I just couldn't pass up news about a lawyer supporting women in law, albeit in a rather different way: "A male lawyer who appeared in court dressed in women's clothes as a protest against what he said was New Zealand's overly masculine judiciary was suspended Wednesday after being found to be in contempt of court. "The New Zealand High Court found Rob Moodie, a 68-year-old, balding man...
What was this firm thinking? "A Forest Hills law firm has agreed to settle a second sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a rare occurrence. "The agency announced the latest settlement last week with Rappaport Hertz Cherson & Rosenthal. The EEOC had sued on behalf of Melissa Castillo, a Bronx resident who worked as a paralegal for the...
Yeah, I get this. But do you think Harriet Myers would have made a difference? "BOSTON -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday that she dislikes being 'all alone on the court' nearly a year after the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor. "Ginsburg, who spoke to an assembly at Suffolk University Law School, said she sees more women in law school, arguing before the...
Well, all I have to say about this news is "You go, Mike!" "Mike Buday isn't married to his last name. In fact, he and his fiancee decided before they wed that he would take hers. But Buday was stunned to learn that he couldn't simply become Mike Bijon when they married in 2005. "As in most other states, that would require some bureaucratic paperwork well beyond what a woman...
Sounds like a very messy case: "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being sued by a legal assistant for allegedly firing her daughter, a legal assistant, because she is pregnant, according to court records."Diane Broda says her pregnant daughter was fired by Abdul-Jabbar's company Ain Jeem Inc., last December. When Broda called Ain Jeem Inc. to warn them she would fall a lawsuit, Ain Jeem officials...
Sigh, this is still happening? And getting worse!? "Employment lawyers say pregnancy discrimination lawsuits are on the rise in corporate America, particularly among high-level female executives who claim that they are being knocked off the corporate ladder because of maternity issues. "In Chicago, a national marketing manager is suing Merisant Worldwide Inc., the maker of Equal...