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Governor Cuomo this week introduced legislation entitled the Women's Equality Act. We will be watching this legislation closely, as it has a significant impact on the field of employment discrimination against women.

The New York Times editorial page yesterday published a very strong editorial discussing the recent “coming out” of NBA player Jason Collins – the first major openly gay male...

Fashion store chain Wet Seal, Inc. has entered into a settlement agreement to pay $7.5 million in a race discrimination class action suit, according to the Saratogian newspaper. The suit, a class action,...

The Albany Times Union reported this week about a lawsuit filed by a mentally disabled couple in Long Island, NY. The couple, who has been together for at least three years, each reside in...

Thomson Reuters has reported that on May 2 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) determined that a New York tour bus driver was illegally terminated from his job after he complained about conditions of his employment on Facebook. The employee, after engaging in Union activity, posted the following to a Facebook page...

The New York Times reported Thursday that the latest numbers from the Pentagon estimated that for the 2012 fiscal year some 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted, up from 19,000 the year before. While this number is shockingly high, even more shocking is the fact that the military only reported...

It seems lately that every morning I read the news, I am finding stories that really grab my attention. This is not always the case. And while I don't always look for stories with a legal slant, over the past week two stories really got me thinking about the...

In a lengthy decision from a United States District Court Judge, D'Orazio Peterson successfully defended its client – an African-American male who accuses his former employer of racial discrimination – from...

See a Times Union report of a Notice of Claim filed on behalf of a D'Orazio Peterson client in a disability discrimination case.http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Ex-jail-officer-sues-county-4264540.php Read More...