Martha Doty was part of a panel presenting, "Sexual Harassment Claims: Minimizing Conduct or Showing That It Had No Effect on the Discriminatee," July 27, 12:40pm-1:30pm, during this conference sponsored by the American Conference Institute (ACI). The panel covered the following topics.
- What conduct is now “severe or pervasive”?
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Hostile Work Environment: recent changes that make it more difficult for employers to defend against them, at least at the summary judgment stage
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How to counter claims by employees who feel that “displeased” is harassment as a way to get rid of that boss
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Sexual harassment claims where the relationship was apparently consensual at the beginning but then changed
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How to not let the secondary fallout from the claims impact the cases
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Defending against claims when a key executive is the alleged perpetrator or there are allegations of physical abuse
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Tag-on state statutory claims involving violence against women
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EPLI issues when physical assault or abuse is alleged
- Defending the accused harasser – considerations and theories
- How to address generic “harassment” complaints that do not implicate sex or another protected characteristic
July 27-28, 2011
Helmsley Park Lane Hotel / New York, NY