California State University Sued for Gender Discrimination and Sex Harassment
On this 2023 Equal Pay Day, Courtney Abrams of Courtney Abrams, PC & Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP, announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the Board of Trustees of the California State University (“CSU”), the President of CSU’s San Bernardino campus, Tomás Morales, and the Dean of the Palm Desert Campus…
Elon Musk’s Stunning and Discriminatory Statements About Disabled Employees
In a stunning display of discriminatory animus, Elon Musk mocked a former Twitter employee with muscular dystrophy who required workplace accommodations. Musk claimed that the former employee used his disability as an “excuse” and questioned whether the employee’s required accommodations were a ruse to avoid performing work. According to Musk, the employee “did no actual…
New Lawsuit Alleges Harvard “Willfully Ignored” Evidence of Sex Harassment
The New York Times reported today that a new federal lawsuit is accusing Harvard University of doing nothing in response to multiple complaints that one of its professors sexually harassed his graduate students and threatened them with “career-ending retaliation” to silence them and dissuade them from reporting his misconduct. According to the lawsuit (Czerwienski, Kilburn,…
