The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last week overturned a district court decision holding that the jury had erred as a matter of law when it issued a verdict finding that a Louisiana man had been sexually harassed.  In Cherry v. Shaw Coastal, Inc., the plaintiff, John Cherry, was employed as an [...]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced on January 11, 2012 that it had settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with Family Dollar Stores, a discount retailer based in Richmond, Virginia.  In a complaint filed on September 20, 2011, the EEOC alleged that Chanele Brown, a customer services representative at a Richmond Family Dollar store, [...]

The Delaware Supreme Court ruled on December 28, 2011, that a letter sent to Mark Hurd, former chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. (“H-P”), by counsel for a former employee accusing Mr. Hurd of sexual harassment, should be made public.  The Wall Street Journal reported that Jodie Fisher, a former actress hired by Mr. Hurd’s [...]