Ban the Box legislation can be an important tool in remedying Black underemployment by removing employers' ability to use criminal history as a proxy for discrimination. However, it only attacks a symptom of the problem created by America's racist history, the...
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Interview: What Really Happens When Sexual Harassment Victims Lawyer Up
What happens when victims of sexual harassment reach out to a lawyer, and what are some of the roadblocks stopping victims from coming forward? Individual Practice Area Associate Nina Frank was interviewed at Levo and answered common questions about sexual harassment...
Gretchen Carlson Seeks to Expose Roger Ailes’ Toxic Male Gaze, and Might Deal a Blow to forced Arbitration in the Process
We have learned a lot in the few short days since Gretchen Carlson, former for News anchor, filed her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against for CEO Roger Ailes. While the allegations underlying the lawsuit may not be particularly surprising to...
From Knee-Jerk Reactions to Thoughtful Discussion: Using Mindfulness to Address Privilege, by Nina Frank
In a recent blog post, on Hamilton & Griffin on Rights, Outten & Golden LLP associate Nina Frank discusses recent studies which have found that anti-bias training and sexual harassment awareness training can not only be ineffective, but can actually backfire,...
Beyond Ban the Box – Combating Black Underemployment and the Criminality Myth
Ban the Box legislation is an incredibly important tool in fighting black underemployment by removing employers' ability to use criminal history as a proxy for discrimination. However, it only attacks a symptom of the problem of race discrimination in hiring: criminal...
Asking For It: Finding New Ways to Blame Women for Their Own Inequality
Outten & Golden LLP associate Nina Frank discusses the ways women are blamed and marginalized at work for everything from the way they talk to the way they dress. Ms. Frank suggests that women are harassed, ignored, and underpaid not because of any action or...
Stray Remarks and the Donald Trump Effect: The Real Workplace Consequences of the Backlash against Political Correctness
In a recent blog post, on Hamilton & Griffin on Rights, Outten & Golden LLP associate Nina Frank touches on our current cultural backlash against anything seen as politically correct or hypersensitive to the feelings of women, racial and ethnic minorities, and...
The Supreme Court Allows Same-Sex Marriage to Proceed
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases that were pending before it. Procedurally speaking, this means that the seven appellate decisions striking down bans on same-sex marriage will stand.Practically speaking, the denial...