Sexuality and society

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP Adds Additional Plaintiff and Class Representative to $100 Million Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Class Action Against Schlumberger Technology Corporation

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

The Amended Complaint adds Jessica Cheatham, a former Schlumberger employee who worked on oil rigs in various states, as a Plaintiff and Class Representative.

Key Points: 
  • The Amended Complaint adds Jessica Cheatham, a former Schlumberger employee who worked on oil rigs in various states, as a Plaintiff and Class Representative.
  • Despite being employed by Schlumberger at different times and often different locations, the discrimination they experienced is consistent and common, said Michael Palmer.
  • In amending the complaint to add Ms. Cheatham, Plaintiffs chronicle the gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation that Ms. Cheatham, like Ms. Saidman, endured throughout her employment at Schlumberger.
  • Ms. Cheatham alleges that she reported sexual harassment and gender discrimination to Schlumberger on multiple occasions, but her complaints were either discounted or ignored entirely.

Updated Guide to the New Title IX Regulations Taking Effect August 14th, 2020 is Published by Duffy Law

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Friday, August 14, 2020

The Guide addresses the new regulations going into effect on August 14, 2020.

Key Points: 
  • The Guide addresses the new regulations going into effect on August 14, 2020.
  • Known as the "Final Rule," these U.S. Department of Education regulations significantly change the way colleges and universities are required to handle sexual harassment and sexual misconduct cases under Title IX.
  • The 20-page Guide covers all phases of the common disciplinary process including investigations, hearings, findings, sanctions, and appeals.
  • She filed a Title IX action against the University of Connecticut as an undergraduate in 1978 to compel the funding of a women's varsity soccer team.

North Texas Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organization Awarded $1 Million In Federal Grants

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

The grants will help Ntarupt work with communities to address teen reproductive health, teen pregnancy, support parents, and expand resources for Dallas communities and populations experiencing the greatest need and inequities.

Key Points: 
  • The grants will help Ntarupt work with communities to address teen reproductive health, teen pregnancy, support parents, and expand resources for Dallas communities and populations experiencing the greatest need and inequities.
  • "Ntarupt, along with our partners, has led the way in addressing teen pregnancy in North Texas and providing sex education to thousands of teens and parents," says Terry Goltz Greenberg, CEO.
  • Ntarupt has been awarded $850,000 per year, for a three-year OPA Tier 1 cooperative grant starting July 2020.
  • North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens (Ntarupt) ( www.ntarupt.org ) is the sole organization in North Texas committed to bringing together community resources for both parents and teens with a focus on teen pregnancy prevention and sexual and reproductive health, which it has been doing since its inception in 2014.

Hotel Panic Button Laws Are Being Extended, Can Hotels Afford Not To Have Them?

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

The pandemic has caused many hotels to close leading to revenue losses, making compliance difficult for smaller hotels.

Key Points: 
  • The pandemic has caused many hotels to close leading to revenue losses, making compliance difficult for smaller hotels.
  • The deadline for the sexual harassment compliance did not change but the panic button deadline was extended to March 1, 2021.
  • Bunker360, a provider for staff panic buttons, has started offering their Bunker360 Panic Button Solution with no money up front.
  • Hotels can now implement panic button systems to comply with laws and provide safer working environments immediately thanks to the new payment options.

BBB's Give.org Study: Nearly 1 in 4 Donors Stop Giving After Learning of Sexual Harassment

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Monday, July 13, 2020

The standards-based, charity-evaluation group today released theGive.org Special Report: Sexual Harassment and the Charitable Sector.

Key Points: 
  • The standards-based, charity-evaluation group today released theGive.org Special Report: Sexual Harassment and the Charitable Sector.
  • The report, a survey of more than 2,100 adults in the United States and more than 1,000 adults in Canada, explores how allegations of sexual harassment at a charity can strain the relationship between donors and charities.
  • They must be prepared to react in a timely and appropriate fashion, and openly communicate with their donors about the issues and any implemented solutions."
  • 22% of U.S. donors and 30% of Canadian donors who learned about sexual harassment at a specific charity say they no longer contribute to that organization, and another 17% (16% in Canada) report reductions in their support.

Weinstein Survivors Secure $18.875 Million Settlement in Civil Case Led by FeganScott LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The women who brought this case ignited a movement and changed public discourse regarding sexual harassment and abuse.

Key Points: 
  • The women who brought this case ignited a movement and changed public discourse regarding sexual harassment and abuse.
  • Additionally, the court dismissed TWCs former representatives from the suit, significantly reducing the amount available for the settlement.
  • Absent the settlement, any sexual misconduct claims against TWC would be compensated only after secured creditors were paid in full.
  • Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is a national plaintiffs class-action law firm with nine offices across the country helping survivors of various kinds of fraud, negligence, abuse and sexual harassment pursue their legal rights.

Campus free speech orgs seek to intervene in lawsuit to defend new Title IX regulations

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Department's definition of harassment comes from the 1999 Supreme Court case Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education .

Key Points: 
  • The Department's definition of harassment comes from the 1999 Supreme Court case Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education .
  • "By incorporating the Supreme Court's definition of sexual harassment and finally complying with the First Amendment, the new Title IX regulations seek to end this abuse.
  • "For far too long, universities made a conscious decision to sacrifice the First Amendment on the altar of Title IX," said Speech First President Nicole Neily.
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    SOURCE Independent Women's Forum; The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; Speech First

At Schlumberger, Oil Rigs and Women Don’t Mix: Sanford Heisler Sharp Files $100 Million Gender Discrimination and Hostile Work Environment Class Action Against Schlumberger Technology Corporation

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Women make up only 5% of the Schlumberger employees staffed on the hundreds of oil rigs to which the Company provides services.

Key Points: 
  • Women make up only 5% of the Schlumberger employees staffed on the hundreds of oil rigs to which the Company provides services.
  • For years, women working on oil rigs have been bullied, harassed, and abused by male workers, said Michael Palmer, a partner with Sanford Heisler Sharp.
  • By filing a class action lawsuit, Ms. Saidman has put Schlumberger on notice that gender discrimination will no longer be buried from public view.
  • When Ms. Saidman reported egregious examples of sexual harassment and gender discrimination to Schlumberger, she was targeted by the Company.

Texas Voters Support Abstinence-Plus Sex Education in Schools A New Bipartisan Poll Shows

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A large majority of Texas voters across the political spectrum support abstinence-plus, medically-accurate, and age-appropriate sexual health education in schools, according to a new poll released this week by the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A large majority of Texas voters across the political spectrum support abstinence-plus, medically-accurate, and age-appropriate sexual health education in schools, according to a new poll released this week by the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
  • The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is preparing to revise the state's sex education curriculum standards for the first time in two decades.
  • "The poll shows that Texas voters support providing youth with common sense information that they need to stay healthy and thrive," said Molly Clayton, Executive Director of the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
  • The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is also part of the TexasIsReady.org campaign, which launched in March to support better sex education in Texas.

FRC Releases New Publication Showing Extent of Radical Sex Education in Schools

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council released a new publication today titled " Sex Education in Public Schools: Sexualization of Children and LGBT Indoctrination ."

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council released a new publication today titled " Sex Education in Public Schools: Sexualization of Children and LGBT Indoctrination ."
  • It outlines the radical changes that have occurred in the way sex education is taught in America's public schools, and why parents should be concerned:
    Teaching kids how to consent to sex/"how to" sex workshops.
  • "Fake Abstinence"abstinence until your next steady boy/girlfriend.
  • School systems are devoting significant classroom time to these programs70 classroom hours per child in some caseseven while American public schools are failing to fulfill their core mission.