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In Sletten v. LiquidHub, INc., the plaintiff learned that co-workers and supervisors had been making negative comments about his sexual orientation. The court noted that although the Plaintiff did not hear the comments, the fact that he subsequently learned of the comments could have created a hostile work environment for the Plaintiff.
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Singh v. Bay Crane Services (E.D.N.Y. 2013): The Court denied Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. In reaching its conclusion that one could find an inference of discrimination, the Court took note of the race composition of the operators at Defendant company. Specifically, the Court took note that 43 out of the 49 Bay Crane Operators on the Transit Authority contact were white. While the Court decided that there were sufficient facts asserted to deny Defendants’ motion on both the federal ...
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DeWitt Stern Group v. Eisenberg (S.D.N.Y. 2013) upheld a non-compete provision that was agreed to by the parties in Eisenberg’s employment agreement. Although the non-compete agreement was for two years, the Court noted that that provision prohibited Eisenberg from soliciting only those clients who he had served at DeWitt or those he had supervised. Significantly, the court noted that aside from those exceptions, the provision did not limit his ability to work.
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