Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Third Travel Ban Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Today, on October 17, 2017, A Federal Judge in Hawaii blocked President’s Trump Third Travel Ban. The third version of an Executive Order that was supposed […]
Tips for Depositions during an Employment Discrimination Case Employment Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova Depositions is an examination under oath of case participant before he/she testifies in court. Depositions is a discovery tools allowing parties to clarify the claims and defenses. […]
New York City Municipal Identification Card Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova New York City is ready to issue municipal Ids to all its residents, regardless of Immigration status. While the NYC ID card will unlikely to pass the […]
Students Must Have Education Regardless of Status Author: New York Immigration Lawyer “The Justice and Education Departments jointly issued an update of guidelines they published three years ago, reminding districts that they “may be in violation of federal law” if […]
Human Rights in Russia Author: Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova Recent convictions of two opposition leaders Aleksey Navalniy and his co-defendant, Pyotr Ofitserov by Russian government caused a series of protests; the US Department of State in its official statement condemned practices […]
Discrimination at Workplace: How and When to File a Complaint Author: Employment Discrimination attorney Alena Shautsova For the most part, many of us do not choose their colleagues and/or supervisors. We come to the workplace and have to “deal” with […]
Yoga Guru Moves into the Limelight in Recent Sexual Harassment Case Author: Discrimination lawyer Alena Shautsova Bikram Choudhury is well-known in the yoga world for teaching yoga sequences in a 105 degree temperature environment. Currently, he is sitting in the […]
Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment in New York at Columbia University Author: Discrimination lawyer Alena Shautsova The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) explains that quid pro quo sexual harassment involves a superior and subordinate where the superior demands sexual favors […]
Burger King Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $2.5 Million Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova Carrols Corp. the owner of Burger King restaurants throughout the United States recently negotiated a $2.5 million sexual harassment settlement. The settlement resulted from a 15-year […]
In 2011, ABC News and the Washington Post polled workers to determine how prevalent sexual harassment was in the workplace and evaluate the public’s concern about it. The survey revealed that one in four women and one in ten men […]
