Civil Litigation,
Education Law
Dec. 15, 2017
How sexual harassment affects institutions of higher learning
Universities can be distinctly different in structure than corporations, and so applying the law will vary depending upon the school, the situation, the professor/instructor and so forth.
John Winer
Winer & McKenna, LLPJohn has 35 years' experience representing women from all walks of life who have bravely called out sexual predators, including recent cases involving UC Berkeley and USC.
In New York, a 79-year-old Columbia University professor was hit with a federal lawsuit alleging he attempted to bed a 29-year-old student and then badmouthed her after she turned down his advances. The plaintiff alleges the school knew about his behavior, but was "deliberately indifferent" to her complaints. Columbia, along with several other schools including Princeton University, Dartmouth College, San Jose State University, Oregon State University, Drake Universit...
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