The impact in Illinois of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Counterman v. Colorado, and the overall tension between protecting free speech and protecting victims of stalking and abuse.
On March 31, 2023, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that summary judgment was inappropriate where a reasonable jury could find that a casino’s response to an employee’s sexual harassment claim was not reasonably corrective.
Managing in the #MeToo environment has changed the dynamic of the employment relationship. There are many considerations for preventing and responding to incidents of sexual harassment in the law office.
On Aug. 7, 2019, the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois held that discovering pornographic photographs in a supervisor’s desk drawer was insufficient evidence to support a successful sexual harassment claim.
