The VLW Blog

Unhappy with a published report about settlement talks and tawdry comments on a radio show, Richmond’s Williams Mullen law firm had a judge impose a gag order on the parties and their lawyers in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the firm.
The plaintiff’s lawyer agreed to the order in the case of former WM staffer Hahn [...]

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A former records manager for Williams Mullen has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and national origin and age discrimination.
The complaint was filed earlier this month in federal court in Norfolk by Hanh Nguyen Allgood, a 53-year-old Vietnamese national, who worked for the firm from July 1989 until March 2007.
The suit, first reported by Style [...]

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Here’s one for the public-sector employment lawyers.
Those lawyers know that public employees have First Amendment rights and can sue employers who abridge those rights.
But the First Amendment only protects employee speech on matters of “public concern.” A lot of workplace speech can involve issues peculiar to that workplace and personal to that employee. It isn’t [...]

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Apparently the “take it like a man” defense has limits when it comes to women’s sports.
When Melissa Jennings played soccer for the legendary women’s team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she tried to keep a low profile as coach Anson Dorrance indulged in sexual banter with team members during warm-ups. According [...]

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