In the wake of the sexual assault scandal at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, women who would not be silenced are finding strength in one another. Annie Clark and Andrea Pino have formed what they call the Title IX Network, a coalition of nationwide college students calling for an overhaul of the way
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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals turns away claim of employee who claimed a sexually hostile work environment
This week the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, based in Richmond, Virginia, rejected the appeal of a former employee who claimed that she had been the victim of constant discrimination, harassment, assault, and subjection to a sexually hostile work environment. For the three-judge panel in the case of Balas v. Huntington Ingalls
CJG client Jason Peck speaks out on behalf of sexual abuse survivors
The Charlotte Observer has published an in-depth look at the case of Jason Peck v. William Airey, which Seth Langson, Konrad Kircher, Marc Pearlman and Leto Copeley filed in Ohio on behalf of the plaintiff Dr. Peck. The case is now in discovery. In the lawsuit, Peck alleges that he was abused by William Airey, until
U.S. Department of Education will investigate charge that UNC-Chapel Hill improperly handled sexual assault claims
On March 1, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to University Chancellor Holden Thorp stating that it will open an investigation into a complaint made by five women that UNC Chapel Hill administrators have a pattern of failing to handle sexual assault claims properly. The five women, who
Boy Scouts hid information about abusers in Raleigh area
The Raleigh News & Observer has run an article about cover-ups by the Boy Scouts of America of sex abuse committed by volunteer scoutmasters in North Carolina. In “The Nightmare of Troop 39,” reporter Bruce Siceloff describes numerous scout leaders who were labeled “ineligible volunteers” by the Boy Scouts. Although the Boy Scouts prevented those pedophiles