Are sexual harassment law and the First Amendment on a collision course? If so, which one will give way?
A federal lawsuit that ended in a settlement last month poses those questions in a particularly sensational fashion.
On Aug. 15, the Minneapolis Public Library announced that it had agreed to pay $435,000 to 12 employees — lead plaintiff Wendy Adamson, five other librarians, five aides and a page — who accused the library administration of subjecting them to a hostile work environment by leaving them exposed to pornography.
The National Law Journal has rest of the story here.
Are sexual harassment law and the First Amendment on a collision course? If so, which one will give way?
A federal lawsuit that ended in a settlement last month poses those questions in a particularly sensational fashion.
On Aug. 15, the Minneapolis Public Library announced that it had agreed to pay $435,000 to 12 employees — lead plaintiff Wendy Adamson, five other librarians, five aides and a page — who accused the library administration of subjecting them to a hostile work environment by leaving them exposed to pornography.
The National Law Journal has rest of the story here.
Are sexual harassment law and the First Amendment on a collision course? If so, which one will give way?
A federal lawsuit that ended in a settlement last month poses those questions in a particularly sensational fashion.
On Aug. 15, the Minneapolis Public Library announced that it had agreed to pay $435,000 to 12 employees — lead plaintiff Wendy Adamson, five other librarians, five aides and a page — who accused the library administration of subjecting them to a hostile work environment by leaving them exposed to pornography.
The National Law Journal has rest of the story here.
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