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Ravina v. Columbia University

  1. March 19, 2020

    NY Judge Swats Down Sanford Heisler Math Error Claim

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday rejected a claim by the firm representing a former Columbia University professor in a sexual harassment trial that she made a math error in slashing its fee request by 75% to $1.34 million — a quick smackdown that followed a request for more money.

  2. March 06, 2020

    Ex-Columbia Prof's Attys Win $1.6M Fees In Retaliation Suit

    A former Columbia University professor who took the school to trial over alleged sexual harassment by a colleague was awarded nearly $1.6 million in attorney fees Friday, a trimmed-down amount that a New York federal judge said reflected the partial nature of her win.

  3. April 02, 2019

    Prof's $1.25M Retaliation Award Cut, Email Monitoring Nixed

    A New York federal judge slashed from $1.25 million to $750,000 a retaliation award a jury last year gave a former Columbia University finance professor who alleged a colleague sabotaged her career after she spurned his advances, also denying her bid to monitor his email.

  4. November 09, 2018

    Prof Wants To Put Ex-Colleague On Secret Email Probation

    A request by former Columbia University professor Enrichetta Ravina to have an ex-colleague's emails secretly scanned for disparaging remarks about her has the university scrambling for more time to brief a Manhattan federal judge, according to court filings.

  5. July 27, 2018

    Former Columbia Prof Gets $1.25M Retaliation Award

    A Manhattan federal jury awarded $1.25 million in damages Friday to Enrichetta Ravina, a former Columbia University professor who said she was denied tenure after complaining that Columbia colleague Geert Bekaert had sexually harassed her.

  6. July 26, 2018

    Columbia, Prof Liable For Retaliating Against Ex-Colleague

    A Manhattan jury held Columbia University professor Geert Bekaert and the school liable Thursday for retaliating against Enrichetta Ravina, a former Columbia scholar who said she was denied tenure for rejecting his advances, and jurors then heard Ravina assert she should get at least $4 million in damages.

  7. July 25, 2018

    Ex-Columbia Prof's Role As Her Own Expert Draws Scrutiny

    A former Columbia Business School scholar who sued the university and a mentor for more than $30 million for sexual harassment was forced to field questions about her damages calculations on Wednesday, taking discovery down to the wire while jurors deliberate whether the defendants are liable at all.

  8. July 12, 2018

    Spurned Columbia Prof Admits Stalling Colleague's Research

    A Columbia Business School professor accused of spiking a colleague's hopes at tenure after she spurned his romantic advances admitted to delaying work on their joint research "for a few months" to spite her on Thursday, the third day of testimony in the $30 million bias trial.

  9. July 10, 2018

    Ex-Columbia Prof Recalls Mentor's 'Stomach Churning' Date

    A former Columbia University professor who alleged the school turned a blind eye when her onetime mentor and spurned would-be lover sabotaged her tenure hopes told a New York federal jury Tuesday her "stomach churned" when the professor made the first of several passes at her in a multiyear harassment campaign.

  10. July 08, 2016

    Columbia Prof Now Seeking $30M In Harassment Suit

    A Columbia University professor who sued the institution for $20 million in March alleging it retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment by a senior colleague filed an amended complaint in New York federal court Friday, upping the damages to $30 million and adding the accused harasser as a defendant.

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