July 07, 2015
A federal magistrate judge signed off Monday on a settlement agreement between law firm Jaffe & Asher LLP and a former employee over allegations that a former information technology director forcibly kissed her on the neck in a bar.
April 21, 2015
Jaffe & Asher LLP faces a sexual harassment trial in June after a New York federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss allegations that a former information technology director forcibly kissed a female subordinate at a bar.
September 16, 2014
A former Jaffe & Asher LLP employee lacks evidence that the firm's technology director sexually harassed her by making unwanted advances at a bar, an attorney representing the firm said in New York federal court Tuesday.
June 13, 2014
Attorneys representing a former Jaffe & Asher LLP worker in a discrimination suit cannot seek information about the firm's finances in a deposition after a New York federal judge found Thursday that digging for such information was "needlessly intrusive" at this stage of the litigation.
February 19, 2014
A New York federal judge on Wednesday nudged along a Jaffe & Asher LLP worker's discrimination suit against the firm, cautioning attorneys to expeditiously resolve any discovery disputes surrounding the alleged domestic violence and sexual harassment incidents central to the case.
January 15, 2014
A New York federal judge on Wednesday rejected Jaffe & Asher LLP's attempt to kick gender and domestic violence victim discrimination claims against the firm and its IT manager, ruling that the allegations were severe enough to survive a motion to dismiss.