Working hard for Equal Justice, including the equal worth and dignity of all humans, is the heart and soul of our Firm. We have all seen with our own eyes how unequal justice is in our country for black Americans and other people of color. All of us have a moral and human obligation to…
A police officer slammed a 5-foot-tall mother to the ground in front of her children, causing her to lose consciousness. A court threw out her case against the officer before it could go to a jury. An officer drove his SUV into the path of a fleeing motorcycle, killing the driver. The court tossed the case. Police officers fired at a family’s…
The president of several Portland radio stations is no longer working for the company, the latest of several high-profile changes and firings at the stations over the last few months. The “departure” of Bob Adams as president and general manager of the Portland Radio Group was prompted by the stations’ need for a “more defined…
She Was Fired Due to Her Doctor’s Order That She Keep Working at Home Temporarily To Avoid COVID-19 and Fatal Side Effects. Read “Longtime Portland radio host files official complaint after she was let go” here Read “Longtime Portland radio personality plans to file complaint over her dismissal” here Read “Portland radio personality Randi Kirshbaum…
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Some of Maine’s top employers, including Bath Iron Works, St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston and MaineGeneral Health in Augusta, top a list of 250 businesses in the state that require their workers to settle claims of sexual harassment or discrimination outside of court through a private arbitrator. The use of “forced arbitration” — clauses in hiring contracts…
The settlement payments don’t come from traditional insurance; the state is self-insured for these cases. That means the cash comes directly from the state budget. David Webbert, an Augusta lawyer who specializes in employment cases – including representing state employees – doubts training alone would solve the problem. “No amount of civil rights training can…
With roughly 56 percent of Maine employers forcing workers to sign away their right to sue through forced arbitration — which requires employees to resolve legal disputes through a private mediator — employees who experience sexual harassment in the workplace can be denied their day in court. This year, a bill being considered by the state legislature’s…
The board of Regional School Unit 21 apologized to former teacher Rosa Slack this week, acknowledging it “mishandled” complaints she made more than two years ago about how the district responded to racially motivated incidents. Slack, in a statement issued through the law firm Johnson, Webbert & Young, accepted the district’s apology Tuesday and thanked…