I actually used to think that this kind of sexual hanky panky didn't exist in the private sector until I recently spoke a friend of my wife who worked for one of the top three law firms in LA. She was assigned to the unit that specialized in sexual discrimination/harassment suit. Her job was to help defends companies from these types of suit. In her first year, every case that came across her desk was a legitimate claim that would have won in court. If the perpetrator was a rank and file employee than they were let go on the spot, but if they were an executive or key employ they stayed. Regardless, her job was to stall and generally make the plaintiff’s (victim’s) life so miserable so that they would either settle early or simply walk away. It made her sick about corporate America and the way they defend themselves in court. She quit her 145K job within the first 11 months and is thinking about leaving the law altogether. So, although I would hope these practices would be long gone by now from private America, they are not.

Idawa

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