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CIVIL LITIGATION PROCESS FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT CIVIL LITIGATION PROCESS Question: You are a corporate vice president of a large software development & manufacturing
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wrong and legally actionable. Most sexual harassment claims are made under Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Rights and Respect pg. 4) It provides
of Phoenix Abstract Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Adler, 2007). Title VII applies to
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CIVIL LITIGATION PROCESS
Question:
You are a corporate vice president of a large software development & manufacturing company. Specifically, you are in charge of the company's human resources division. One of your responsibilities is to work with the company's retained law firm on suits against the company by present and former employees. A former employee has just filed suit against the company and one of its supervisor's for sexual harassment. The citation has been served upon the authorized agent for the company today. You have also been advised today that you are going to be promoted to senior vice president in charge of software development and that the new human resources director has little experience with matters related to civil litigation. You must orient the new director to the mechanics of how a civil lawsuit works its way through the legal system so that she can integrate her activities with that of the law firm in defense of the newly filed suit
Prepare a three (3) to five (5) page memo to the new director generally describing the litigation process.
To: X Liu Chang, Manager, HR department
From: Phuong Tonnu, Vice President
Date: 10/7/04
Subject: Litigation process for recent lawsuit of sexual harassment
Over view
The following document is a description of sexual harassment litigation process and my proposals to create a manual policy on sexual harassment cases.
The Stages of Sexual Harassment Litigation
1. Beginning of Controversy and Attempts to Resolve Conflict
"Having an litigation goal''
The goal of the case should be determined as early as possible, by the facts, witnesses, forum and client, because it will dictate how you will manage the litigation. For instance, if the forum, facts and client indicate that (1) summary judgment is not possibility and (2) the...
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