The Connecticut Supreme Court recently adopted the U.S. Supreme Court's relatively narrow definition of “supervisor” for use in determining when employers are liable under the Connecticut Fair ...

Hostile takeovers target companies whose management disagrees with buyout terms. Tender offers, proxy fights, and open market purchases are three methods used. Such takeovers can drive up share prices ...

In O’Reggio v. Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that a “supervisor,” for purposes of a state hostile work environment claim, is an employee who is ...

Workplace bullying and its damaging effects have been hot topics in the news recently. In these stories, a generally toxic office culture is often discussed interchangeably with the legal concept of a ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines harassment as “unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), ...

“A rotten apple spoils the barrel” can be used to describe how a hostile employee affects the workplace. The negative behaviors can spread very quickly. They can affect employee morale and ...

Thanks to the machinations of a certain billionaire, the phrase “hostile takeover” has been liberally bandied about the media sphere recently. But while it long ago entered the mainstream lexicon, ...

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(NEXSTAR) – Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Examples of hostile architecture, also known as hostile design or defensible architecture, are everywhere in cities and public spaces. You’ve likely ...