May 19, 2021
In the post-pandemic era, is mediation helping sex harassment victims?
The recent predominance of mediations has obvious benefits and drawbacks to litigants in any civil case. But the impact on victims of sexual harassment is unclear.
Tamarah P. Prevost
Senior Associate
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
Email: tprevost@cpmlegal.com
Tamarah practices employment law, representing victims of racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and other civil rights abuses. She also maintains an active class action practice in antitrust and consumer rights litigation.
Every lawyer and judge in the country knows the impact the pandemic has had on our court system. Facing enormous pressure to manage case backlogs while balancing litigants' rights to a fair and speedy trial, health of courthouse staff, and years of underfunding, courts have been forced to adapt quickly over the past year.
To address the massive case logjam, many courts have imposed mandatory participation in ADR early on in litigati...
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