Grossman discusses both the likelihood of the student's being able to prove sexual harassment, and the difficult legal hurdles faced by plaintiffs who bring sexual harassment cases in the teacher-student context. But the deceased niece, seeking her own share of the estate, claims the adoption was invalid. Professor Grossman notes the benefits and the pitfalls, for gay partners in states where gay marriages and civil unions remain illegal, of using adult adoption as an estate planning device. The EEOC's recent ruling requiring employers, in some circumstances, to provide insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives is likely to have nationwide repercussions. In Part Two of a two-part series on the Anna Nicole Smith trial, FindLaw columnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman explains the intersection of Smith's prior win in bankruptcy court with the ongoing trial in Houston, and weighs Smith's likelihood of success in her current Texas trial.
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Hofstra Professor and FindLaw columnist Joanna Grossman examines why the very firms that should know better are still hosts to harassers. In Part One of a two-part series, Hofstra Law Professor and FindLaw Columnist Joanna Grossman explains why a New Jersey judge erred in ruling that a lesbian could not hyphenate her surname with her partner's. Writ columnists and contributors on this historic Presidential Election.