Two other attorneys’ lessons from the Bill O’Reilly harassment case
A month ago, I put in my two cents worth about the Bill O’Relly harassment case and its settlement.
I’m sure much more has been written about this than I’ve had time or inclination to search out, but here are a few good ones I’ve run across since then. (As usual, apologies for my tardiness, but these are great analyses and not dated by the passage of a month since the settlement.)
First, Workforce Management has this by Alan L. Rupe:
“An Open Letter to Bill O’Reilly.”
Rupe offers a “shortlist of truths to be remembered” about sexual harassment lawsuits:
Truth No. 1: Somebody’s gonna pay.
Truth No. 2: Employment lawyers will always stay busy.
Truth No. 3: Perception often becomes reality.
Truth No. 4: You’re not playing football. The best defense is not a good offense.
Read what he says about these.
Second, from BeldarBlog: “Mackris/O’Reilly et al. litigation settles with a whisper, not a bang”
Beldar picks apart the settlement press release and a few other publicly known details about the case very perceptively, with the knowledge of one who has drafted many such settlements. Very interesting, especially for anyone involved in litigating harassment cases.
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