<![CDATA[@gordonlawgrp - Gordon Law Group, LLP]]> https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/tags/gordonlawgrp/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:22:37 GMT en-us <![CDATA[Every Single Attorney General Just Demanded The End of Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Claims]]> https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/every-single-attorney-general-just-demanded-the-end-of-mandatory-arbitration-for-sexual-harassment-claims/ https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/every-single-attorney-general-just-demanded-the-end-of-mandatory-arbitration-for-sexual-harassment-claims/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:58:28 GMT Every single attorney general just signed a letter to congress demanding the end of mandatory arbitration agreements. See letter to Congress. While the letter is limited to sexual harassment claims, this is a stunning development and signals a strong shift. As the Attorneys General noted: “While there may be benefits to arbitration provisions in other…

]]> Every single attorney general just signed a letter to congress demanding the end of mandatory arbitration agreements. See letter to Congress.

While the letter is limited to sexual harassment claims, this is a stunning development and signals a strong shift.

As the Attorneys General noted:

“While there may be benefits to arbitration provisions in other contexts, they do not extend to sexual harassment claims. Victims of such serious misconduct should not be constrained to pursue relief from decision makers who are not trained as judges, are not qualified to act as courts of law, and are not positioned to ensure that such victims are accorded both procedural and substantive due process. Every single attorney.

Additional concerns arise from the secrecy requirements of arbitration clauses, which disserve the public interest by keeping both the harassment complaints and any settlements confidential. This veil of secrecy may then prevent other persons similarly situated from learning of the harassment claims so that they, too, might pursue relief. Ending mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims would help to put a stop to the culture of silence that protects perpetrators at the cost of their victims.”

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]]> <![CDATA[“Fish Rots from The Head Down”]]> https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/fish-rots-from-the-head-down/ https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/fish-rots-from-the-head-down/ Sun, 21 Jan 2018 02:54:14 GMT Fish rots from the head down. Philip Gordon was interviewed by the Brockton Enterprise concerning a new report released by the City of Brockton attempting to second guess the landmark $4M jury verdict awarded to Gordon Law Group’s client, Russell Lopes, for outrageous acts of discrimination and retaliation. Since that verdict, the City commissioned a…

]]> Fish rots from the head down. Philip Gordon was interviewed by the Brockton Enterprise concerning a new report released by the City of Brockton attempting to second guess the landmark $4M jury verdict awarded to Gordon Law Group’s client, Russell Lopes, for outrageous acts of discrimination and retaliation. Since that verdict, the City commissioned a law firm to write a report suggesting that evidence from witnesses not called by the City would have resulted in a better result for the City, fully exonerating it from the retaliation claim. Gordon disagreed.

“I think it would have led to corruption at the mayor’s office and [the verdict] would have been worse.” Gordon stated.

“I would have given a different closing argument: The fish rots from the head down,” Gordon said. “That’s what I would have started my closing argument with.”

View the article from the Brockton Enterprise here.

Since that verdict, the City commissioned a law firm to write a report suggesting that evidence from witnesses not called by the City would have resulted in a better result for the City, fully exonerating it from the retaliation claim. Gordon disagreed.Since that verdict, the City commissioned a law firm to write a report suggesting that evidence from witnesses not called by the City would have resulted in a better result for the City, fully exonerating it from the retaliation claim. Gordon disagreed.

Since that verdict, the City commissioned a law firm to write a report suggesting that evidence from witnesses not called by the City would have resulted in a better result for the City, fully exonerating it from the retaliation claim. Gordon disagreed.

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