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Sexual Harassment -- Beware the Consensual Relationship at Work 

Airing SUNDAY, July 27 at 6:30 p.m. on  The American Law Journal 

 
 
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Why do many corporations warn against consensual relationships at work? Because too often they lead to sexual harassment claims.

Sunday July 27 at 6:30 PM on CN8, The Comcast Network, The American Law Journal presents "Sexual Harassment-- Beware the Consensual Relationship at Work."  Taped at the Union League in Philadelphia, attorney host Christopher Naughton welcomes corporate counsel Anthony Haller of Blank Rome, plaintiff's attorney George Kounoupis of Hahalis & Kounoupis and Mary Tiernan, attorney with the EEOC.  The panel examines how consensual relationships can end up as sexual harassment suits.

 
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"The core of these cases," Kounoupis suggests "is welcomeness. Is it severe or pervasive and is it welcome. A woman that had a prior consensual relationship and broke it off- I know what [defense counsel] is looking at: did she clearly break it off... the woman has to send very clear signals."

 

"The difficulties with these cases--particularly with a senior executive--you never want to be in a courtroom as a good defense lawyer," states Haller. "There is huge leverage in a plaintiff just bringing the case because it affects the [executive's] reputation and standing in the business itself. And more often than not there are implications for the wife and family."   
 

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Featured Guests  at the Union League in Philadelphia

Attorney George Kounoupis
 
 
George Kounoupis
Hahalis & Kounoupis
 
 
 
 
          
 
Anthony Haller, Blank RomeAttorney Anthony Haller
Mary Tiernan, EEOC
Attorney Mary Tiernan
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Christopher Naughton

  Attorney Christopher Naughton
Host attorney Christopher Naughton is a former New Jersey prosecutor with over twenty years of experience broadcasting legal issues on television and radio.
 


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