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The article discusses a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Chipotle, alleging religious harassment by a Kansas Chipotle manager, Kevin Silva Garcia, who harassed a Muslim employee, Areej Saifan, by asking to see her hair and removing her hijab, leading to a hostile working environment. It mentions that Chipotle responded with a "zero tolerance policy" and terminated the employee.

The article provides information about further troubles faced by Rudolph W. Giuliani, who has been named as a co-conspirator in an indictment against Donald J. Trump.

The article reports that self-styled fraud investigators have deluged e lection officials with open-records demands for office email, and digital records that lay out what votes were cast at polling place with recruiting volunteers to the ballots of commission with election workers.

The article offers information that the California court has been informed of the allegations of workplace misconduct against a former senior editor at the media behemoth Axel Springer.

The article reports that the graduate school at Harvard, Lilia Kilburn arrived at her adviser's office by bike, and she said she felt a tremor of discomfort when the adviser, John Comaroff, a respected anthropologist and an expert on South Africa, complimented her on her helmet.

The article reports on the settlement of a series harassment lawsuits by Alphabet, parent company of Google. The firm has agreed to increase its board of directors' oversight of future sexual misconduct cases and offer its commitment towards corporate diversity programs. Part of the settlement is that employees will not be forced to settle disputes in private arbitration while limiting confidentiality restrictions when settling such cases, as well as prohibit office romances.

Reports that regulators have punished Sigma Financial Corp. and its president, Jerome Rydell, for waging a campaign of legal harassment against Jimmy L. and Evella J. Shawver ever since the couple won a $318,096 arbitration award against the firm.

This article reports on the reputation problems that have been following the New York Knicks around. Their 2005-2006 dismal season was echoed in their loss in the 2006-2007 season opener. Stephon Marbury was unable to meet with fans before the game, and lost his temper in the fourth quarter, kicking a basketball. There has also been problems surrounding sexual harassment, with a suit filed by Anucha Browne Sanders.

Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, the prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, filed its legal response Wednesday to the sex discrimination charges made last month by junior partner Ellen Pao. As expected, Kleiner sweepingly and specifically denied all the claims. ''KPCB vigorously denies that it discriminated against plaintiff, retaliated against plaintiff after she complained about harassment or discrimination, or that it violated its obligation to take reasonable steps to prevent discrimination from occurring,'' the response says. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Douglas Kennedy, the youngest son of Robert F. Kennedy, the senator from New York who was assassinated in 1968, has been arraigned on charges resulting from a confrontation that began as he tried to take his newborn son out of a Westchester County hospital. Two nurses said they were injured by Mr. Kennedy's actions. A lawyer for Mr. Kennedy gave a different account of what happened and said his client would fight the charges, two counts of harassment as well as one of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

After she screamed at a fellow juror in the trial of Brooke Astor's son, Yvonne Fernandez said, she and the other woman made up, hugged and cried together in the bathroom. Even after the trial, Ms. Fernandez added, that fellow juror, Judi DeMarco, left her a pleasant voice-mail message. So Ms. Fernandez, a freelance television technical director, said she was shocked to learn on Monday that Ms. DeMarco had told defense lawyers that the confrontation between the two of them had frightened her and caused her to give in and convict the defendants. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that Michael Harrington, a gay police officer of the New York city police department, has filed a lawsuit complaining constant harassment since coming into the open about his sexual orientation. In the lawsuit filed in the state Supreme Court, Manhattan, Harrington states that has been ostracized and discriminated against since he told his colleagues at the 75th Precinct that he was gay. He also claims that a supervisor did not permit him a day off for adopting a child.

Mentions the lawsuit against Warner Brothers Television and writers Adam Chase, Gregory Malins, and Andrew Reich regarding the dirty banter which led to sexual harassment on the set of the television show 'Friends.' How the suit began as a complaint filed in 1999; Claims from former writers' assistant Amaani Lyle that the various writers engaged in activities involving crude language and sexual fantasies involving cast members; Debate over whether the jobs of the writers should have involved them talking about sex on the set; Assertion from the writers that brainstorming and off-color jokes are an important part of the writing and editing process and that they contributed to the success of the show.

Reports that Andrea Mackris, a producer for the Fox News Channel, filed a lawsuit against Bill O'Reilly for sexual harassment in the U.S. Facts of the case; Merits of the case; Views of people regarding the case.

Focuses on Janine Craane and her mother Valery, brokers at Merrill Lynch, which they say has mistreated the women it employs. Grievances of the Craanes and other current and former brokers; Background on their lawsuits against Merrill; Payouts that have been made by Merrill and Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley to former employees who lodged similar complaints; The continuing complaints of inequality on Wall Street; Details of harassment and discrimination against women at the company; History of the women's struggle; Why the Craanes did not join the group of women who filed suit against Merrill in 1997.

Reports that Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $54 million to settle a sex discrimination case rather than stand trial on the U.S. government's accusation that it denied equal pay and promotions to women in a division of its investment bank. Details of the settlement, which came after negotiations that involved Morgan Stanley's chairman and chief executive, Philip J. Purcell, and Cari M. Dominguez, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Morgan Stanley's denial of wrongdoing; Other big Wall Street firms that have been defending themselves against discrimination complaints, including Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney; Comments of former bond saleswoman Allison K. Schieffelin, who claimed she had been denied a promotion by Morgan Stanley because of her sex.

Reports that South Carolina resident James R. Murphy has pleaded not guilty in Federal District Court in Seattle, Washington, to counts of using a computer across state lines to harass a former girlfriend living in Seattle. Violation of a 1996 law that equates harassing e-mail messages with telephone calls; Possible penalty that could be imposed on Murphy.

Reports on New York City's decision to settle a harassment lawsuit filed by Lionel Lorquet, deputy warden at Rikers Island. Amount paid by the city to settle the lawsuit; Case background; Lorquet's claim that he was punished and harassed by senior correction officials for supporting Mark Green, the Democratic candidate in the 2001 mayoral election.

Reports on the plea bargain agreement entered into by New York City-based pornographer Al Goldstein with a local court where he pleaded guilty to a minor offense below a misdemeanor for harassing his former assistant in 2003.

Reports that J.P. Morgan Chase dismissed two investment bankers after a fellow banker complained that they had sexually accosted a woman who worked with them. Allegations that Palden Gyuimed Namgyal and Norman Gretzinger made unwanted and inappropriate advances toward the woman in a bar; Comment that J.P. Morgan Chase's decision to fire the employees shows how seriously some investment banks treat complaints of sexual harassment; Class-action suits that women brokers filed in the 1990s against Merrill Lynch and the Smith Barney unit of Citigroup; Lawsuits that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against Morgan Stanley on behalf of women who worked there.

Discusses Willie E. Gary's agreement to take up the cause of African-American Coca-Cola employees in their racial discrimination claims against the company. Promises made by Gary concerning cash payments to the plaintiffs; Another offensive launched against the company by Gary involving a group of African-American women who claim they were subject to a hostile work environment, and racial harassment; Questions raised regarding Gary's ability to represent the plaintiffs.

Reports that real estate agent Steven Gluck has been convicted of making harassing phone calls to Marcia Lemmon, a vocal critic of neighborhood bars in the Lower East Side of New York City, New York. Details on the incidents; Efforts of Lemmon to keep liquor licenses from being granted to bars and restaurants; Schedule for Gluck's sentencing.

Reports that Octavio Ramos, a Cuban immigrant who served the Manhattan jury in New York City, New York was discovered to have been convicted of resisting arrest and harassment three weeks before his jury duty. Decision by Ramos on Andrew Goldstein's case, a schizophrenic man accused of shoving a stranger to death in the subway; How Ramos' conviction was discovered; Why Ramos should not have been allowed to serve on the jury according to law professors and jury experts.

Reports that Steven Gluck was arrested by the police in New York City, New York charging him with harassment. His comments on the charge against him; Basis of his complainant, Marcia Lemmon.

Reports the charges against Bernard Freilich, a prominent Hasidic rabbi in Brooklyn, New York, with witness tampering, witness intimidation and harassment. Comments from George Meissner, the rabbi's lawyer; Brief review of the incident; Background of Freilich.

Reveals that Christopher Brodeur who barraged the office of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani with telephone calls in 1996 was acquitted of charges of threatening the Mayor's press secretary and violating a court order to stay away from City Hall. How Brodeur intends to celebrate the decision; Description of Brodeur's telephone messages; Details of the case.

Looks at the malicious harassment lawsuit filed by the United States Equal Opportunity Employment Commission against Washington brokerage firm Josephthal & Co. Comments from Harolyn Duerr, the receptionist and only woman in the office; Details on the charges against the company.