A Duke University School of Medicine researcher shouldn’t be forced to arbitrate her sexual assault and harassment claims against the school, a federal court was told.
Though a valid arbitration agreement existed between Duke and the researcher, enforcement is precluded by the 2021 Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, Magistrate Judge L. Patrick Auld told the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Wednesday.
BrahmaJothi Vasudevan Mulugu, who worked for Duke from2016 to2021, accused the school and various administrators of discrimination in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights and the ...
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