Naomi R. Shatz speaks to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about the Commonwealth’s Sexual Harassment Law

Attorney Naomi R. Shatz spoke to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about Sabatini v. Knouse, currently before the SJC, for which the firm wrote an amicus brief in support of the appellant, Dr. Kristin Knouse. The SJC is set to hear oral argument in the case in February, where it will focus on one question: Does the state’s statute prohibiting sexual harassment allow students to sue their harassers, or only their educational institutions?

Attorney Shatz told Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly that if the SJC agreed with the appellee there would be a class of harassers who would be immunized from legal consequences for their harassment. “When you’re talking about the Legislature setting up a system to address sexual harassment, that can’t be what they were trying to do,” she said.