re: CBS, Sporting News: Petrino will be fired

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You don't think that Petrino has created a hostile work environment for her fiance?

You don't think that other. possible more qualified applicants may have a claim that they suffered sexual discrimination?

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Because I have litigated sexual harassment cases. This case is more valuable because of the publicity than because some nebulous legal standard was arguably violated. Have you ever seen Gloria Allred get a verdict? No, but she gets huge paydays for her clients because of the negative publicity of all her press conferences, et. cet.

Petrino fricking his fiancee may have caused embarassment to him but that is not a hostile work environment. Juries are far more sympathetic than federal judges. Unless Petrino taunts him in the hall, after being told not to by the Athletic Director, that is not a hostile work environment.

Many courts have ruled that there is no gender discrimination claim when a decisionmaker favors an employee who he is having sexual relations with in a promotion or hiring decision, finding that the decision is not based on the gender of the applicant but is based on the fondness bosses have for getting their nob polished. Just because a decision involves sex does not mean it makes an employer liable.

In many states the fiancee would have a claim against BP but not the UA.