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Tapes could level playing field in employment cases.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Tapes could level playing field in employment cases.(New York)

Article Excerpt
Attorneys can advise clients who face discrimination and harassment on the job to surreptitiously tape managers and coworkers, a New York state court has ruled.

Employment lawyers said the Match decision in Mena v. Key Food Stores Cooperative could change the dynamics of hostile-work-environment cases, which typically follow a "he-said, she-said" pattern and rest largely on the perceived credibility of the various parties.

As a state trial court ruling, the decision has limited binding effect, but it may have a wider...

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