The Supreme Court’s decision in Young v. UPS has several things going for it. Most importantly, it upholds the key principle of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by making it clear that pregnant workers cannot be treated worse than other workers. Consistent with that principle, it precludes employers from unjustifiably excluding pregnant workers under a policy that already accommodates many of their colleagues.

• A woman needs time off from work because she is relocating to a domestic violence shelter to escape her husband’s violence.
• An unknown person shows up at the office and demands to see his girlfriend, who is an employee there; he threatens that he won’t leave until she agrees to see him.
• An employee repeatedly uses office phone lines and email to harass and threaten his ex-girlfriend.

If you’re an employer, chances are that you have encountered one of the three scenarios listed above. If you haven’t, it’s just a matter of time before you do.

The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault releases its model memorandum of understanding for colleges and law enforcement.

Good news: Last week the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault issued its long-awaited model memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) on how universities and colleges should work together to handle campus sexual assault.

Kentucky Cantata, an intensely memorable play written by Paul David Young, is the story of an idealistic 18-year-old girl who leaves her rural Kentucky home to pursue an acting career in New York City, where she is raped almost immediately after landing at LaGuardia. The subject is horrific, but Mr. Young handles the matter with dignity and grace—adding a twist that catches each of us in our prejudices against immigrants. The playwright was formerly a partner in an international law firm with a J.D.