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Bloomberg Law Surge in Outside Workplace Investigations in #MeToo Milieu By: Kodichi Nwankwo Workplace investigators are staying busy in the #MeToo era as companies increasingly look to third-party investigators to handle claims of harassment. “Everyone I know in this field is busy,” Keith Rohman, president of the Association of Workplace Investigators said. Rohman, who has investigated…

On March 20, 2018, Keith Rohman will be part of an expert panel discussing, “Harassment in the #MeToo Era—Past, Present and Future.”  The dinner event is sponsored by the Orange County Labor & Employment Relations Association (OCLERA) and will take place at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim beginning at 6 p.m.

As workplace sexual harassment complaints made national headlines, Keith Rohman was elected president of the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI), an international professional organization focused on investigating alleged employee misconduct. Rohman, founder and president of Public Interest Investigations, Inc., (PII), is serving a two-year term as AWI’s president while he continues to lead the daily…

PII investigators work with legal team on wrongful conviction case.  Exoneree receives $15 million settlement from LA County.   KPCC L.A. County to pay $15 million to man wrongfully convicted of murder By: Frank Stoltze In one of the largest such legal settlements ever in the U.S., the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday…

Variety Roy Price’s Top Amazon Lieutenants Under Scrutiny By: Daniel Holloway Roy Price is gone from Amazon Studios, bounced from his post as president as a result of detailed sexual harassment allegations. Now the ground looks increasingly unsteady beneath members of his executive team. Joe Lewis, head of drama and comedy development at Amazon Studios, has…

Nora Rohman and Deborah Maddux have been selected as co-presenters for a workshop at the ACHRO/EEO 2017 Fall Institute on October 18th.  Their topic is how to conduct investigations when gender identity is part of the scope.  For complete event information, please visit the ACHRO/EEO event page here.