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Here that, in at least the criminal context, that the statute of limitations is being longer in many, many states. and because of that, prosecutors will have the ability to bring cases. however, having been an attorney who has tried rape cases, i can tell you that even when theyre timely, theyre very, very difficult cases. so the idea of having cases that are ten or 20 or 30 years old, youre really having a hard task as a prosecutor. very difficult cases. >> so if criminal charges dont happen or...

Sexual harassment cases. somebody with a complaint has to file the complaint, they then have to go through mandatory counseling for 30 days and then this binding arbitration for 30 day. and if they dont like it, their only recourse is to go to court. so the first thing that has to happen is the office of compliance has to be made much more transparent including the money thats paid for settlements. but secondly the office of compliance has to be linked to the ethics committee. right now the offi...

Hypocrit hypocrites. >> but hollywood, they have a hard time shining a light on the wrong things that they do. >> youve heard a lot of actresses say i dont want to comment because im so angry and i dont want to be misquoted. at the end of the day theres no side to be on there. theres no wrong way to say anything. >> exactly. you could even take a bad thing and turn it into something positive. when sexual harassment cases started being covered from insurance companies, what you saw was a lot of p...

Going to take money and its going to take real leadership from the top levels of these corporations and workplaces to say were going to hold the most powerful men who are harassers accountable for their behavior, and then we also expect men to step up and call out that behavior when they see it and be good allies so its not just on all of these women who have been coming forward to make known the scope of this problem. >> but karen, can we take it one step further and say were going to hold thes...

Its a public safety issue. you can start with the board of directors. there should be elimination of binding arbitration, gag ordsers. all of that should be done away with. now youre putting women in a position where you have to worry about people behind you that could be hurt. public safety issue. >> folalways great to have you here. >> thanks. former trump advisoadvisor, bannon waging an all out war against the republican establishment. what hes been saying and the ramifications for the gop ...

Harassment with supervisory authority and if they condone the harassment and in that category of condoning harassment is inaction in the face of known harassment. that is something that will make a company liable for the harassment and critical is ascertaining whether or not the company knew and when they knew and what they did once they found out. >> if they could -- what weve seen as what has been reported and substantiated in the past and they buy silence or the credibility to continue in goo...

They involve labor contracts. they involve a lot of history in this city thats really different from some of whats going on around the country as a whole. the recent eventses of the death of mr. gana in staten island a shooting in our public housing developments, the fact that the police departments were without a contract for a number of years, theres a whole series of local issues impacting our ability to move forward, but we will be making that effort. we have to make that effort. >> talk a l...

Research. theyre saying once you buy one of their products youre agreeing to binding arbitration. binding arbitration is not the worst thing in the world. first of all its much faster. a law case can take a year or two years. binding arbitration goes quickly and its much less formal. now, -- so someone could actually represent themselves. no results of evidence. what the companies like is nothing gets disclosed. their documents, their sensitive documents, are not part of a court file that anyone...

We have a very ill young man, child, we want to arbitrate -- we want all the evidence coming out in front of a jump and jury, and then well see whether this holds or doesnt hold. >> is this sort of thing common, where you just participate in one way or another online or download coupons and giving up rights. >> more and more every day. they dont let you check on next until you click off, accept all the rights, and no one -- come on -- nobody goes and clicks on the link for all the five pages of ...

Doesnt get paid but he can come back? now he is just wiping his whole career out. >> is he losing $20 million with the suspension. >> he is going to lose it anyway. >> exactly. this desperate attempt what this is to sue everybody, the union, the commissioner, the leg, everybody is an attempt to get this suspension relieved or released. >> its not going it happen. he knows its not going to happen. this is a binding arbitration. like a judge. like the court of last resort? >> you still havent answ...