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Kind of sounds like the start of a beautiful movie or novel, doesn’t it?
Unfortunately, however, it became more Lady Gaga. Or, more precisely, the writings of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals adjudicating an on-again-off-again sexual relationship between the “lovers” who became “colleagues” in the “workplace” and, later, plaintiff and defendant in a quid pro quo sexual harassment lawsuit.
We don’t talk about quid pro quo much here. So, I’ll either refresh your recollections or educate some of you on a somewhat obscure cause of action for sex discrimination under Title VII.
To prove quid pro quo sexual harassment,