With increasing frequency, lawyers throughout the country are handling bullying cases. I have mediated matters and followed highly publicized cases where students were the targets of videos posted on social media that spewed hatred and conveyed racially or ethnically threatening material, sometimes even using the student’s name. Attorneys consulted by these victims of cyberbullying often seek monetary compensation from the bully, the bully’s parents, and, at times, the school where both the bully and the victim are students.
Beyond school years, bullying can happen in a number of contexts. There are reports of attacks in the workplace that are often personally directed and may include bullying that is racial or sexual in nature, creating toxic work environments. Bullying can occur during business negotiations or within social groups or clubs. The misconduct of coaches or doctors of athletes, even at the university level, has become commonplace. The same is true of media or entertainment executives whose bullying activities sometimes constituted criminal assault. The victims are male or female, teenage school students, or sophisticated adults.
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