On April 1st, 2019, Julie began work with a law firm, Hover & Hover, LLP as an associate attorney. After 2 years of stellar job performance reviews and of consistently outproducing her projected earnings, the partners at Hover & Hover, LLP began to discuss promoting Julie and even hinted at giving Julie greater annual bonuses. However, on July 1st, 2021, Andrea, Julies co-worker and fellow law associate at Hover & Hover, LLP, confided in Julie that one of the firms partners, Carl, had been sexually harassing her for over a year. Andrea told Julie that Carl had been sending her inappropriate text messages, emails, and had even put inappropriate pictures on her desk at work. Andrea told Julie that she didnt know what to do. Furious and with Andreas consent, Julie told another one of the law partners, Dave, about what Carls behavior. About a month later, Julie was fired from her position. When she asked why she was being terminated, the law partners told her it was due to the law firm restructuring. No further explanation was given to her.

3 months after losing her job, Julie began her own law firm with her friend, Peter. They had a verbal agreement to split the profits of the partnership 75% to Julie and 25% to Peter because Julie had a lot more experience. After the first year, the partnership made over $1 million in revenue. Peter demanded that he be paid half of the profits of the partnership. When Julie told them they had an agreement about the profit sharing of the partnership, Peter continued to demand half of the profits, and threatened to sue Julie if she didnt comply.

Distraught over her difficulties at work, Julie was talked into purchasing a home with her boyfriend, Brian, as Tenants in Common with both she and Brian listed as co-owners on the deed. After just 6 months in the home, Julie and Brian began to argue over the best way to care for the house. A month later, Brian moved out of the home and sold his interest in the house to Edward. Julie protested that Brian had overstepped his bounds legally in selling his interest to Edward. Brian claimed he was well within his rights to do so.

In these unfortunate set of facts, answer the following questions fully and completely:

a) What are Julies rights in regard to her employment relationship with Hover & Hover, LLP? Can she be fired as abruptly as she was? Why or why not?

b) What type of discrimination, if any, was Julie subjected to? How would Julie prove a discrimination lawsuit against Hover & Hover, LLP? Are there any defenses available to Hover & Hover, LLP?

c) What type of partnership did Julie and Peter have? Did Peter have a right to half of the profits of the partnership? Why or why not?

d) Was Brian within his rights when he sold his interest in the house to Edward? Why or why not?