An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals was recently awarded $6 million by a federal jury in a discrimination lawsuit. The plaintiff was a senior director for the Israeli-based company and had worked for the company since 2001. He was fired from the company in 2016, when...
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Jury Awards $6M to Teva Executive in Discrimination Lawsuit
Any Company Registered to Do Business in Pennsylvania Now Subject to Lawsuits
The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled in September that companies that are registered to conduct business in Pennsylvania may now be sued in the Pennsylvania state courts. Murray v. Am. LaFrance, LLC, 2018 Pa. Super. 267 (Pa. Super. 2018). This includes foreign-based...
read moreSupreme Court’s Decision Impacts Employee Rights
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority made a ruling that will likely have a considerable impact on employee rights in this country. In the case of Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the court’s 5-4 decision brings attention to the issue of whether a...
read moreExpanded Definition of “Sex” Protects Rights of LGBTQ Community in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission recently released new guidelines for handling discrimination complaints based on gender identity or sexual orientation. The Commission expanded its legal definition of “sex” to include not only the individual’s biological...
read moreAbbott Laboratories Ordered to Pay $8M in Age Discrimination Case
In an age discrimination case against the defendants, Abbott Laboratories and Abbot Laboratories Supervisor Kim Perez, a jury found in favor of the plaintiff, Luz Gonzalez-Bermudez, a former national sales manager who worked out of the company’s Puerto Rico office....
read morePennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Non-Economic Damages for Whistleblower Claims
Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that wrongfully terminated whistleblowers can recover non-economic damages. Bailets v. Pa. Tpk. Comm’n., 2018 Pa. LEXIS 1498 (2018). Bailets centered around a whistleblower claim made by a manager of the Pennsylvania...
read moreFormer Manager Fails to Show That Her Former Employer’s Reasons for Termination Were Based on Any Discriminatory Motive
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Ferraro v. Temple University held that Plaintiff failed to show that the legitimate reasons for employee’s termination were pretext for any discriminatory motive. 185 A.3d 396 (Pa. Super. 2018). Plaintiff worked as a manager of...
read moreThird Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Fraud Claim Based on Gist of the Action Doctrine
In Downs v. Andrews, The Third Circuit held that the gist of the action doctrine barred plaintiff from bringing a fraud claim. 639 Fed.Appx. 816 (2016). Plaintiffs brought suit for fraud in connection with Defendants’ failure to deliver mortgage notes to Plaintiff....
read moreEmployee Loses Prima Facie Case of Retaliation But May Continue His Defamation Case Against Former Employer
On March 20, 2018, Plaintiff Haabiyl Mims filed a Complaint alleging retaliatory discharge under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA § 15 (a)(3)), Defamation and Defamation Per Se, and Wrongful Termination by Defendants New Age Protection Inc. and Tamisha...
read moreSupreme Court Ruling States That ADEA Applies to Public Employers with Less Than 20 Employees
A new unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido states that all public employers in every state must now comply with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), regardless of how many or how few individuals the...
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