A federal judge has dismissed Foley & Lardner’s motion for summary judgment in a case accusing the firm of pulling a job offer from a Palestinian-American lawyer due to discrimination.
US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman decided it would be more appropriate for a jury to rule on the facts, according to a Monday filing.
“If a lack of evidence that an employer explicitly announced discriminatory intent was sufficient to win summary judgment, plaintiffs would rarely prevail,” Coleman said.
Foley rescinded an associate position offer in late October of 2023 over comments Chehade made on social media surrounding the October ...
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