Ex-Acting General Counsel's Use of Alleged Privileged Information in Complaint Against NY Firm Doesn't Bar Sex Discrimination Suit
Jennifer Fischman's gender discrimination claim against her former employer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America Inc., may proceed after a federal judge rejected the New York-based company's argument that the complaint should be tossed because it uses alleged privileged and confidential information learned during the job.
July 17, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
The former acting general counsel and chief compliance officer at New York-based Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America Inc. may proceed with her gender discrimination lawsuit against the company following a federal judge's recent ruling.
But Jennifer Fischman's tort claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent destruction of employment opportunity, as well as her state law claim of retaliation, were slashed from the suit by Judge Jesse Furman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
In denying Mitsubishi's motion to dismiss the sex discrimination claim, however, Furman rejected its argument that the 2018 complaint should be tossed because it uses alleged privileged and confidential information learned during the job in the pleading.
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