A company’s broad claim to attorney-client privilege as a complete defense to a sex discrimination suit brought by a lawyer has been rejected by a federal judge.
Carolyn Casey, a lawyer who worked in the risk management department of UniTek Global Services, sued the company when she was fired after having made complaints about sexual harassment and unequal pay. Although she wasn’t employed in the company’s legal department, the company argued that most of the evidence she would provide to prove her claims would be covered by attorney-client privilege.
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