While Pepper Hamilton overcame the majority of discrimination and retaliation claims levied by a former project attorney, a federal judge said it is up to a jury to determine whether working a normal schedule is an essential job function of a contract lawyer.
Former Pepper Hamilton project attorney Andrew Fischer worked on projects for the firm’s marquee health effects litigation group and client GlaxoSmithKline for six years, continually going back and forth with the law firm during that time on accommodating his inability to get to work before 2 p.m. in many instances.
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