Jan 14, 2010
Ex-GC Based Discrimination Suit on Confidential Data, Employer Says
A former in-house counsel who claims he was fired because his supervisor had “a discriminatory animus toward Jewish people” must respond to allegations in a counterclaim from his former employer that he improperly disclosed confidential information in his court complaint, a New York appellate court ruled Tuesday. In a unanimous opinion, the panel concluded that the lawyer’s obligation to the Loews Corp. was not overridden by the fact that he was an “at will” employee.