December 18, 2020
The First Circuit refused to reinstate a former Biogen scientist's allegation that he was fired because he suffered a mental breakdown, finding Friday that he hadn't shown there was a nexus between his layoff and his mental struggles.
September 11, 2019
A former Biogen scientist's firing was unrelated to a mental breakdown he suffered and simply the result of a major round of layoffs, an attorney for the company told a First Circuit panel at oral arguments Wednesday as it sought to affirm a lower court win in a disability bias suit.