June 13, 2023
A white former Starbucks employee's $25.6 million win in a case alleging the coffee chain canned her to quell bad press over the arrests of two Black men in a Philadelphia cafe exemplifies the risks of making hurried personnel decisions and overvaluing optics, experts say.
June 08, 2023
A former Franklin Templeton employee who was fired after a viral video showed her calling the police on a Black birdwatcher can't revive her defamation and discrimination lawsuit against the investment firm, the Second Circuit said Thursday.
May 19, 2023
A Second Circuit panel appeared disinclined to reinstate the defamation and discrimination case lodged against investment firm Franklin Templeton by a former employee who was fired after a video went viral of her calling the police on a Black bird-watcher.
May 12, 2023
Two restaurant groups will call upon the Second Circuit on Thursday to strike down New York City laws that make it illegal for employers to fire workers without just cause. Here, Law360 looks at this proceeding and other major labor and employment cases in New York.
April 28, 2023
In May, the Second Circuit will consider reopening a suit that accused Franklin Templeton of unlawfully firing a white woman who went viral for calling the cops on a Black birdwatcher, and the Fourth Circuit will debate whether a worker's email calling out a supervisor was legally protected. Here, Law360 previews three upcoming argument sessions that employment discrimination lawyers should keep tabs on.
January 24, 2023
Franklin Templeton urged the Second Circuit not to upend its win in a discrimination suit from a white ex-employee who went viral for calling the cops on a Black birdwatcher, arguing that its public criticism of the incident doesn't mean racial bias tainted its decision to fire her.
December 20, 2022
A white woman who went viral for calling police on a Black birdwatcher asked the Second Circuit to revive her suit claiming Franklin Templeton fired her after the incident because of her race and gender, calling the dismissal of her case "plain error."