Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight about a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation case brought by a plaintiff claiming she was unjustly terminated. Finding the plaintiff did not timely file an OSHA...more
11/14/2018
/ Administrative Remedies ,
Disability Benefits ,
Dismissals ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OSHA ,
Retaliation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight on a case in which a former commodities broker claimed her former employers retaliated against her for filing a civil rights complaint by causing her new employer to...more
11/16/2017
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Brokers ,
Commission on Human Rights ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employment Terms ,
Former Employee ,
Former Employer ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Jury Trial ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Protected Activity ,
Racist Remarks ,
Retaliation
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini commented on a case in which a former financial advisor of JPMS claimed his employment was terminated based on racial discrimination. Through application of the three-part burden...more
8/30/2017
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Burden-Shifting ,
But For Causation ,
Circumstantial Evidence ,
Ethics Breach ,
Financial Adviser ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Integrity Policies ,
McDonnell Douglas Formula ,
Mixed Motive Cases ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Pretext ,
Race Discrimination ,
Summary Judgment
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a case in which the plaintiff, a former stockbroker, sued his employer after he was terminated claiming discrimination under the ADA and ADEA. Under these statutes and...more
6/12/2017
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Brokers ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Dismissals ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Pretext ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Waivers
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini analyzed a case in which the plaintiff claimed he was wrongfully terminated from employment at Morgan Stanley after the company discovered he reported alleged illegal activities to...more
3/3/2017
/ Dismissals ,
Dodd-Frank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Morgan Stanley ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a case where Plaintiff, a 61-year-old female bank employee, sufficiently pleaded constructive discharge in support of her employment discrimination claims where she was...more
11/17/2016
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Co-Workers ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Demotions ,
Dismissals ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII