NJ Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Case Results (Part II)
National Origin Discrimination
The Chief Marketing Officer of a Korean manufacturer of telephone equipment, who had been with the Company for many years and received numerous outstanding performance reviews and awards, was passed over for the position of Chief Operating Officer of one of the Company's major divisions. While he was employed, he asserted, through counsel, a discrimination lawsuit in NJ, citing national origin discrimination. The Company investigated and although denying liability, gave him a severance package approximating two (2) years compensation, including salary, bonus, incentive compensation, health insurance benefits and a good recommendation. Good faith negotiations were promoted by a comprehensive demand letter sent to the heads of the U.S. and Korean companies. The negotiations were conducted and completed without thirty (30) days.
Shareholder Dispute
NJ employment attorneys of Deutsch Atkins, P.C. successfully defended a business owner in an action by a former investor seeking a fifty percent ownership interest in a limited liability company that they were found to have abandoned when they did not perform their contractual obligation under the investment agreement. On appeal, Deutsch Atkins, P.C. successfully argued that despite a finding that plaintiffs had abandoned the limited liability company and the investment agreement, that defendants were entitled to counsel fees pursuant to a prevailing party clause contained in the investment agreement. A copy of the Appellate Division's decision in this New Jersey employment lawsuit is available at http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/appellate/a4526-05.opn.html.
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