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Christy Palmer et al v. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation et al

  1. September 25, 2024

    Ex-Cognizant Worker Says Co. 'Mandate' Was To Hire Indians

    A former employee at Cognizant Technology testified Wednesday as a witness for a class of former employees alleging the company discriminates against non-Indian workers, and said he believes the company did not just have a preference for hiring workers from India through the H-1B visa program, but that it was "a mandate."

  2. September 24, 2024

    Chance Cognizant Didn't Discriminate Is '1 In A Billion,' Jury Told

    An attorney for a class of former Cognizant Technology employees alleging the company discriminated against non-South Asian and non-Indian employees told a jury during opening statements of a retrial Tuesday that the probability Cognizant's behavior wasn't racially biased is about one in a billion.

  3. June 26, 2023

    Cognizant Jury Deadlocks On Claims Of Non-Indian Bias

    A California federal judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in a class action accusing Cognizant Technology Solutions of discriminating against non-South Asian or non-Indian employees, an outcome the foreperson attributed to a holdout who "put his head down" and "just wouldn't participate."

  4. June 21, 2023

    Cognizant Exec Says Staffing 'Fair' But Stats 'Give Me Pause'

    California federal jurors considering claims Cognizant discriminated against non-South Asian or non-Indian workers heard testimony Wednesday from a Cognizant executive previously with its legal affairs department, who defended the information technology company's staffing and termination practices while conceding that statistics showing non-Indian employees being terminated at a faster rate "gives me pause."

  5. June 20, 2023

    Cognizant Exec Concedes US Workers Let Go More Often

    A California federal jury considering claims Cognizant discriminated against workers who weren't of Indian or South Asian descent heard testimony on Tuesday from a Cognizant staffing executive, who denied bias but conceded that U.S. workers were terminated at a rate 10 times higher than H-1B visa holders the year the suit was filed.

  6. June 16, 2023

    Ex-Cognizant Worker Alleging Bias Insulted Indians, Jury Told

    A former Cognizant IT worker among a class of workers alleging they were terminated because they weren't Indian or South Asian faced withering cross-examination from the company's counsel Friday, including questions about his derogatory comments about Indians and allegations he didn't return confidential information after he was fired.

  7. June 15, 2023

    White Former Cognizant Worker Tells Jury Of Racial Bias

    A white former Cognizant IT worker among the class alleging they were terminated because they weren't South Asian or Indian told a California federal jury Thursday that despite his excellent qualifications, performance and client feedback, co-workers would unfairly remove him from projects and replace him with a worker of Indian descent.

  8. June 14, 2023

    Cognizant Far More Likely To Cut Non-South Asians, Jury Told

    An economist testifying in a California federal trial for a class of former Cognizant Technology employees alleging they were terminated because they weren't of South Asian or Indian descent said Wednesday that the class members were 8.4 times more likely to suffer a so-called "bench" termination after they'd completed a project.

  9. October 28, 2022

    Non-South Asian Cognizant Workers Score Class Status

    A group of former Cognizant Technology employees who said they were pushed out of their jobs because they weren't South Asian or Indian can pursue their claims as a class, after a California federal judge said the claims stem from the company's purported visa policy.

  10. September 09, 2022

    Ex-Cognizant Workers, Applicants Face Uphill Bias Cert. Climb

    A California federal judge expressed skepticism Friday about certifying separate classes of Cognizant Technology employees and job applicants who say it discriminated in favor of Indian nationals and other South Asians, but appeared open to certifying a subclass of workers who claim they were pushed out of their jobs due to discrimination.

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