June 29, 2021
A Washington federal court declined Tuesday to disturb an $11 million jury verdict awarded to a former IBM sales manager who claimed the tech giant retaliated against and wrongly fired him for reporting racial discrimination against a subordinate, denying IBM's bid for a new trial.
May 24, 2021
IBM Corp. can use a $14.6 million bond to pause on paying a former sales executive's $11 million award while it appeals a jury's finding that he was fired for complaining that a coworker had faced discrimination, a Washington federal judge said Monday.
May 14, 2021
IBM has asked a Seattle federal judge for a new trial and to undo a "monstrous" emotional damages award in a case where a jury found that the tech giant owed a former sales executive $11 million for firing him after he complained that a co-worker faced discrimination.
April 15, 2021
A Washington federal jury on Thursday sided with a former IBM sales manager who says he was fired for reporting discrimination against a subordinate, finding that the tech giant had indeed retaliated against and wrongly fired the manager, and that he's entitled to $11 million in damages.
April 09, 2021
An IBM sales manager allegedly fired for reporting discrimination against a subordinate admitted on the stand Friday that he discouraged the worker from going to HR at the time, saying he now regrets not making "a giant fuss."
April 08, 2021
A former IBM sales manager suing the company over his firing testified on Thursday that he was deeply distressed when a Black subordinate saw a large commission slashed without explanation, and even more so as higher-ups didn't bat an eye when he labeled it racial discrimination.
April 05, 2021
A former IBM sales manager told a jury Monday he was fired for calling out racial disparities in his subordinates' commissions, kicking off a Zoom trial in Washington federal court.
March 02, 2021
A Washington federal judge upheld a former IBM manager's lawsuit saying he was fired for complaining that racism deprived a Black sales representative of a hefty commission check, the company's latest court loss in a series of lawsuits over the situation.