Boehringer IP Atty's Forced Retirement Ruled Illegal

By Mike Cherney (August 31, 2009, 1:09 PM EDT) -- A federal judge has ruled that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act when it forced its chief patent counsel to retire at 65, but declined to award him any damages because the judge contended the attorney did not try hard enough to find another job....

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