ROSS-TIGGETT v. REED SMITH, LLP et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:15-cv-08083

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Renee Marie Bumb

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  1. April 30, 2024

    Reed Smith Beats Ex-Paralegal's Sprawling Bias Suit

    A former Reed Smith LLP paralegal hasn't shown that the firm's flagging of her work performance issues and her eventual termination stemmed from age and race discrimination, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday, handing the law firm a final win in the nearly 9-year-old litigation.

  2. February 15, 2024

    Reed Smith Wants To Shield Internal Probe In Bias Suit

    Reed Smith LLP urged a New Jersey federal judge Thursday to seal an internal investigation report as the firm fights a long-running age and racial discrimination suit brought by a former paralegal, arguing her pro-se motion to unseal the report was "untimely and largely nonsensical."

  3. December 11, 2023

    Ex-Paralegal Fights Reed Smith's Bid To Toss Bias Suit

    A former Reed Smith LLP paralegal suing the firm for age and race bias said the firm can't have her suit tossed because she has already presented ample evidence of the discrimination she allegedly suffered before her 2016 termination.

  4. September 18, 2023

    Reed Smith Wants Ex-Paralegal's Bias Suit Tossed In NJ

    Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey federal court to throw out a former firm paralegal's age and race bias suit, arguing her claims aren't "supported by any competent evidence" and are solely based on "her own speculation and belief."

  5. March 10, 2023

    Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal's Silence Ends Bias Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge put an end to a former Reed Smith LLP paralegal's age and race bias suit, saying her case warranted closure because she had not filed anything on the docket in years.

  6. November 19, 2019

    Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal Can Avoid Appeal Costs In Bias Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge reversed course Monday and held that a former Reed Smith LLP paralegal doesn't need to pay her appeal costs upfront in her age and racial discrimination suit against the firm, after she submitted additional information indicating that her liabilities substantially outweigh her monthly income.

  7. October 29, 2019

    Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal Must Foot Appeal Cost In Bias Suit

    A former Reed Smith LLP paralegal must shoulder costs related to her appeal of a New Jersey federal court order that precluded her from using audio recordings or handwritten notes in her age and racial discrimination suit against the firm, a judge has ruled.

  8. October 03, 2019

    Reed Smith Can't Sink Ex-Paralegal's Discrimination Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has declined to toss a former Reed Smith LLP paralegal's suit accusing the law firm of age and racial bias, but warned that any future violation of court orders will likely result in the case being dismissed.

  9. September 05, 2019

    Reed Smith Blasts 'Outright Defiance' In Ex-Paralegal's Suit

    Reed Smith LLP on Thursday said a New Jersey district court should toss a former paralegal's age and racial discrimination suit against the firm because of her "outright defiance" of court orders to turn over audio recordings and handwritten notes and to appear for a hearing.

  10. August 22, 2019

    Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal Slams Dismissal Nod In Bias Suit

    A former Reed Smith LLP paralegal blasted a magistrate judge's recommendation to trash her lawsuit accusing the firm of workplace age and race bias, telling a New Jersey federal court Wednesday that her onetime employer spent the litigation seeking unwarranted access to materials.