September 24, 2021
A former Rice Energy vice president has settled his racial discrimination claim and won't have to pay sanctions for filing suits in two different counties, according to a pair of orders from a Pittsburgh federal judge.
September 14, 2021
A former Rice Energy executive told a Pennsylvania federal court that he had divested all his shares of contractors with the company before Rice fired him over an alleged conflict of interest, and he argued Tuesday that he should have a chance to show that the oil and gas company's cited reasons for firing him were a pretext for its racial discrimination.
August 25, 2021
There was no racial bias involved when the now-renamed Rice Energy fired a Black executive over his conflict of interest in owning a contractor for the company, Rice attorneys told a Pennsylvania federal court, pointing to a white employee who was fired for similar reasons and the plaintiff's personal friendship with CEO Toby Rice.
June 18, 2021
A former vice president at Rice Energy filed identical lawsuits against the company in two different Pennsylvania counties and should be made to pay some of Rice's legal bills, the natural gas company's attorneys told a federal court Friday.
June 16, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday said a former vice president at Rice Energy can't pursue most of his claims in a suit alleging he was wrongfully fired just before his $1.9 million in stock options vested, finding among other things that he signed documents recognizing his at-will employment status.