Deering v. Lockheed Martin Corporation et al

  1. October 02, 2023

    Lockheed Gets $93K Atty Fee In Fired Atty's Failed Suit

    A Minnesota federal judge, following "some reduction to account for redundancies," awarded Lockheed Martin more than $93,000 in attorney fees Monday in a former in-house attorney's retaliation suit that the court threw out after finding she lied in a deposition last year.

  2. August 30, 2023

    Lockheed Wins Contested Fee Bid For Fired Atty's Failed Suit

    Lockheed Martin can recover attorney fees it incurred fighting a former attorney's unsuccessful retaliation case, a Minnesota federal judge decided, finding compensation is warranted on the company's motions for sanctions and reconsideration but saying the amount still needs to be determined.

  3. August 17, 2023

    Fired Atty Fights Lockheed Fee Bid For Tossed Retaliation Suit

    A former Lockheed Martin attorney urged a Minnesota federal court not to grant the company's request for attorney fees it incurred defending her unsuccessful retaliation case, saying she was following her counsel's advice when she lied under oath during a deposition.

  4. July 18, 2023

    Ex-Lockheed Atty Lied To Bolster Retaliation Suit, Judge Says

    A federal judge has dismissed a retaliation lawsuit from a former Lockheed Martin attorney, saying she lied under oath about her employment and income after she left the company, which would have affected any damages she received if she had won or settled the case.

  5. June 22, 2023

    Ex-Lockheed Martin Atty Fires Back At Sanctions Bid

    A former attorney for Lockheed Martin has accused the defense and aerospace giant of disrupting a trial schedule by mounting a "personal attack" on her, and by filing a sanctions motion seeking to dismiss her discrimination lawsuit in Minnesota federal court.

  6. June 12, 2023

    Lockheed Martin Says Ex-Attys' Lies End Race Bias Suit

    Lockheed Martin urged a Minnesota federal court Monday to toss a former counsel's discrimination suit, saying that the attorney lied under oath when she said that she couldn't find a new job while, in fact, she made about $450,000 last year.

  7. August 31, 2022

    Lockheed Martin Gets Partial Win In Ex-Atty's Race Bias Suit

    Lockheed Martin has partially escaped a discrimination suit brought by a former counsel, with a Minnesota district court judge finding that the company did not discriminate against the attorney because she is Black, but may have retaliated against her for filing the discrimination charge.