September 21, 2022
A New York federal judge on Wednesday tossed a race and sex discrimination lawsuit brought against investment firm Franklin Templeton by former employee Amy Cooper, who was let go after a viral video surfaced of her calling the police on a Black birdwatcher.
October 07, 2021
Investment firm Franklin Templeton urged a New York federal court to toss a lawsuit from an employee who was fired after a video of her calling the police on a Black birdwatcher spread widely online, saying her claim she was terminated for being a white woman was ludicrous.
May 26, 2021
A woman who went viral last May after calling the police on a Black birdwatcher in Central Park slapped her former employer Franklin Templeton with a discrimination suit, claiming the investment firm labeled her a racist and unfairly fired her.