May 08, 2023
The Seventh Circuit upheld Northrop Grumman's win Monday in a federal benefits lawsuit from laid-off workers who alleged they were wrongfully denied severance pay, holding a lower court properly ruled that the company's human resources department had discretion to award benefits to some employees and not others.
February 09, 2023
Two Seventh Circuit judges on Thursday ripped Northrop Grumman's decision to deny severance to certain laid-off workers, warning that even if the company was legally entitled to make that call, an appellate victory would tell staff they are "suckers" for believing Northrop won't sell them out.