Tanya Smith v. International Business Machines Corp.

  1. July 14, 2023

    Full 11th Circ. Won't Delve Into IBM Age Bias Battle

    The full Eleventh Circuit declined Friday to revisit a former IBM employee's loss in an age discrimination lawsuit, keeping in place a ruling that found that her failure to send a complaint to the company before a contractually mandated deadline in an arbitration agreement was fatal to her case.

  2. May 25, 2023

    IBM Wants Axed 'Piggybacking' Age Bias Defense Published

    IBM urged the Eleventh Circuit to publish a recent ruling finding that untimely age bias claims can't survive dismissal by so-called piggybacking onto timely claims filed by other employees, arguing that precedent needs to be set on the issue to guide similar cases against the tech giant.

  3. May 04, 2023

    11th Circ. Won't Undo IBM's Arbitration Win In Age Bias Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld an arbitrator's decision to toss a fired IBM worker's age bias claim because she sent it to the company a day late, rejecting her argument that the arbitrator strayed beyond the bounds of his authority.