April 17, 2024
Wells Fargo is headed to trial over a former investment director's Americans with Disabilities Act claim in a suit alleging he lost his job following an accommodation request after his employer prepared to mandate a return to office, with a North Carolina federal judge also trimming the former employee's age discrimination suit.
April 10, 2024
Wells Fargo lost its bid to stop the lawyer of a fired investment director, who is accusing the bank of disability discrimination, from questioning his former supervisor, with a North Carolina federal judge saying the bank fell short of showing that the attorney's previous representation of the supervisor was related in any way to the current action.
February 13, 2024
A Wells Fargo unit and one of its former investment directors are pushing their competing bids for summary judgment in a disability bias suit, each claiming there is evidence to support their arguments regarding why the director's termination occurred.
February 05, 2024
A former Wells Fargo investment director has urged a North Carolina judge not to grant the bank's bid for summary judgment in his disability bias suit, saying there is a significant paper trail indicating he was fired for more nefarious reasons than merely a reduction in force.
January 22, 2024
A Wells Fargo unit and its former employee, who claims he was terminated for requesting accommodations for his disability, have separately asked a North Carolina federal court to grant them wins in the suit, both arguing the indisputable material facts of the case favor their desired outcomes.
January 12, 2024
A member of Wells Fargo's senior management has escaped being deposed in a North Carolina wrongful-termination suit following back-and-forth about what role, if any, he played in the events at issue in a former director's disability- and age-discrimination claims.
October 24, 2023
A former Wells Fargo investment director urged a North Carolina federal judge to reject the financial giant's bid to prevent his attorney from questioning his former supervisor, arguing the bank is purposely misrepresenting the lawyer's previous interaction with the manager in order to harass him.
October 17, 2023
A Wells Fargo unit wants to sanction opposing counsel for allegedly inadequate discovery responses in a former director's disability and age discrimination suit, telling a North Carolina federal judge Tuesday that what little information he has provided is "deficient, evasive, and incomplete."
October 10, 2023
Wells Fargo's investment unit wants a North Carolina federal court to stop the lawyer of a fired investment director accusing the bank of disability discrimination from questioning his former supervisor, arguing that the lawyer should be conflicted out for representing the supervisor in the past.
March 15, 2023
A longtime managing director in the investment banking arm of Wells Fargo is suing for disability and age discrimination, saying he was fired shortly after requesting a medical accommodation as the bank readied to bring its employees back into the office post-pandemic.