The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that a former BlackBerry executive suing the company and chief executive officer John Giamatteo for sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination is continuing her legal pursuit under her real name. The Globe's Sean Silcoff writes that Neelam Sandhu, BlackBerry's former chief marketing officer, had sued in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in April under the pseudonym Jane Doe, but did not obtain court approval to do so anonymously. At a hearing in July, Judge Sallie Kim directed her to move for permission to keep using a pseudonym. Instead, Ms. Sandhu voluntarily proceeded under her given name. In a court filing this month, she responded that she did so reluctantly, blaming BlackBerry and saying that she had hoped to remain anonymous "to avoid further retaliatory actions." Judge Kim in July dismissed three of eight claims by Ms. Sandhu, siding with BlackBerry that the allegations do not support a claim for a hostile work environment because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate pervasive or severe harassment that altered her employment conditions. BlackBerry has characterized Ms. Sandhu as a favourite of former CEO John Chen.
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