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BlackBerry Ltd
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Globe says BlackBerry asks court to toss out complaint

2024-09-19 08:28 ET - In the News

The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that BlackBerry has asked a California court to toss out much of a harassment and discrimination lawsuit against the company and chief executive officer John Giamatteo brought by its former chief marketing officer. The Globe's Sean Silcoff writes that Neelam Sandhu sued in April under the pseudonym Jane Doe but did not obtain court approval to do so anonymously. In July, Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim dismissed three of Ms. Sandhu's eight claims. In so doing, she mostly sided with an earlier "motion to dismiss" by BlackBerry that asserted the allegations did not support a claim for a hostile work environment because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate pervasive or severe harassment that altered her employment conditions. Judge Kim did not grant the company's request to strike from a fourth claim all references to "harassment and discrimination." Instead, she gave Ms. Sandhu time to file an amended complaint to add supporting facts or details, which she did. In its filing, BlackBerry reminded Judge Kim that she had already ruled Ms. Sandhu's original harassment allegations were vague and lacked substance -- and stated the amended complaint is still vague and conclusory.

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