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Representing Both Defendant-Employer and Defendant-Employee

The last decade has marked a dramatic rise in the number of executives, supervisors and managers who are being sued in their personal capacity for their work-related actions. This rise is largely the result of the expansion of many state discrimination laws to allow for lawsuits against not only the corporate employer, but also individual supervisors.

10 minute read May 26, 2009 at 09:10 AM
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William C. Martucci, Kristen A. Page, And Jennifer K. Oldvader
Representing Both Defendant-Employer and Defendant-Employee

The last decade has marked a dramatic rise in the number of executives, supervisors and managers who are being sued in their personal capacity for their work-related actions.

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