7th Circuit: Employee Failed to Show Rights Violated By SEC Filing

Mealey's (February 8, 2021, 11:54 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A worker whose former employer identified her and gave the reasoning for her termination in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing lacked standing to bring a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 retaliation claim as she was unable to show an injury, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 3, vacating a summary judgment ruling for the employer on that claim and remanding with instructions to dismiss while affirming dismissal of the former employee’s defamation and false light invasion of privacy claims....