2nd Circuit Reinstates Age-Based Claims Against Anthropologie

Mealey's (April 10, 2019, 11:43 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A former employee of Anthropologie Inc. may proceed with her age-based hostile work environment and retaliation claims after a trial court failed to consider events found to be untimely as background evidence and applied an erroneous legal standard, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 8 (Blair Davis-Garett v. Urban Outfitters, Incorporated, et al., No. 17-3371, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 10210)....