AT&T Says Proposed Age Bias Class Action Barred by Job Pacts

AT&T Inc. will tell the Third Circuit on Thursday that a release of legal claims signed by a former manager when she was laid off, as well as her earlier promise to arbitrate, bar her age bias lawsuit against the company and a subsidiary.

Patricia Kantz lost her job at age 57 when she was included in a reduction in force conducted by AT&T and AT&T Services Inc.’s technology and operations business unit.

She sued in January 2020, alleging the RIF targeted workers 40 and older and that the general release she signed to receive a severance package didn’t ...