Case: Discrimination/Discharge (S.D.N.Y.)

A federal district court in New York granted S&P Global Inc.’s motion for summary judgment on a terminated Black female senior data associate’s claims alleging race and sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and New York law. The employee was unable to prove the company had discriminatory motives related to her four alleged adverse actions, given that her “partial achievement” performance marks were fair, her pay was higher than many of her male peers in other countries, the jobs she applied to unsuccessfully weren’t available or were filled with a more-qualified candidate, and the ...