Case: Individual Employment Rights/Contracts (S.D. Cal.)

A California federal district court granted a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint to a principal scientist/director of bio-informatics asserting claims for violation of the California Labor Code, breach of contract, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, and defamation against Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, finding that despite undue delay in seeking amendment, there was no prejudice to the company where discovery remained open, the amendment was not futile as Merck had pled sufficient facts to establish the elements of California’s right to privacy cause of action, and this was its first request for amendment beyond ...