CBRE Gets Job Applicant’s Lawsuit Over Revoked Offer Pared Back

CBRE Inc. defeated most claims in a lawsuit alleging it wrongly yanked a job offer after a would-be employee accepted, but the company must face a signing bonus breach of contract claim, a federal judge said.

The commercial real estate firm “had a right to withdraw an offer for at-will employment at any time and for any reason,” but the worker plausibly alleged that he had a valid contract requiring CBRE to pay him a $600,000 signing incentive advance, the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio said Monday.

Plaintiff Dedric Powell worked for CBRE—a CBRE Group Inc. ...