Oracle Must Face Metaverse Contributor’s Sex, PTSD Bias Claims

A female former Oracle America Inc. employee who contributed to an internal “Metaverse” project can proceed with allegations of sex and disability discrimination against the tech giant, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled as he found a lack of evidence for her retaliation, hostile work environment, and emotional distress claims.

Dana Rivkind, who worked as a principal cloud solution architect for the Oracle Corp. subsidiary from 2020 to 2023, provided enough evidence at the motion to dismiss stage to suggest her reassignment and eventual termination were potentially influenced by her gender and history of post-traumatic stress disorder, US District Judge Juan ...