Tata Consultancy Too Late With ‘Hail Mary’ in Job Bias Case

Tata Consulting Services can’t limit the potential relief workers may get if the jury sides with them during an upcoming trial in a class action accusing the Indian IT services’ firm of discriminating against Americans and other non-South Asian workers, a federal judge ruled.

The Aug. 10 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California illustrates the risks parties in employment bias cases may run if they wait until the “eve of trial” to raise an argument that could have or should have been raised earlier.

Tata argued that the workers’ request for a court order ...