NYC Lawyer Who Resisted Return-to-Office Advances Firing Lawsuit

A New York City real estate management company must face discrimination claims by an in-house attorney who says he was fired for refusing to return to the office during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Manhattan federal judge’s ruling.

Sol Goldman Investments, an umbrella company that manages commercial and residential real estate properties, argued that it wasn’t a proper defendant in Jeffrey Goldman’s age and disability discrimination lawsuit, because Goldman’s true employer was a payroll company established to support SGI’s operations. Judge Alison J. Nathan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York disagreed Tuesday, saying ...