Octagon Sued by Jewish Agent Over Political Social Media Post

Octagon Inc. is facing a lawsuit by a Jewish sports agent who says the global entertainment agency terminated him for a social media post that expressed his “shock and disgust” to an “apparently pro-Hamas political stance.”

Daniel Moldovan seeks a court order declaring that his noncompete contract with the Interpublic Group unit couldn’t be terminated outside certain conditions he said didn’t apply when he was fired, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Moldovan says his termination over political views, and the constraints of the noncompete clause are contrary to ...