A Jewish former worker of Intel has resolved his lawsuit accusing the chipmaker of firing him after he complained about an brazenly antisemitic supervisor, the previous worker’s lawyer mentioned on Thursday.
Legal professionals for Intel and the nameless plaintiff John Doe, a former vice chairman of engineering and onetime Israel Protection Forces soldier, dismissed the case in a joint submitting in Manhattan federal court docket.
Doe’s authorized staff included the Anti-Defamation League, in that group’s first lawsuit towards a serious Fortune 500 firm focusing on antisemitism within the office.
The dismissal is with prejudice, which means the case can’t be introduced once more.
In an e mail, Doe’s lawyer Douglas Wigdor mentioned “the matter has been resolved.” The ADL had no fast remark. Intel, its attorneys, and attorneys for different defendants didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
In keeping with the August 2024 complaint, Intel fired Doe final April in a purported cost-cutting transfer not lengthy after assigning him to report back to Alaa Badr, vice chairman of buyer success and an Egyptian native.
Doe mentioned he was uncomfortable working with Badr, citing Badr’s assist for anti-Israel on-line posts, together with posts cheering deaths of Israelis and IDF troopers, and complaining about “so many Israeli staff in our firm.”
Intel, based mostly in Santa Clara, California, has mentioned it has a longstanding tradition of range and inclusion, and doesn’t tolerate hate speech.
Doe had requested to keep up his anonymity, as a result of revealing his identify may result in harassment and bodily violence, however a choose rejected that request in October.
The choose mentioned the emotionally and politically charged nature of the case, and danger of additional discrimination, didn’t overcome “the folks’s proper to know who’s utilizing their courts.”
Doe had been interesting that call.
The case is Doe v Intel Corp et al, U.S. District Courtroom, Southern District of New York, No. 24-06117.
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