Summary Judgment Granted In Part, Denied In Part In COVID, Age Discrimination Suit

( November 11, 2026, 12:15 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge granted summary judgment to an employer on state and federal age discrimination claims and an unjust enrichment counterclaim for $300,000 in erroneously distributed restricted stock units (RSUs) in a former employee’s suit alleging discrimination related to age and long COVID, finding that the employee failed to provide evidence establishing a sufficient basis “on which a jury could find pretextual” the employer’s reason for eliminating his position, and that the “facts establish the elements of unjust enrichment.”...