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DOL Atty Fired After Claiming Trump Tie Quashed Oracle Suit
Law360 (January 11, 2021, 10:38 PM EST) U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia has fired a top DOL litigator who claimed the agency decided not to pursue its $400 million pay bias case against tech giant Oracle because the company is led by an ally of President Donald Trump, the litigator s whistleblower attorney said Monday.
Katz Marshall & Banks LLP partner Alexis Ronickher, who represents former DOL litigator Janet Herold, told Law360 that Scalia ordered Herold s termination last week, effective Monday. He took this action despite the U.S. Office of Special Counsel s ongoing investigation into the legality of the reassignment that led to the removal and in.