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Shell terminated Julia Shur after her Stage 4 cancer diagnosis despite closing a deal from her bed at Memorial Sloan Kettering and consistent, high praise from clients and colleagues.

Shell Terminated Executive After Cancer Diagnosis, Closed $120 Million Deal from Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital Bed. http://ow.ly/sUBV50IxnnK

Shell facing discrimination, retaliation lawsuit from former employee A Houston woman is suing Shell Oil Company, alleging disability, pregnancy, gender discrimination and retaliation.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-citgo-idUSKCN1SM2VE

Citgo sought contract with Venezuelan drug suspect's firm: court... U.S. refiner Citgo sought to sign a contract with a firm owned by a Venezuelan a...

New post today on "Five Provisions All Executives Should Have In Their Employment Agreements"

Five Provisions All Executives Should Have In Their Employment Agreements It is often assumed that executives have more job security than most employees. But, executives know that is not necessarily so. Executives lose their jobs because of mergers, acquisitions, shiftin…

New blog post on recent FMLA case by Fifth Circuit.

Fifth Circuit Finds Employee’s FMLA Retaliation Claim Doomed By Proof That Employer Fired The Employee Based On A Good Faith Belief She Had Been Dishonest About Being Unable To Work Due To Illness In DeVoss v. Southwest Airlines Co., 903 F.3d 487 (5th Cir. 2018), attached here, DeVoss, an airline flight attendant called in late to work and invoked a commuter policy to justify her tardiness. …

Big win in the Fifth Circuit for Oberti Sullivan in an ERISA appeal. http://ow.ly/xR3z30cghC2

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New blog post today on an interesting retaliation case from the Fifth Circuit. https://tinyurl.com/kbwvlby

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The publication Best Lawyers recognizes Mark Oberti and Ed Sullivan for: (1) Litigation - Labor & Employment; and (2) Employment Law-Mgmt.

Bloomberg BNA writes an article about Mark Oberti's recent speech on Retaliation and Whistleblowing.

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You Don’t Need a Weatherman: NELI Update on Retaliation and... Mark J. Oberti, partner at Houston-based Oberti Sullivan LLP, spoke at the annual NELI conference about the expansion of...

Mark Oberti publishes a blog post entitled: "Fifth Circuit Holds That Employees Interviewed As Part Of A Sexual Harassment Investigation Have Greater Protection From Retaliation" https://obertisullivanlaw.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/fifth-circuit-holds-that-employees-interviewed-as-part-of-a-sexual-harassment-investigation-have-greater-protection-from-retaliation/

Fifth Circuit Holds That Employees Interviewed As Part Of A Sexual Harassment Investigation Have... Mark Oberti writes: Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, affirmed that an employee interviewed as part of a company’s int…

Mark Oberti and Ed Sullivan win a "Standing Ovation" award from the State Bar for "extraordinary energy, commitment of time, and leadership"