September 23, 2025
An Illinois federal judge has rejected a bid to toss a retired Discover Financial Services executive's age and gender discrimination lawsuit, finding she has sufficiently alleged at this point that she faced disparate treatment tied to her sex and that Discover's arguments against her age discrimination claim don't hold weight.
September 04, 2024
A retired Discover Financial Services executive vice president sued the company in Illinois federal court on Wednesday alleging age and gender discrimination, saying she was the only woman to lose over $7 million in unvested equity awards over a credit card misclassification issue for which she wasn't even responsible.