Nokia In-House Lawyer Sues, Accuses Company of Age, Sex Bias

Nokia Corp. is accused in a new lawsuit of discriminating against a 56-year-old female in-house attorney based on her age and sex, and for firing her when she complained.

Sharan Rene Boudreau says she was passed over for promotion despite having recently received awards for her superior job performance. Nokia mistakenly claimed she lacked sufficient management experience for the new role and failed to amend its assessment when she clarified her extensive prior experience with its predecessor, Alcatel, and while in private practice, her complaint filed July 5 in federal court in Dallas says.

The job instead went to a ...