He called the fine print troubling - then said he had no choice
Five former Saudi Embassy workers brought their discrimination claims in a US court. The court sent most of them to Saudi Arabia instead.
A US court has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit brought by five former local staff of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington, ruling on July 28, 2026 that most of the case belongs in Saudi Arabia and the rest was filed too late.
The workers - all US citizens or dual citizens - had sued the Embassy and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the DC Human Rights Act. They said they were pushed out or fired between 2017 and 2021 and denied the severance their contracts promised.
Their claims never reached that question. The court dismissed the case on procedure, not merits, and made no finding on whether discrimination occurred.
Four of the five had signed employment contracts with a forum-selection clause - a term routing any dispute to a body in Saudi Arabia. The court held those clauses were valid and enforceable, which meant their claims had to be heard there, not in Washington. The workers argued Saudi Arabia was effectively closed to them and that pursuing claims there could "cost the plaintiffs their lives," citing an expert declaration. The court found that showing too thin under binding precedent.
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