The Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City has informed a state court in New Jersey that it has reached a tentative settlement over the firing of its ex-general counsel, Loretta Pickus.
According to Law360, the casino’s lawyer, Elizabeth Lorell of Gordon & Rees LLP, informed Superior Court Judge Stanley L. Bergman Jr. about the settlement in a letter Tuesday. It said that “the parties are currently ironing out the complete settlement terms.”
Pickus, the former senior vice president of Ocean Casino Resort, filed a whistleblower and discrimination lawsuit against the New Jersey casino in September 2020. The plaintiff alleges the casino fired her in January 2020 for objecting to the submission of false meeting minutes to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE).
Pickus’ struggle against Ocean Casino, according to the complaint, stemmed from the 2019 appointment of Mark Evans as the casino’s director of surveillance. Ultimately, the casino demoted Evans for “suspected deficiencies” in his role, replacing him with a new director.
In a July 18 Ocean Casino audit committee meeting, one month after Evans’ replacement, committee member Fred DeVesa “indicated that he did not want a record reflecting the hiring and demotion of Evans because there would be less legal liability for the company,” said the complaint.
Pickus, who was present at the July 18 meeting, said she raised the issue about the false minutes to the...
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