In Summary:
A lawsuit filed in 2020 against Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City and its owner, the Luxor Capital Group, by a company’s former general counsel and senior vice president for being illegally fired for whistleblowing will not go to trial after the defendants and the plaintiff agreed to a settlement.
Loretta Pickus filed the lawsuit claiming the termination of her employment was in direct violation of New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) which protects employees from possible retaliation actions from their employers in cases when they signal the authorities for a company’s activity, policy or practice that they believe to be breaching the law. The CEPA protects employees from having their contracts terminated, being demoted, or being passed up for promotion.
Pickus, a member of the Ocean Casino audit committee, objected to Ocean Casino management sending redacted information to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) following the committee’s meeting in July 2019.
During the meeting, the committee members addressed the hiring of Mark Evans as director of surveillance and his subsequent demotion for suspected deficiencies, as well as whether his role was permanent or temporary.
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