In 2019, WLC and Fish & Richardson won a case in the Fourth Circuit, setting forth a powerful precedent that clarifies and strengthens federal protections against sex stereotyping at work. The plaintiff, Evangeline Parker, had a male co-worker jealous of her meritorious workplace promotions. He then concocted a false rumor that she had “slept her way to the top.” In her attempts to resolve the harassment from her superiors, co-workers, and subordinates, she faced retaliatory termination.  Subsequently, the Fourth Circuit published an opinion that a false rumor of “sleeping to the top” constitutes sex discrimination.

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