Clarification on Need to Allege Employment Relationship in Title VII Retaliation Suit: Seventh Circuit | Practical Law
In Alam v. Miller Brewing Co., the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff Syed Alam's Title VII retaliation suit against an affiliate of his former employer, concluding that Alam failed to allege that he was ever employed by or sought employment with the affiliate, and that the affiliate was not an agent of his former employer.