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\t\t\t\tFormer Merrill Lynch employee Hydie Sumner sued that firm saying she was sexually harassed. She was represented by lawyer Linda Freidman. In 2004, a panel of three NASD arbitrators decided Hydie was right and awarded her $2.2 million. They also forced Merrill to reinstate her.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an email was allegedly sent to Merill Lynch by Ms. Sumner’s attorney Linda Freidman, reportedly at Sumner’s direction, questioning Merrill’s ethics for employing “a man like [Blas] Catalani,” Sumner’s Merrill Lynch manager. According to Catalini, this defamed him and caused him to be fired, his clients were then distributed to other brokers at Merrill and he found it “extremely difficult” to become re-employed in the securities industry.<\/p>\n

Catalini, therefore, filed a lawsuit against Sumner and her lawyer, claiming defamation. Not to be outdone, Hydie Sumner then filed a counterclaim against Catalini claiming that he damaged her reputation by reporting that she was the reason he was terminated by Merrill Lynch.<\/p>\n

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Former Merrill Lynch employee Hydie Sumner sued that firm saying she was sexually harassed. She was represented by lawyer Linda Freidman. In 2004, a panel of three NASD arbitrators decided Hydie was right and awarded her $2.2 million. They also forced Merrill to reinstate her. Meanwhile, an email was allegedly sent to Merill Lynch by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3800,3842],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merrill-lynch","category-southwest-securities"],"yoast_head":"\nMerrill Lynch Manager at Center of Harassment Claim — Investor Lawyers Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former Merrill Lynch manager, currently working at Southwest Securities, is still at the center of a harassment claim. 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