When James Freeman and his former employer Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) selected an arbitrator to settle Freeman’s age discrimination claim against the company, Maureen Lally-Green topped both parties’ lists. She remained the top selection even after informing both parties prior to arbitration that she “knew some people” at PGW’s minority owner, PPG Industries (PPG).
According to PGW, she also told both sides at the time that she had taught a labor law seminar with Joseph Mack, a senior employment attorney at PPG, although Freeman denies this. At any rate, Lally-Green heard the arbitration proceedings and ultimately rejected Freeman’s age discrimination claim.
