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Former Ethereum Foundation support head sues over April firing
A former head of Ethereum Foundation protocol support has filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado against six defendants, including Vitalik Buterin, over the firing.
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- A former Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support head has sued six defendants, including Vitalik Buterin, in Colorado.
- The plaintiff says the firing followed a cancer disclosure email by 13 days.
- No docket filings had appeared after Nov. 4 as of Nov. 9, and Ethereum Asia Pacific counsel denied unlawful conduct.
Unchained reported that a former head of Protocol Support at the Ethereum Foundation filed suit on November 4 in U.S. District Court in Colorado. The lawsuit names six defendants, among them Stiftung Ethereum and Vitalik Buterin, and Buterin is named in five of the 11 claims. The suit centers on the EF Mandate and a pledge linked to seppuku.
The plaintiff says the firing came 13 days after a cancer disclosure email. On April 6, Aue ended Fulton's employment over a video call. Fulton asks for back pay, front pay and punitive damages but has not put a dollar figure on the request.
In a May 14 letter, counsel for Ethereum Asia Pacific denied that any unlawful conduct took place. As of Nov. 9, no docket filings had appeared since the suit was filed on Nov. 4.
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