Ogilvy Counters Sexual Harassment, Fraud Charges

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LOS ANGELES Following allegations by a former employee of sexual harassment and unfair business practices, WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather has filed a motion to dismiss all claims.

The suit was initially filed on May 5 in State Superior Court in Los Angeles and amended on July 30 by former Ogilvy executive administrator Yvette Dobbie, who is seeking general damages in excess of $500,000, as well as unspecified economic and punitive damages and attorney fees. The suit claimed that Dobbie was compelled to resign from Ogilvy’s Culver City, Calif.,

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