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JWT and Gustavo Martinez Deny Racist, Sexist and Anti-Semitic Claims in New Court Filings

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In documents filed this week in Manhattan federal court, former J. Walter Thompson global CEO Gustavo Martinez and his onetime employer formally denied almost every claim made against them in [...]


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Legal Filing Claims WPP Is Downplaying ‘Sexist, Humiliating’ Behavior by Former JWT CEO

Brand Marketing

The legal team for Erin Johnson says her agency's parent company, WPP, is trying to downplay offensive behavior by ousted JWT CEO Gustavo Martinez while also tacitly discouraging other potential [...]

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Lawyers for JWT, WPP and Gustavo Martinez File Motion to Dismiss Discrimination Suit

Brand Marketing

Lawyers for WPP, J. Walter Thompson and Gustavo Martinez filed motions in New York's U.S. District Court today seeking to dismiss in its entirety the suit filed by global chief [...]

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Watch the Video of JWT’s Ex-CEO Making a Rape Joke at a Company Meeting

Brand Marketing

For the first time, the public can now see one of the incidents listed in a discrimination case against J. Walter Thompson's former CEO, Gustavo Martinez. 

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New Filing in JWT Discrimination Case Accuses Agency of ‘Encouraging’ CEO’s Sexist Behavior

Brand Marketing

Lawyers representing JWT's chief communications officer, who is suing her agency over claims of discrimination, today filed a court document arguing that video footage of former CEO Gustavo Martinez joking [...]

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Could the JWT CEO Scandal Become a Watershed Moment for Change?

Brand Marketing

Unlike 4A's conferences in recent memory, soul-searching was the underlying theme in Miami this year—mostly the result of the fallout from the case against former J. Walter Thompson CEO Gustavo [...]