preliminary objections

The Legal Intelligencer (my journalism alma mater) reports that a Philadelphia judge has overruled preliminary objections to a defamation lawsuit brought by a plaintiffs attorney against a firm that withdrew a job offer to him. The plaintif alleges Raynes McCarty withdrew its job offer to him based on false information it allegedly received from Anapol Schwartz after he had voiced concerns to that firm's leadership over what he believed to be discrimination based on his sexual orientation, The Legal reports.