Comp Cards New York City

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT OF FANTASY

Cameron Pettigrew, et al. Fidelity Investments v., Inc.

On the petition for a writ of certiorari FANTASY SPORTS INDUSTRY fromthe

Decided December 26, 2009

Cited as an FJ 10 (2009)

Facts

Cameron Pettigrew, a relationship manager in Private Client Group at Fidelity Investments ("Fidelity"), Westlake, Texas office, was a self-proclaimed "man of loyalty" and had been employed by the company since 2007 . He has accumulated an impressive resume, which contained multiple business honors, including being the only candidate for an exclusive program of 10 members (Future Leaders of Westlake) that was not already in a management situation . In September 2009, he was offered a job at a branch of Fidelity's prestigious Wall Street, but Pettigrew said he chose to decline the offer because of the high cost of living in New York. while employed Fidelity, Pettigrew was curator and organizer of at least one championship fantasy football office composed of other Fidelity employees, including managers and team leaders, where each participant paid $ 20 to join the league .

On October 20, 2009, Fidelity has put in place and company policies that effect were circulated by email, which prohibits gambling activities and play fantasy football on company time. In addition, Internet access Fidelity blocks all websites that have something to do with fantasy sports and games - without talking to block sites like theonion.com, nintendo.com and thousands of other sites not related work. According to an anonymous employee of Fidelity, who is also a fantasy league office, Fidelity "access to the grant nfl.com, espn.com, yahoo.com, etc., but if you then try to click on one of their fancy links, you will get a giant message on your screen informing you that access to the fantasy section of this site has been blocked. "

On October 20, 2009, Fidelity Management discovered the Fantasy leagues above after intercepting emails and instant messages directed to Pettigrew, who admitted he was aware of the policy of Fidelity, but said he was "poorly communicated and ignored by the leaders." He also argued that several other executives and managers of Fidelity participated in other leagues fantasy function despite the company policy.

Pettigrew says he has never played fantasy football before coming to fidelity.

"Last season I was approached by a manager who asked me to be in his league. I knew vaguely about politics at the time but said that if a manager has been implied that the rule was probably just something of an outdated law, like how it is illegal in Michigan for a woman to cut her hair without asking her first husband. "

Despite his efforts, Pettigrew IM conversations with colleagues about Trent Edwards' poor performance has prompted the management of Fidelity for questioning for ninety minutes about fantasy sports participation as if it was "a kind of pivot international game. "After the interview was concluded, Pettigrew was sent home for the day.

On October 21, 2009, Pettigrew, with three of his colleagues and fellow fantasy football commissioners were informed by telephone that they have been removed from Fidelity. Said Fidelity spokesman Vin Loporchio:

"We have clear policies relating to gambling. Participation in all forms of gambling through the use of time Fidelity or equipment or resources with another company is prohibited. In addition to being illegal in many places, it can also be disruptive. We want our employees to focus on our clients and customers. "

Procedural

Pettigrew and three.