Former Ethereum Foundation Employee Sues EF and Vitalik Buterin, Alleging She Was Fired 13 Days After Cancer Diagnosis

November 9: According to court documents published on CourtListener, Kayleen Fulton (Nixo), former head of the Ethereum Foundation's (EF) Protocol Support team, filed a lawsuit on November 4 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The defendants include EF-affiliated entities, co-executive director Bastian Aue and Vitalik Buterin, and the claims include violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. The complaint alleges that on March 24, Fulton notified management in writing that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and the next day led 53 employees in a joint letter opposing the EF's Mandate, which required all staff to sign a clause containing a "seppuku" suicide oath. On April 6, she and another organizer, Trent Van Epps, were fired one after the other, 30 minutes apart. Fulton is seeking damages and asking the court to declare her separation agreement void.