Jury awards $6 million for anti-American bias.

In a closely watched discrimination case, a federal jury has ruled against a foreign employer and in favor of an employee who identified himself as ethnically American. He was awarded more than $6 million for what he argued was his Israeli employer's anti-American cultural bias. He also alleged age discrimination.

Recent case: Stephen, who is now over age 60, began working in 2001 for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. When Teva created a global facilities management group in 2013, it chose Nir, a...