Stephanie Armour, a former investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), has filed a lawsuit against the publication, alleging discrimination based on her medical condition. Armour claims that the WSJ targeted higher-paid staffers with health problems as part of an effort to cut costs and implement layoffs. She alleges that she was given impossible goals during a formal review period to justify her termination and that the leadership retaliated against her for seeking disability accommodations. The lawsuit also mentions other targeted employees, including a senior reporter who had just taken medical leave, a disabled veteran, and a reporter who had taken paternity leave. The use of Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) is at the center of the lawsuit, which Armour and others claim were used to unjustly push out employees with significant health care costs.