MELMAN v. PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. PHILIP STEVEN MELMAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. , et al. , Defendants and Respondents. In March 2009, Kibarian offered Melman employment through December 31, 2009, at his current salary plus 30,000 shares of PDF. In December 2008, Melman voluntarily began negotiations with PDF to end his employment in exchange for an increase in his PDF stock options. According to Melman, the investigator's notes include the following statements: "(1) PDF Board Chairman Lucio Lanza, Audit Chair Steve Heinrichs, and Board Member Albert Yu discussed their desire to fire Steve Melman at one or more PDF Board meetings. Melman argues that "because these statements demonstrated the discriminatory animus of PDF decision-makers, [he] should have prevailed on summary judgment. "

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