Discuss the following:
Q: Interactive Data Corp. hired Daniel Foley as an assistant product manager at a starting salary of $18,500. Over the next six years Interactive steadily promoted Foley until he became Los Angeles branch manager at a salary of $56,116. Interactive's o?cers repeatedly told Foley that he would have his job as long as his performance was adequate. In addition, Interactive distributed an employee handbook that speci?ed "termination guidelines," including a mandatory seven-step, pretermination procedure. Two years later Foley learned that his recently hired supervisor, Robert Kuhne, was under investigation by the FBI for embezzlement at his previous job. Foley reported this to Interactive o?cers. Shortly thereafter, Interactive ?red Foley. He sued, claiming that Interactive could only ?re him for good cause, after the seven-step procedure. What kind of a claim is he making? Should he succeed?