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Firm Stops Communications After Merck's Cease and Desist
A class action law firm involved in a gender discrimination suit against Merck has agreed not to issue any further communications to potential opt-in plaintiffs, after the drugmaker sought a cease and desist order over what it claimed were misleading statements the firm made aimed at increasing the number of plaintiffs.
Divided Calif. Supreme Court Rules for Plaintiffs on Class Arbitration
Justice Kathryn Werdegar wrote for a 4-3 court that no federal or state rule requires that courts, rather than arbitrators, decide whether a case can be arbitrated on a class basis.
Qualcomm to Pay $19.5M to Settle Gender Bias Claims
The deal resolves allegations that it paid women in STEM fields less and provided them fewer chances for promotions.
Merck Fights Equal Pay Class Suit as Plaintiffs Sign On
Two law firms bringing a gender discrimination suit against Merck & Co. on behalf of women sales representatives have announced that 12 percent of class members have opted in to the litigation, with three weeks to go before the sign-up deadline.
D.C. Employment Firm Loses Name Partner
Public interest litigation firm Sanford Heisler Kimpel has appointed a new managing partner for its Washington office and changed its name back to Sanford Heisler, after name partner and office managing partner Katherine Kimpel left the firm.
With Domino's Lawsuit, New York AG Goes for Joint Employer Liability
The civil lawsuit is the first wage-theft case Eric Schneiderman has brought that invokes “joint employer” liability.
Why Big Law Should Fear the $350M Sex Bias Suit Against KPMG
If law has a sister profession, it's accounting--which is why a long-running, $350 million gender discrimination class action against KPMG has special resonance. The allegations should sound awfully familiar to women in Big Law.
Gender Discrimination Case Against Merck Moves Forward
The drugmaker's legal department may need more than a pill to get relief from the pain of a ruling conditionally certifying a $250 million class action suit alleging discrimination against women sales representatives.
Calif. Judge Certifies Gender Discrimination Class
A California federal judge has conditionally certified a gender discrimination class action against Daiichi Sankyo Inc., ruling the women accusing the pharmaceutical company of paying them less than their male coworkers had met their low evidentiary burden to move forward collectively.
Ex-Proskauer CFO Zeroes In on Cancer As Cause of Firing
Elly Rosenthal, who worked in Proskauer Rose's finance department for more than 18 years, sued her former employer for $10 million after being terminated in March 2011, claiming she was the subject of age, gender, and disability discrimination. She has now dropped two of those claims and is focusing her fight on the firm's decision to fire her as the result of a three-month medical leave she took in 2008 to recover from treatment for breast cancer.TRENDING STORIES
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