Happy post-May Day, and welcome to Labor of Law. Jeopardy! might need to make James Holzhauer an employee to end his winning streak—go, James, go! Gig-economy companies aren't eager to turn their earners into employees—scroll down for some snap analysis of a new DOL opinion letter. Plus: We catch up with plaintiffs lawyer David Sanford; Morgan Lewis has posted a Q&A with Obama-era EEOC commissioner Chai Feldblum; and Ogletree snags Greenberg Traurig's L&E co-chairman. I'm Mike Scarcella in Washington and you can reach me at[email protected] and on Twitter @MikeScarcella. Thanks for reading!

   

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David Sanford Q&A: Major Litigation & #MeToo

“Sanford Heisler has become a frustratingly familiar presence to defense-side firms like Gibson Dunn in recent years, thanks to a string of lawsuits the firm has brought alleging gender discrimination against women partners and associates in Big Law,” my colleague Ryan Lovelace recently wrote over at Law.com.