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March 15, 2013 |

New City Law Will Permit Suit Over Bias Against Jobless

New York City will soon have the nation's most far-reaching laws barring employers from shunning out-of-work job applicants, after lawmakers passed the provisions on March 13 over a mayoral veto.
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Second Circuit Upholds Mandatory Arbitration in Goldman Sex Bias Case
Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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Goldman Sachs has endured a long losing streak in a sexual discrimination class action brought by three former female employees back in 2010. But the bank's lawyers at Paul Hastings and Sullivan & Cromwell finally caught a break Thursday in a key decision for Title VII defendants.

November 30, 2009 |

9th Circuit Widens Split on Rights of Independent Contractors

The federal courts were already divided over the rights of independent contractors to sue for discrimination. The split widened when the 9th Circuit ruled this month that a doctor whose contract was terminated after a hospital learned of his sickle cell anemia can sue under the Rehabilitation Act. The decision creates a 2-2 split in the circuits on the issue.
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July 18, 2008 |

Accolades

For success in a federal class action suit on behalf of disabled New York City children, Douglas W. Henkin received the Jill Chaifetz Award for Excellence in Educational Advocacy from Advocates for Children during the organization's annual benefit last month. Also last month, practitioners, law professors and judges deemed "pioneers" of women's rights by the Veteran Feminists of America in the "seminal years of second-wave feminism" were honored, and Professor George W. Johnson III of Brooklyn Law School was honored with a proclamation from the U.S. District Courthouse in Brooklyn citing his 25 years of "outstanding and exemplary service" as head of the Eastern District Civil Litigation Fund.
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Morgan Lewis Helps JPMorgan Dodge Overtime Class Action
Publication Date: 2013-02-25
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Ever since the Supreme Court ruled two years ago that companies can enforce class action waivers in consumer contracts, defendants have been trying to use the decision as a class action killer in the employment context as well. Those efforts haven't been particularly successful so far, but there are signs that the tide may be turning.

May 14, 2012 |

Ex-Dewey Staffers Feel 'Thrown Under Bus'

New York employees of beleaguered Dewey & LeBoeuf collected their belongings on May 11 and said goodbye to colleagues after the firm laid off scores of non-attorney personnel. Some staffers described the mood as somber, while others expressed anger at firm management, blaming them for orchestrating what is shaping up as the largest law firm failure in history.
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September 11, 2006 |

Dismissed Partner Sues Holland & Knight for Fraud, Age Bias

Ex-partner John K. Weir is suing the 1,300-lawyer firm Holland & Knight in Manhattan federal court, claiming he was fired because of his age and because he raised questions about the "disappearance" of $5 million the firm was awarded in 1999 for a class action representation. Among the 11 counts in Weir's suit: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, civil claims under RICO based on the alleged $5 million misappropriation -- and age discrimination.
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Goldman Loses Bid to Knock Out Plaintiff's Class Claims (Again) in Sex Discrimination Case
Publication Date: 2012-01-11
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Goldman Sachs and its lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Hastings can't seem to catch a break in their defense against high-profile claims that the investment bank systematically discriminated against professional female employees. But you can't fault them for not trying.

July 11, 2012 |

As Scandal Swirls, Embattled Brokerage Files for Bankruptcy

After regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil fraud complaint against Peregrine Financial Group and its CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. on Tuesday, the ailing brokerage and its lawyers began Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings in Chicago.
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September 12, 2006 |

Dismissed Partner Sues Holland & Knight for Fraud, Age Bias

The end of John K. Weir's career at Holland & Knight arrived on his Connecticut doorstep the Saturday morning of Nov. 16, 2002, in an express mail envelope.
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