A federal judge is allowing Morrison & Foerster to get some, but not all, the employment records the firm has requested from two international law firms that also employed two lawyers now suing Morrison & Foerster for alleged discrimination against pregnant women and mothers.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the Northern District of California ruled Thursday that the firm could subpoena Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters for records that could bolster the firm’s defense against claims that Morrison & Foerster discriminated against pregnant women and mothers when making decisions about hiring, work assignments and promotions.