Supreme Court Upholds Seventh Circuit Ruling that McDonald’s Employee Mobility Restriction Litigation Should Move Forward

Lieff Cabraser represents employee plaintiffs in class action litigation against fast food chain McDonald’s over the company’s so-called “no-poach” employee pay and mobility restrictions which prohibit employees from seeking opportunities at other establishments within the vast McDonald’s chain. In August of 2023, the Seventh Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of the case, holding that

2024-03-18T18:45:05+00:00March 18th, 2024|Antitrust, Employment Law|

Plaintiffs Defeat Stryker’s Attempt to Dismiss Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit

On Tuesday January 30, 2024, plaintiffs won a series of procedural victories in the overtime pay lawsuit filed against medical device giant Stryker Corporation when U.S. District Judge George Wu of the Central District of California denied a summary judgment motion filed by Stryker on multiple issues seeking to dismiss the litigation. The lawsuit was filed by Lieff

2024-02-02T21:17:51+00:00February 2nd, 2024|Employment Law, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser Named an Employment Law “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360 for 2023

Law360 (subscription) has published an in-depth profile on Lieff Cabraser’s Employment Law practice group as part of its recognition of the firm as a 2023 “Employment Law Practice Group of the Year.” Law360’s piece spotlights Lieff Cabraser’s work advocating for thousands of clients in workers’ rights disputes, including in securing a landmark $215 million settlement in a

2024-02-01T18:47:15+00:00February 1st, 2024|Employment Law, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser Partners Organize and Speak at ABA’s 17th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference

The 17th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference is being held on November 8–11, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. This Conference is the Section of Labor and Employment Law’s signature event of the year, offering cutting-edge and in-depth programs covering developments across the full range of labor and employment law topics along with numerous networking opportunities.

2023-11-10T19:45:05+00:00November 10th, 2023|Employment Law, Firm News|

Court Grants Final Approval to Historic $215 Million Settlement in 13-Year Old Gender Discrimination Case Against Goldman Sachs

The settlement represents the largest gender employment case settled before a plaintiffs’ verdict at trial, and one of the largest of any type of employment dispute As reported by Law360 (subscription) and other media outlets, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres granted final approval to a proposed $215 million settlement in

2023-11-10T20:12:06+00:00November 7th, 2023|Employment Law|

Equal Rights Advocates and Lieff Cabraser Announce Class Action Lawsuit by Women Vassar Professors Over College’s Gender Pay Gap

Five women full professors from historically women’s college file class action suit over systemic pay disparities, with 35 additional women full professors saying they share the class representatives’ grievances about Vassar’s pattern of pay discrimination Poughkeepsie, NY, Aug. 30, 2023—As classes began this week, most of the women full professors at Vassar College spoke out

2023-08-30T13:17:38+00:00August 30th, 2023|Discrimination, Employment Law|

Litigators of the Week: Goldman Sachs Gender Discrimination Plaintiff Litigation Team

American Legal Media and Law.com have named the Plaintiff Litigation team, co-led by Lieff Cabraser San Francisco office Managing Partner Kelly Dermody, as “Litigators of the Week” for their work in securing a $215 million settlement of the long-running Goldman Sachs gender discrimination case. Historic for multiple reasons, the settlement is one of the largest

2023-05-12T17:17:06+00:00May 12th, 2023|Employment Law, Firm News|

Rachel Geman Discusses “Gender Based Discrimination & Pay Inequality” at 7th Annual Class Action Money & Ethics Conference

On May 8, 2023, Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman spoke at the 2023 Class Action Money & Ethics Conference at The Harmonie Club in New York City, where she co-led a panel discussion on gender discrimination and pay equity class-based litigation. The panel reviewed recent large equal pay cases, including Lieff Cabraser’s 2022 $118M Google gender discrimination settlement,

2023-05-10T22:34:48+00:00May 10th, 2023|Employment Law, Firm News|

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