Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Chair National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law
Firm lawyers will also present and lead multiple panel discussions at the event
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
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
Lieff Cabraser & Burgess Law Offices Announce NLRB Issues Complaint Against SpaceX Alleging 37 Separate Unfair Labor Practices
The NLRB found merit in former SpaceX employees’ charges that SpaceX unlawfully coerced, interrogated, surveilled, and fired them for working collectively to stop sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
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.
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
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
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
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,
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, Outten & Golden, and Goldman Sachs Announce $215 Million Settlement of Long-Running Gender Bias Class Action
On May 8, 2023, the parties announced that Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with Defendants Goldman Sachs & Company LLC and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (collectively, “Goldman Sachs”), in which Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle a gender discrimination class action lawsuit, Chen-Oster v. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, No. 10-cv-6950-AT-RWL, pending