Employment Law – Page 4 – Lieff Cabraser

Lieff Cabraser and Co-Counsel File Federal Lawsuit Against Apple, Inc. for Failure to Pay Overtime and Other Lawfully Required Compensation to Apple Solutions Consultants

Lawsuit filed in Federal Court in California alleges Apple improperly denies Apple Solutions Consultants earned overtime and other statutorily required compensation in violations of Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) On July 1, 2022, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Stiegler Law Firm LLC, and Robert B. Landry III PLC filed a federal lawsuit on

LieffCabraser2022-07-01T23:25:14+00:00July 1st, 2022|Employment Law|

Lieff Cabraser Partner Anne Shaver Featured on Yahoo Money Live Discussing the Groundbreaking $118M Google Gender Class Action Settlement

Lieff Cabraser Partner Anne Shaver, who represents over 15,000 female Google employee plaintiffs in the Google Gender Discrimination case, was featured on Yahoo Finance’s Yahoo Money Live on Tuesday, June 21 in an interview discussing the case’s recent and historic $118 million settlement. The interview also included named plaintiff Kelli Wisuri, who worked at Google

LieffCabraser2022-06-24T20:26:29+00:00June 24th, 2022|Employment Law, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser & Shavitz Law Group File Federal Collective and California Class Action Lawsuit Against Stryker Corporation for Failure to Pay Overtime Wages, Provide Meal and Rest Breaks, and Pay Business Expenses

The class, collective and representative lawsuit was filed on behalf of Stryker Sales Representatives and Sales Associates working across a wide range of Stryker medical product divisions in the U.S. On June 14, 2022, the law firms of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Shavitz Law Group, P.A. filed a lawsuit in the Central

LieffCabraser2022-06-15T23:05:57+00:00June 15th, 2022|Employment Law|

Plaintiffs and Google Agree to $118 Million Settlement of Pay Equity Class Action

Plaintiffs’ law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP announce today that Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with Defendant Google LLC ( “Google”), in which Google will pay $118 million to settle a class action gender discrimination lawsuit, Ellis v. Google LLC, No. CGC-17-561299, pending since 2017. The settlement covers approximately

admin2022-06-13T17:17:35+00:00June 11th, 2022|Employment Law|

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team to Receive Equal Pay in Historic Labor Deal for Professional Sports

As reported by The Wall Street Journal (subscription) and numerous other media outlets, the U.S. Soccer Federation has announced a landmark labor agreement that will guarantee equal pay to players on both its men’s and women’s national teams, including the same game bonuses and World Cup prize money as well as providing equal appearance fees and shares

LieffCabraser2022-05-18T18:35:16+00:00May 18th, 2022|Employment Law|

KCRA-Sacramento Airs Powerful Report on Racial Discrimination Lawsuits Against Sutter Health

KCRA Sacramento aired a powerful report this evening on two racial discrimination lawsuits brought by physicians against Sutter Health, including Lieff Cabraser’s representation of Dr. Omondi Nyong’o in his discrimination case against Sutter Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. With a subtitle of “Lawsuit alleges Sutter Health targets minority doctors to ‘keep them in line’,” the

admin2023-04-19T19:22:50+00:00March 30th, 2022|Discrimination, Employment Law|

District Court Rejects Goldman Sachs’ Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop Long-Standing Gender Discrimination Class Action; The Certified Class Action Will Proceed to Trial

Judge Torres’ Order also agrees with plaintiffs on multiple evidentiary and expert testimony issues On March 17, 2022, District Court Judge Analisa Torres issued an Order in the ongoing Goldman Sachs gender discrimination case (originally filed in 2010) with significant positive ramifications for the plaintiffs and the Class. Most significantly:

LieffCabraser2023-04-19T19:22:26+00:00March 18th, 2022|Discrimination, Employment Law|

UPDATE: $11.5 Million Kaiser Race Bias Case Settlement Receives Final Approval from Court

Third-party administrator will allocate settlement amounts based on an objective formula to each qualifying class member March 11, 2022 – Update – Last night, the Court granted final approval to the settlement in the Kaiser Race Discrimination Class Action. In addition to the class relief, the Court approved the named

admin2022-03-14T22:29:05+00:00March 12th, 2022|Employment Law, Firm News|

Treasury Report Reveals that Collusion and Other Illegal Anticompetitive Practices by Employers Suppress Worker Pay and Job Opportunities Across the U.S.

Government’s new report shows that employers face little competition for workers, allowing companies to pay employees substantially less than a so-called “free” market would manifest A new study has been released by the U.S. government revealing that despite a purported “tight” labor market that should give workers leverage, in fact the system is deeply flawed

LieffCabraser2022-03-09T02:29:41+00:00March 9th, 2022|Antitrust, Employment Law|

President Biden Signs “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment” Act into Law

On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, which restores survivors’ option to hold their abusers accountable in public court rather than in secretive, private arbitration (often funded by the defendant). The law prohibits employers from imposing the provisions of arbitration

LieffCabraser2022-03-04T21:23:40+00:00March 4th, 2022|Employment Law|

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