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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|

Congress Passes Law Ending Forced Arbitration for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Harassment

The House and Senate have passed an important law to help prevent sexual harassment, called “The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021.” It stops employers from imposing arbitration agreements on employees who have suffered sexual harassment or sexual assault by their employer. Employees now can

LieffCabraser2022-02-12T03:03:57+00:00February 11th, 2022|Consumer Fraud, Employment Law|

Kelly Dermody Featured in Latest Episode of “55 Voices for Democracy” Podcast Tackling Equal Pay

Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody is featured in this week’s episode of the “55 Voices for Democracy” podcast with award-winning journalist Birte Meier. “55 Voices” is inspired by the 55 BBC radio addresses Thomas Mann delivered between 1940 and 1945 from his home in California, warning listeners in Germany, Switzerland,

LieffCabraser2023-03-14T16:29:10+00:00January 28th, 2022|Employment Law, Firm News|

UPDATE: $11.5 Million Kaiser Race Bias Case Settlement Receives Preliminary Approval from Court; Notice Mailed to Class Members

December 8, 2021 – Update – Today the Settlement Administrator mailed and emailed the court-approved Notice and Claim Form to Class Members. If you received this Notice, it is because you meet the class definition in the employment data of the Kaiser-related entities. Please review these materials for important deadlines.

LieffCabraser2021-12-17T01:40:49+00:00December 6th, 2021|Employment Law, Firm News|

Settlement Distribution From Duke/UNC “No Poach” Employee Anticompetition Lawsuit Highlights Structural Inequities in Higher Education

In August 2021, the federal court approved a $19 million settlement on behalf of thousands of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging the two universities illegally colluded to avoid competing to hire professors and faculty members from each other, artificially suppressing salaries and employee mobility between the two

LieffCabraser2021-11-02T21:36:40+00:00November 2nd, 2021|Antitrust, Employment Law|

New York Governor Hochul Signs New Legislation Protecting Employees from Retaliation

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has enacted legislation that protects employees in the state from retaliatory actions for reporting illegal or dangerous business activities. In meaningfully amending the prior law, there are multiple important and noteworthy aspects of the new law that together give crucial support to whistleblowers.

LieffCabraser2021-10-29T18:27:40+00:00October 29th, 2021|Employment Law, Whistleblower Law|

New “Today’s Workplace” Podcast Episode Featuring Discussion on Systemic Discrimination with Kelly Dermody

Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody is featured on the latest episode of Today’s Worklplace, where she and fellow plaintiff-side class action attorney Jahan Sagafi join hosts Belinda Reed Shannon and Barbara Johnson to discuss the topic of systemic discrimination. Today’s Workplace is a podcast created to keep employers current

LieffCabraser2023-04-19T19:24:29+00:00October 27th, 2021|Discrimination, Employment Law, Firm News|