gender discrimination – Lieff Cabraser

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

admin2023-08-30T13:17:38+00:00August 30th, 2023|Discrimination, Employment Law|

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

LieffCabraser2023-05-09T15:10:24+00:00May 9th, 2023|Employment Law|

Court Sets Trial Date in Longstanding Gender Bias Class Action Against Goldman Sachs; Judge Orders Unsealing of Class Evidentiary Record

Newly filed motion reveals 133 internal complaints of gender discrimination at Goldman and nine charges filed with EEOC; class comprises more than 1,400 current/former women vice-presidents and associates at Goldman who encountered discrimination over pay, promotion, and reviews NEW YORK (September 21, 2022) — A gender class action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs pending since 2010

LieffCabraser2022-09-22T17:25:14+00:00September 22nd, 2022|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|

California Judge Certifies Class of 11,000 Former Female Employees in Google Gender Pay Bias Lawsuit

On May 27, 2021, a California superior court judge issued an order certifying a class of nearly 11,000 former female Google workers who allege the tech giant engaged in systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination against its female employees in California, at times paying women thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts. Filed

Artemis2021-05-27T23:07:38+00:00May 27th, 2021|Employment Law, Firm News|

Anne Shaver in The Verge on Gender Discrimination and Pay Equity

As part of an in-depth piece on pay equity, The Verge focused on former Microsoft engineer Katie Moussouris, who sued the software giant for pay discrimination. When that lawsuit stalled, Moussouris began dedicating her career to closing the enormous gender pay gap in the tech industry.

LieffCabraser2023-03-14T17:10:39+00:00March 17th, 2021|Employment Law|

Ex-Google Workers Want Sexist Emails and Memes Turned Over in Google Gender Discrimination Suit

As reported by Law360, former Google workers represented by Lieff Cabraser who claim the company engaged in systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination against its female employees have urged a California judge to order the tech giant to hand over sexist emails and internal memes created by two unnamed male former employees.

LieffCabraser2020-08-19T14:02:56+00:00August 19th, 2020|Employment Law|

Google Gender Discrimination Plaintiffs Seek to Certify Class of 11,000 Former Female Employees

As reported by Law360 (subscription), on July 22, 2020 in California superior court, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel Altshuler Berzon moved to certify a class of nearly 11,000 former female Google workers who allege the tech giant engaged in systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination against its female employees in California, at times paying women thousands

LieffCabraser2020-07-22T15:52:35+00:00July 22nd, 2020|Employment Law|

Supreme Court Rules Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Transgender Status is Unlawful

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status is unlawful. Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, No. 17-1623, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, No. 18-107 ___ S.Ct. ___, 2020 WL 3146686 (June 15, 2020).

LieffCabraser2020-06-15T14:08:09+00:00June 15th, 2020|Public Good|

Nashville News Anchor Demetria Kalodimos and TV Station WSMV Resolve Dispute

As reported by The Nashville Business Journal, longtime news anchor Demetria Kalodimos announced Wednesday that she has settled her lawsuit with her former employer, WSMV Channel 4, an NBC-affiliated television station in Nashville, Tennessee. The lawsuit against WSMV and the station’s owner, Meredith Corp., accused the media companies of gender and age discrimination as well

LieffCabraser2020-01-03T13:52:31+00:00January 3rd, 2020|Employment Law|

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