Judge Grants Final Approval to $118M Settlement in Google Gender Discrimination Class Action

As reported by Law360, on October 25, 2022, California Superior Court Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng granted final approval to a $118 million settlement of multidistrict litigation brought on behalf of a class of over 15,000 female Google workers accusing the tech giant of engaging in systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination against its female

2023-06-13T15:11:20+00:00October 26th, 2022|Discrimination, 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

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

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

2022-06-13T17:17:35+00:00June 11th, 2022|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.

2020-08-19T14:02:56+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

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

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