Equal Pay

Where Were You In 2017 And Other Questions

A lot can happen in five years. A lot doesn't.

Longtime Law School Professor Sues University For Equal Pay

The professor has been at the law school the longest, and still doesn't get paid like her colleagues.

Kamala Harris’s Equal Pay Plan Acknowledges The Weakness Of Lawsuits

It feels like an admission that courts cannot close the disparity.

Equal Pay Pioneer Reflects On What It’s Like To Sue A Biglaw Firm

Kerrie Campbell thinks it's everyone's responsibility to challenge blatant inequality.

Biglaw Firm To Pay Over $3 Million To Settle Pay Discrimination Case

The case has gone through many twists and turns, but is resolved at last.

What’s Next After Getting Publicly Fired By Your Biglaw Firm?

She's using her fight against Biglaw as motivation for the next step in her career.

Biglaw Partners May Yet Be People Employees

Another twist in the case.

Court-Sanctioned, Gender-Based Pay Discrepency? Say It Isn’t So!

Employment lawyers fear gender-related wage claims because these complaints are so often valid.

You Can Pay Women Less Than Men For The Same Job, As Long As She Was Making Less In Her Old Job

The glass ceiling is protected by circular logic.

Chadbourne Kicks Out Partner Suing Them Over Gender Discrimination

No matter what the firm says, they aren't finished dealing with Kerrie Campbell just yet.

Court Docs Allege Biglaw Firm Made ‘Undisguised Threat’ To Potential Class Members

The latest update in the Days Of Our Biglaw Lives saga...

Biglaw Firm Will Vote To Oust Partner Suing Them For Gender Discrimination

This is the juiciest Biglaw lawsuit in a while.

Non-Sequiturs: 04.05.17

* Closer, but still not equal pay. (Yes, that still matters because we aren't idiot goldfish who can't possibly concentrate on more than one sh*tty thing that's happening at a time.) [Deadspin] * Neil Gorsuch's writing deserves an F. [Law and More] * Is there really an upside to the nuclear option for Democrats? [Slate] * Because it might turn out to bite Republicans in the ass. [Huffington Post] * The differences between this SCOTUS confirmation process and others. [Empirical SCOTUS] * So, you've started your own law firm. Great! But now you have to hire your first employee... [Reboot Your Law Practice]

The Gender Pay Gap – Don’t We Have Bigger Problems?

We're dealing with a larger problem of workplace culture, according to columnist Jayne Backett.

Morning Docket: 02.01.16

* Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz has pledged to "spend whatever political capital is necessary" to create the most conservative Supreme Court in our country's history. Uh-oh! Voters better elect him, or else we'll be "one justice away from ... unlimited abortion on demand." [ThinkProgress] * A shakeup at the top? More than 20 Schiff Hardin partners -- including the firm's former managing partner, practice group leaders, and an executive committee member -- are leaving to start their own firm thanks to an apparent leadership dispute. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg] * On the seventh anniversary of his signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, President Obama took action to address the gender pay gap. Companies with 100 employees or more must now include salary info on their annual EEO reports. [New York Times] * Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's legal team filed the first of what's sure to be many appeals: They've asked the First Circuit to overturn his conviction and death sentence, as well as an order that he pay more than $101M to his victims. [Reuters] * For some reason, people are highly opposed to the ABA's proposal to lift its ban on law students receiving pay for their credit-bearing externship positions. Yes, let's continue to make indebted students pay for their experiential learning opportunities. [ABA Journal]