Gender Discrimination

Prominent Bar Association Sued Over Pregnancy Discrimination

Another day, another gender discrimination lawsuit in the legal industry.

Former Partner’s Suit Against Biglaw Goes To The Supreme Court

Plus another Biglaw firm throws their hat into the ring with an amicus brief.

Problems Pile On For Struggling Biglaw Firm

The firm is facing two lawsuits: one for unequal pay, the other over back rent.

Jones Day To Gender Discrimination Plaintiffs: You Don’t Deserve To Be Paid On The Cravath Scale

Plus they say their compensation system isn't a black box.

Morning Docket: 07.29.19

* The House Judiciary Committee has (finally) opened an impeachment investigation against President Trump, and has asked a federal judge to supply subpoenaed grand jury information related to Robert Mueller's probe. [Washington Post] * "I was OK this last term. I expect to be OK next term. And after that we'll just have to see." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no immediate plans for retirement, saying that she'll continue to take things "year by year" and "stay on this job as long as [she] can do it full steam." [CNN] * In case you missed it, here's what SCOTUS justices have done on their summer vacation thus far: they're allowing the Trump administration to use $2.5 billion of funds that were previously allocated to the Defense Department to start construction on the border wall. [New York Times] * Just as LeClairRyan finds itself gasping its presumptive last breaths, the firm finds itself on the wrong end of a gender pay discrimination case. [Big Law Business] * A federal judge has dismissed Nick Sandmann's $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post. This probably means that Sandmann's similar suits against CNN and NBC will be dismissed soon as well. [USA Today]

In-House Attorney Sues Tech Giant Over ‘Gender Discrimination Of The Worst Kind’

Plaintiff alleges she was fired for complaining about the discrimination she faced.

Biglaw Firm Faces Allegations Of A ‘Sexually Hostile Work Environment’

Plaintiff alleges she was the recipient of inappropriate comments after her marriage to a same-sex partner.

Amended Gender Discrimination Case Brings The Real Scoop On Jones Day Compensation

Gender discrimination case against Jones Day gets even bigger. (Yes, AGAIN.)

Morning Docket: 06.26.19

* After being subpoenaed, former special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify in open hearings before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17. How rare that someone would actually comply with a Congressional subpoena these days! [Washington Post] * “What are they hiding? Tell Joe Biden. Trump released his list. Why won’t you?” In case you missed it, a conservative legal advocacy group plans to spend big money on national ads demanding that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates release a shortlist of their potential Supreme Court nominees. [POLITICO] * Harvard Law’s Pipeline Parity Project, a group that’s working to end mandatory arbitration among Biglaw firms, is going national. Now known as the People’s Parity Project, the group has expanded its mission and hopes to form chapters at least six other law school campuses. [Law.com] * “It is time to do away with the stigmatization of women who challenge discrimination and harassment in their workplaces.” Three of the four women who were previously proceeding anonymously in their gender bias case against Jones Day have come forward to reveal their names. [Big Law Business] * The latest high-dollar addition to the Yankees is Mike Mellis, formerly the top lawyer at Major League Baseball, who will slide into home as the Bronx Bombers’ executive vice president and chief counsel. [New York Law Journal] * Timothy Thornton, CEO of 150-lawyer Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, RIP. [American Lawyer]

Professor Alleges Discrimination Against Law School And Former Dean In New Lawsuit

Tenure doesn't necessarily protect you from discrimination.

Jones Day Gender Discrimination Case Spreads To New York

A former New York associate comes forward.

Morning Docket: 06.24.19

* During an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," President Trump falsely claimed that he “inherited” the policy of separating children from their parents at the border from President Obama, and later went on to defend the conditions that migrant children are being detained in, saying, “We're doing a fantastic job under the circumstances.” [NBC News] * The Supreme Court will soon be ending its October 2018 term, and there are still a dozen controversial cases yet to be decided. Which eagerly awaited ruling(s) will be released today? [Reuters] * “So many D.C. lawyers are actors at heart. This is the drama of our time.” The Mead Center for American Theater is planning an 11-hour dramatic reading of the Mueller report. Several lawyers have signed up to read, but we wonder who will get to say Don McGahn’s famous lines. [National Law Journal] * One woman may have settled her sex discrimination claims against Jones Day, but another just joined the gender bias class-action against the firm, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to eight. [Big Law Business] * Cravath partners: They’re just like us! Damaris Hernández, who became the first Latina partner at Cravath in 2016, got her own profile piece on how she spends her Sundays published in the paper of record this weekend. [New York Times]

Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Jones Day Gets Yet Another Plaintiff

The case against Jones Day picks up a Facebook attorney as a plaintiff.

Plaintiffs Throw Shade At Jones Day In Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Plaintiffs think Jones Day is changing its tune now that they've been sued.

Jones Day Wants Gender Discrimination Plaintiffs To Reveal Themselves To The Public

The firm thinks that plaintiffs should be forced to come forward.