When it comes to employment lawsuits, the plaintiffs’ bar styles itself as a vindicator of civil rights. Who steps up to the plate when an employer discriminates against a worker because of his race? Who helps immigrants win back wages their bosses refuse to pay? That’s what plaintiffs-side employment lawyers say they do best – help make American workplaces fair…
Albert Woodfox, the last Angola 3 member behind bars, took the stand in federal court Wednesday to argue that the daily strip and cavity searches he undergoes in prison violate a previous court agreement entered into 35 years ago. Jerry Goodwin, the warden at David Wade Correctional Center, where Woodfox is imprisoned, testified to U.S. District Court Judge James J.…
Posted October 24th, 2013. NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Sanford Heisler LLP, a leading public interest law firm, teamed with three other law firms in settling a whistleblower (“qui tam”) lawsuit Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR), the nation’s largest provider of pharmacy services to nursing home patients. Under the agreement, Omnicare has agreed to pay the United States $120…
Posted October 7th, 2013. Goal to Increase Diversity in California Plaintiffs’ Civil Rights & Employment Bar For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] (October 7, 2013, San Francisco, CA) – Sanford Heisler LLP, a leading national public interest law firm, today announced the launch of the Sanford Heisler Public Interest Diversity Fellowship in partnership with the California-based Foundation for…
Yet another drugmaker is being charged with alleged sex discrimination against female employees. The latest lawsuit has been filed by a Merck sales rep, who alleges the drugmaker permits discriminatory and disparate pay and promotion and policies, and allows a hostile workplace environment. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in New Jersey, seeks $100 million and class-action status.…
Posted May 9th, 2013. Class Action Asserts Company Discriminates Against Female Sales Reps For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] (May 9, 2013, Newark, NJ) — Sanford Heisler LLP today filed a $100 million individual and class action suit in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc. The action was brought…
In gender discrimination disputes, businesses don’t want themselves up against the law firm Sanford Heisler. That firm has become the premier brand in representing plaintiffs in class action lawsuits alleging gender bias – and winning. Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo might be very nervous today. Yesterday, on behalf of its lead plaintiffs including Sara Wellens, Sandford Heisler filed “Wellens v…
Posted February 12th, 2013. Daiichi Sankyo, a maker of cholesterol and blood pressure drugs, is now a defendant in a case filed before a federal court in San Francisco yesterday. Six current and former female sales representatives employed in the Japanese firm’s North American division are accusing the company of gender discrimination in the workplace. According to the lawsuit, the…
Posted February 11th, 2013. SAN FRANCISCO — The plaintiffs lawyers that once secured the largest-ever award in a gender discrimination suit from a Cravath, Swaine & Moore client have a new target: Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo. The firm’s sales strategy, the complaint alleges, relies on using attractive women to promote drugs, and male executives treat female employees as “props.”…
Posted February 11th, 2013. Gender Discrimination Persists Against Female Sales Professionalsat Japanese-based Pharmaceutical Drug Giant, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos,201-493-1027, [email protected]; Jamie Baum, 201-493-1027, [email protected] (February 11, 2013, San Francisco, CA) – Today, six current and former female pharmaceutical sales professionals filed a $100 million class and collective action gender discrimination lawsuit against Daiichi Sankyo in…