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…