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Month: July 2016

Sanford Heisler and Public Justice Win Key Decision in California Supreme Court

On Behalf of | Jul 28, 2016 |

Posted July 28th, 2016. SANFORD HEISLER AND PUBLIC JUSTICE WIN KEY DECISION IN CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT Justices Hold Arbitrators Determine Whether Arbitration Agreements Permit Class Arbitration For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos,201-493-1027, [email protected] July 28, 2016, San Francisco, California –The Supreme Court of California handed down its decision today in Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc., a long-running individual and class race discrimination…

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Sanford Heisler and Tech Giant Qualcomm Agree to $19.5 Million Gender Discrimination Settlement

| Jul 26, 2016 |

Posted July 26th, 2016. SANFORD HEISLER AND TECH GIANT QUALCOMM AGREE TO $19.5 MILLION GENDER DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMMATIC RELIEF FOR QUALCOMM WOMEN IN STEM For more information contact: Jamie Moss, newsPRos, PR Counsel, Sanford Heisler, LLP; 201-493-1027; [email protected] SAN DIEGO, CA, July 26, 2016 — Sanford Heisler, LLP, one of the nation’s leading class action firms, today…

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The Motherhood Penalty a.k.a Caregiver or Family Responsibilities Discrimination

| Jul 26, 2016 | ,

In a 2007 study, Cornell sociologists Correll, Benard, and Paik examined the motherhood penalty, a phrase sociologists use to describe the systemic disadvantages that working mothers often encounter in hiring, pay, promotion, and other aspects of their employment. In the United States, mothers suffer a per-child wage penalty of approximately 5%, controlling for similar qualifications and work performance. In their study,…

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A Signal to HealthCare Providers From their Pregnant Patients’ Lawyers

by | Jul 25, 2016 | ,

The metaphor of ships passing in the night originated (at least according to Google) from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in a compilation called Tales of Wayside Inn. There, Longfellow laments the disconnectedness of the human condition in lines that seem equally applicable to modern life: Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a…

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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Embattled By Over 400 Pay Discrimination Claims

| Jul 22, 2016 |

Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec LLC and Sanford Heisler, LLP have revealed that more than 400 women had already reached out with discrimination claims relating to the $250 million women discrimination class action lawsuit against Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK). Both former and current female employees still have three weeks to file their claims and join the class action, which is…

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Sanford Heisler Files $30 Million Amended Complaint Against Columbia University and Adds Senior Tenured Professor as Defendant

| Jul 7, 2016 |

Posted July 7th, 2016. NEW YORK, July 7, 2016  — Today, Sanford Heisler, LLP filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Plaintiff Enrichetta Ravina, a female junior faculty member at Columbia Business School.  Ms. Ravina filed her original complaint against Columbia on March 23, 2016, alleging that a senior, tenured…

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