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Sanford Heisler Files $100 Million ERISA Class Action Against Columbia University On Behalf Of 27,000 Retirement Plan Beneficiaries

On Behalf of | Aug 16, 2016 |

Posted August 16th, 2016. For more information, contact, Jamie Moss, newsPRos, ; [email protected] NEW YORK, August 16, 2016  — Contemporary retirement plans have become the primary tool for retirement planning and savings for millions of working Americans.  Employers who fail to offer their employees prudent investment choices place employees’ hard earned retirement savings at risk of loss because of poor investment performance. What…

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L-Share Annuities: Stale Wine in a New Bottle

On Behalf of | Aug 5, 2016 | ,

Annuities are a constant subject of litigation, and for good reason. Although the companies that pitch annuities describe them as relatively simple products, they are anything but.  These are complex contracts with high fees, long lock-up periods and bewildering disclosure documents. Basically, an annuity is a life insurance policy that is bundled with a separate investment account. Your investment account…

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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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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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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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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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