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Month: March 2019

Fauquier County Joins the Fight Against the Opioid Industry: Lawsuit Alleges Defendants’ Illegal Practices Devastated Virginia County

Posted March 29th, 2019. Click here to read the complaint Fauquier County, VA, March 29, 2019 – Fauquier County, Virginia, represented by Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., and The Cicala Law Firm PLLC has initiated legal action against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for their role in creating the public health emergency caused by prescription opioids. Fauquier County…

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Five More Western Virginia Communities Join the Fight Against the Opioid Industry: Lawsuits Allege Defendants’ Illegal Practices Devastated Western Virginia Communities

Posted March 27th, 2019. (March 27, 2019) – Five more localities in Western Virginia, represented by Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., and The Cicala Law Firm PLLC, have initiated legal action against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for their role in creating the public health emergency caused by the overuse of prescription opioids. The cities of Bristol, Roanoke,…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Promotes 10 Attorneys and Hires 9

Posted March 12th, 2019. Saba Bireda Named Partner in Washington, DCFelicia Gilbert Becomes Senior Litigation Counsel & Managing Attorney of San Francisco Office March 12, 2019, New York – a leading national law firm with offices in Washington, DC, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Nashville and Baltimore, today announced the promotion of 10 lawyers, including a new partner in…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Earns Top Marks in Benchmark Litigation’s Inaugural Ranking of Labor & Employment Firms & Lawyers

Posted March 12th, 2019. CHAIRMAN DAVID SANFORD NAMED LABOR & EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY OF THE YEARFirm Ranked Nationally, In New York, California, DC and TennesseeTen of Its Lawyers Earn Regional Star Status March 12, 2019, New York – Benchmark Litigation has announced that Sanford Heisler Sharp received top marks in its inaugural rankings of labor and employment law firms and lawyers in the…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Celebrates Recent Outstanding Accomplishments

Posted March 12th, 2019. Recognition Included 2018 National and Regional Awards Across Diverse Practices March 12, New York –  a leading national public interest class action law firm, and many of its attorneys earned high-profile recognition in 2018 for their continued success representing plaintiffs in employment, ERISA, consumer fraud, whistleblower, wage and hour, and other high-stakes litigation matters. “We achieved…

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Court Orders Government to Collect Data That May Shed Light on Pay Discrimination

The devil is in the details. In this case, the details are pay data collected by the United States government in an attempt to quantify, if possible, gender or racial discrepancies in pay. With this in mind, during the Obama administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) decided to improve the quality of the pay data it already collected pursuant…

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Sexual Harassment is a Form of Illegal Housing Discrimination

The Federal Fair Housing Act, along with many state and local laws, prohibits gender discrimination in housing, including sexual harassment. It is illegal for landlords, property managers, real estate agents, and maintenance staff to demand sexual favors in exchange for access to housing or repairs. They also cannot create a hostile environment for tenants based on their sex, for example,…

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