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National Civil Rights Firm Sanford Heisler Sharp Opens Silicon Valley Office

September 27, 2022, Palo Alto, CA – today announced the opening of a new office in Palo Alto, the firm’s eighth location nationwide, third office in California, and second new office this year. Long a top-rated law firm in the Bay Area, Sanford Heisler is the first exclusively plaintiff-side law firm with a focus on civil rights, social justice, and…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Vincent McKnight Selected Under Two Categories in 2023 Best Lawyers

H. Vincent McKnight Jr., Co-Managing Partner of Washington office, has been recognized by 2023’s Best Lawyers in America in two categories—Commercial Litigation and Qui Tam Law. Since 2008, McKnight, who co-chairs Whistleblower and Qui Tam practice, has received “Recognition,” Best Lawyers’ highest status, in the category of Commercial Litigation. Now he adds Qui Tam Law to that distinguished record. “I’m…

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City Of Baltimore Files Lawsuit Against Ghost Gun Manufacturer Polymer80

Deadly Ghost Guns Flooding Baltimore are now 19% of all Seized Guns according to Baltimore Police Department Polymer80 Accounts for 91% of all Seized Ghost Guns in Baltimore BALTIMORE, June 1, 2022 – Today, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced that Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest ghost gun manufacturer, Polymer80, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in the Circuit…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Launches The Tom Henderson Civil Rights Fellowship Honoring Long-Time Activist And Esteemed Member Of The Firm

February 15, 2022, Washington, DC – today announced the Tom Henderson Civil Rights Fellowship. The annual one-year position will be available to a junior attorney who has demonstrated academic excellence and a passion for and commitment to civil rights throughout law school. It will honor a well-known national “civil rights warrior” and beloved member of the firm who died in…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Files Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit against Harvard

Complaint Details Long History of Abuse in the Famed Anthropology Department Media Contact: Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027; [email protected] (Cambridge, MA, Feb. 8, 2022) today filed a Complaint in Massachusetts federal court against Harvard University and the President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard” or the “University”). The Complaint alleges that Harvard willfully ignored nearly a decade of sexual harassment and…

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West Monroe Partners Short-Changed Former Employees By Millions In Major Stock Sale, Suit Alleges

CHICAGO, December 22, 2021 – filed a class complaint today in the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois alleging that consulting firm West Monroe Partners short-changed more than one hundred former employees by approximately $50 million or more when it cashed out their holdings in the company’s employee stock ownership plan, also known as an ESOP. According to the complaint,…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Files $85 Million Class Action Claim Against Milliman

Complaint Alleges Mismanagement of Retirement Funds under ERISA SEATTLE, January 13, 2022 – is filing a class Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that Milliman, Inc. breached basic fiduciary duties under ERISA and violated its employees’ trust by mismanaging the company’s retirement funds. Milliman is one of the premier global consulting and actuarial…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Announces an $8.3 Million Arbitration Award in Co-Founder Dispute Case Against InnoGrit Corporation, Shanghai InnoGrit, and InnoGrit CEO

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 05, 2021 – Attorneys at (SHS) recently obtained an $8.3M arbitration award on behalf of Claimant Dr. Yuhui David Chen against Silicon Valley semiconductor company InnoGrit Corporation, its parent company Shanghai InnoGrit Technologies Co., Ltd., and InnoGrit CEO Dr. Zining Wu. The total award includes $650,000 in punitive damages against Dr. Wu personally and $500,000 in…

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