Sanofi-Aventis Gender Discrimination Class Action

Case Type: Gender Discrimination

Company: Sanofi-Aventis

Bellifemine, et al., v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S.

In 2007, Sanford Heisler Sharp represented a class of approximately 6,000 female sales employees in pay and promotion and gender discrimination claims against the pharmaceutical corporation, Sanofi-Aventis U.S. The settlement produced more than $15 million in monetary benefits plus the $13.4 million reverberating effect of a $2 million pay equity adjustment over a five-year period.