February 18, 2020
Two former Morrison & Foerster LLP attorneys accusing the firm of relegating them to the "mommy track" and eventually firing them after they had children have dropped their class action claims.
December 10, 2019
One of two previously unnamed women behind a proposed class action accusing Morrison & Foerster LLP of marginalizing moms identified herself Tuesday as prominent blockchain expert and current Linklaters U.S. fintech group leader Joshua Ashley Klayman.
December 02, 2019
Morrison & Foerster LLP has settled with five of the seven female attorneys who alleged in a $200 million proposed class action that it placed them on a less lucrative "mommy track," with the remaining lawyers planning to drop their pseudonyms when they amend their complaint later this month, according to court documents.
September 10, 2019
A female lawyer who claims Morrison & Foerster LLP sabotaged her efforts to find work after she accused the firm of putting pregnant women on a "mommy track" says MoFo's "wildly overbroad" subpoena for employment records from her new firm is a fishing expedition.
June 05, 2019
Morrison & Foerster LLP provided detailed stories to a California federal court Tuesday of times it says female attorneys suing the law firm for sex discrimination fell short of expectations, and thus were rightly held back from advancing, passed by for a bonus or fired.
May 22, 2019
One of seven lawyers behind a proposed class action accusing Morrison & Foerster LLP of sex discrimination says the firm sabotaged her job prospects at three BigLaw firms after firing her for getting pregnant.
May 02, 2019
A California federal judge has trimmed claims from some of the female attorneys accusing Morrison & Foerster LLP of gender and pregnancy-based discrimination as either too late or unsupported, although the women will have a chance to fix those shortcomings.
April 18, 2019
A California judge won't sanction a former Morrison & Foerster LLP associate suing the firm for pregnancy discrimination despite accepting a severance package purportedly barring legal action, saying her claims aren't frivolous and it's "common sense" she didn't have job alternatives when she was fired at eight months pregnant.
April 09, 2019
Morrison & Foerster LLP wants a California federal court to sanction Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP and one of the women it represents in a pregnancy discrimination class action, saying an ex-associate brought claims she knew were barred by a severance agreement.
March 26, 2019
Morrison & Foerster LLP again urged a California federal judge to nix two women from a $100 million pregnancy bias class action Monday, saying one signed a severance agreement releasing claims against the firm and the other has conceded her claims are time-barred.