March 19, 2019
A pair of lawyers who earlier this year joined a $100 million pregnancy bias class action against Morrison & Foerster LLP renewed their call Tuesday to a California federal court to stay in the case.
March 04, 2019
A former New York-based Morrison & Foerster LLP lawyer has become the seventh female attorney to join a $200 million California federal class action accusing the firm of systematically discriminating against pregnant women, claiming she was unlawfully fired for not being adequately "committed" to the firm after twice taking maternity leave.
February 25, 2019
Two unnamed former Morrison & Foerster LLP associates have told a California federal court that the firm is prematurely trying to cut them out of a $100 million pregnancy bias class action, saying their claims are strong enough to at least make it through the case's discovery phase.
February 11, 2019
Morrison & Foerster LLP wants to toss two of its former attorneys from a suit accusing the firm of freezing out pregnant women, arguing in a new motion the two women, who both recently joined the $100 million proposed class action, have no case.
January 28, 2019
A group of female Morrison & Foerster LLP attorneys accusing the firm of freezing out pregnant women expanded its $100 million California federal class suit Friday, adding three new plaintiffs, another $100 million in damages and fresh wrongful termination claims.
January 01, 2019
California attorneys will see the news cycle converge with the courtroom in 2019, as women take their fight for workplace equality to the halls of BigLaw; the Golden State battles it out with President Donald Trump over immigration and the environment; Apple fights its latest epic IP war; and cryptocurrency begins to reckon with federal securities law.
April 30, 2018
Three California-based associates hit Morrison & Foerster LLP with a $100 million proposed class action Monday that alleges the firm delays pay and advancement opportunities for female attorneys who take maternity leave or avail themselves of benefits the firm offers working mothers.