September 14, 2021
An attorney who lodged a sex discrimination lawsuit against Preti Flaherty Beliveau and Pachios LLP claiming he was fired for taking parental leave told the First Circuit that a lower court relied on outdated case law and exceeded its authority when it sent his case to arbitration.
July 26, 2021
An attorney who said his firm slashed his workload and then fired him for seeking parental leave told a Massachusetts federal court Monday that he would ask the First Circuit to nix a decision booting his suit to arbitration.
June 28, 2021
A lawyer will have to arbitrate claims that a Maine-based firm fired him because he wanted to spend time with his newborn children, a Massachusetts federal judge said Friday in affirming a prior ruling.
May 27, 2021
A Massachusetts federal judge decided Thursday that a lawyer must arbitrate claims that a Maine-based law firm discriminated against and later fired him because he wanted to spend time with his newborn children, finding that the lawyer's discrimination claim falls within a prior agreement he signed with the firm.
May 05, 2021
A Maine-based law firm facing claims that it discriminated against and ultimately fired an attorney because he wanted to spend time with his newborn children has urged a Massachusetts federal court to toss the case and compel arbitration, asserting that the lawyer signed off on the process when he was hired.
January 13, 2021
A Maine-based law firm slashed an attorney's workload and later fired him after his back-to-back leave requests stemming from the births of his two daughters, he told a Massachusetts federal court.