July 02, 2024
Counsel for DLA Piper LLP told a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday the firm has provided responsive information to a former associate who claims she was unlawfully fired while pregnant, adding it is confident her termination was lawful.
June 20, 2024
DLA Piper continues to evade a court directive to turn certain documents over to a former attorney with the firm who has filed a pregnancy bias suit, a lawyer representing the former employee has told a New York federal magistrate judge.
May 23, 2024
A New York federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered DLA Piper to let her privately review previous pregnancy discrimination complaints against it as part of discovery in a former attorney's suit, an order that comes after the firm argued the burden of sharing them "far outweighs its likely benefit."
January 09, 2024
A former DLA Piper attorney told a New York federal court that the firm is improperly withholding documents in her pregnancy bias suit in a Monday request for a discovery conference.
July 06, 2023
Law firms including Graham Curtin, DLA Piper, Napoli Shkolnik and Kirkland & Ellis are all facing bias or retaliation lawsuits by people who have worked for them — mainly lawyers — including accusations of age, race and sex discrimination.
June 06, 2023
A former intellectual property associate is accusing DLA Piper of firing her just days after she formally requested maternity leave, saying in a New York federal court filing Tuesday that the firm fabricated performance issues in order to oust her.