Hafizov v. BDO USA, LLP et al

  1. November 21, 2023

    BDO, Russian Ex-Worker Scolded In Bias Suit Discovery Battle

    A New York federal judge reprimanded accounting firm BDO and a Russian former employee Tuesday, saying they're both being "unreasonable" in an ongoing discovery dispute in the ex-worker's lawsuit accusing the company of disregarding a partner's repeated ridicule of him and others because of their ethnicities.

  2. July 14, 2023

    NY Forecast: Trans Doctor Urges Reinstatement At Cornell

    A transgender neurologist is calling on a New York federal judge during oral arguments Tuesday to grant their preliminary injunction motion to require Cornell University to reinstate them as part of the doctor's Title VII, state and city human rights suit. Here, Law360 takes a look at this case and other major labor and employment proceedings on the docket in New York.

  3. October 18, 2022

    Accounting Firm BDO Hit With Ethnicity Bias, Retaliation Suit

    A Russia-born tax attorney accused international accounting firm BDO of turning a blind eye to a partner's repeated ridicule of him and others because of their ethnicities, telling a New York federal court he was sidelined and then fired after he complained.