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Gender Bias Suits Bring Opportunities for Some Law Firms, Woes for Others

While some law firms find themselves defending gender discrimination lawsuits brought by their current or former lawyers, other law firms are garnering business from the increase in gender bias suits against law firms and other companies.

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Strong Demand Fuels Growth for Big Four Labor and Employment Firms

Meredith Hobbs | April 11, 2019

Business has been booming for the top-grossing U.S. labor and employment law firms: Littler, Ogletree, Jackson Lewis and Fisher Phillips.

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Report: Half of World’s Largest Companies Fail Pay Equality Test

Phillip Bantz | April 01, 2019

Companies in the financial, technology, retail and health care industries were graded across five categories: equal pay gap, median pay gap, racial pay gap, transparency and commitment to pay equality. The results suggest companies in every sector are struggling, though some more than others.
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'Someone Has to Speak Up': Lawyers Suing Jones Day Say Career Risk Is Worth It

Xiumei Dong Lizzy McLellan | April 05, 2019

"I think the fear for me is in not holding powerful institutions and larger employers accountable, and in allowing law institutions like Jones Day to escape scrutiny," lawyer and plaintiff Nilab Tolton said.
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Which U.K. Law Firms Had The Worst Gender Pay Gap Numbers?

Hannah Roberts | April 08, 2019

The worst offenders have emerged in the analysis by Law.com affiliate Legal Week of the top 50 U.K. firms ranked by gender pay gap.
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EEOC Balks at Quick Revival of Pay-Data Rule

Mike Scarcella | April 03, 2019

"The EEOC will need to modify or adjust the deadlines for employers to collect retroactively 2018 Component 2 pay data," the Justice Department told a Washington federal district judge.

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Sanford Heisler Touts Gibson Dunn Hire as the Two Firms Fight in Court

Ryan Lovelace | April 10, 2019

As it grows its docket of Big Law gender discrimination suits, Sanford Heisler is growing its own partnership, too.
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Morrison & Foerster Seeks Sanctions in 'Mommy Track' Suit

Ross Todd | April 09, 2019

The firm is targeting the attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp who brought the suit, as well as one of the anonymous plaintiffs.