With unemployment an ongoing issue and women now outnumbering men in the workforce, the new comedy series “Work It” follows two alpha males who realize the only way to beat the current “mancession” and land a job in pharmaceutical sales is to pass themselves off as women. Hardly cutting edge comedy, “Work It!” comes across […]

Brendan Pierson   Proskauer Rose has been hit with a $10 million gender discrimination suit by its former chief financial officer, Elly Rosenthal, who alleges the firm marginalized her and eventually fired her after she took leave for breast cancer treatment. In Rosenthal v. Proskauer Rose, 111343-11, filed yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Ms. Rosenthal, […]

As it appeared in the Wall Street Journal Proskauer Rose has built a reputation as one of the nation’s leading defenders of employment discrimination suits. But now the firm is on the receiving end of a discrimination suit, filed today in New York state court by the firm’s former Chief Financial Officer, Elly Rosenthal. Law firms […]

By Chris Dolmetsch and Sophia Pearson Proskauer Rose LLP was sued for employment discrimination in New York by former Chief Financial Officer Elly Rosenthal, who accused the law firm of firing her after she took leave for breast cancer treatment. Rosenthal, 57, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, who served as CFO from 1992 to 2008, […]

Posted by Claire Zillman Proskauer Rose, which frequently defends employers against discrimination claims, faces a discrimination case of its own. In a suit filed Wednesday in New York State court, Elly Rosenthal, 57, claims the firm where she worked for 18 years—16 of them as chief financial officer—demoted and ultimately fired her because of her […]

As appeared on CFO.com The longtime finance chief of a major law firm alleges discrimination and unlawful termination after her bout with cancer. David McCann Proskauer Rose, a large law firm well known for defending companies against employment-discrimination lawsuits, finds itself in the ironic position of being sued for discrimination by its former CFO. Elly […]

DAVID LAT What do Proskauer Rose and Ropes & Gray have in common (besides the seven shared letters in their firm names)? §  They are both leading law firms. §  They both have major presences, their two biggest offices, in New York and Boston. §  They both have blue and gray in their logos. §  […]

By Abigail Rubenstein Law360, New York (October 05, 2011, 1:00 PM ET) –Proskauer Rose LLP’s former chief financial officer slapped the employment defense powerhouse with a sex discrimination lawsuit Wednesday, claiming she was marginalized and ultimately fired after taking medical leave for breast cancer treatment. Attorneys for Elly Rosenthal, who served as Proskauer’s CFO for […]

As it appeared in the Hartford Courant By MARA LEE The Hartford Courant A lawsuit by 200 front-line managers for AT&T in Connecticut, who claim they should be entitled to overtime pay even though they supervise technicians, is scheduled for a trial beginning Monday in a hotly debated area of law that has grown all […]

Sanford Heisler has forced Big Pharma companies to focus on overtime issues. Sue Reisinger Corporate Counsel The 25-lawyer firm that’s casting such a long shadow is Sanford Heisler. Its first major win against a global drug giant came last July, when Sanford Heisler won the largest jury award ever—$250 million—in a sex discrimination case against […]

As appeared in the Wall Street Journal Accounting firms have long been known for their family-friendly policies. But a recent lawsuit alleges that one firm, KPMG, essentially pressured women to take on a less rigorous “mommy track” schedule, and then failed to promote women who did so. Donna Kassman, 54, a former senior manager at […]

KPMG DISCRIMINATES against its female employees, according to a lawsuit filed in New York yesterday. A former senior manager at the firm Donna Kassman is seeking $350m (£214.2m) in lost pay and benefits as well as other compensatory costs, Reuters.co.uk reports. The Big Four firm is accused of developing a hostile work environment in which […]

By Michelle Remo, “Big 4″ observer A former senior manager at KPMG has sued the Big Four accounting firm for engaging in gender discrimination against its female managers, including senior managers and managing directors. Plaintiff Donna Kassman, from New York, claimed in a $350 million class action suit filed in the U.S. District Court for […]

By Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief BRIDGEPORT — A U.S. District Court judge has rebuffed attempts by AT&T to throw out a class action lawsuit by a group of the company’s Connecticut employees alleging violations of state and federal wage and hour provisions. Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall clears the […]

Reporting by Alison Frankel In an interview Thursday with OTC, Sanford Heisler partner David Sanford said he has no reason to hope for good news from the Court, especially given the Justices’ ruling earlier this month in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion—a case which precluded consumer class actions in favor of individual arbitrations. Though the Court […]