Patrick Dorrian – Bloomberg Law Jane Doe 4 says subpoena to new firm premature and overbroad MoFo says request relevant to ‘negative reference’ retaliation claim Morrison & Foerster LLP shouldn’t be allowed to obtain employment records from the new firm of a former female associate suing MoFo for alleged sex bias, she told the Northern […]

By Vin Gurrieri Law360 (September 10, 2019, 2:44 PM EDT) — A female lawyer who claims Morrison & Foerster LLP sabotaged her efforts to find work after she accused the firm of putting pregnant women on a “mommy track” says MoFo’s “wildly overbroad” subpoena for employment records from her new firm is a fishing expedition. […]

Patrick Dorrian – Bloomberg Law Cites top marks from Working Mother magazine, others Says women accusing firm of pregnancy bias lack claims Morrison & Foerster LLP is an “industry leader” when it comes to supporting and promoting women and working parents and it didn’t discriminate against seven female attorneys who said they were mistreated after […]

By Aebra Coe Law360 (June 5, 2019, 5:15 PM EDT) — Morrison & Foerster LLP provided detailed stories to a California federal court Tuesday of times it says female attorneys suing the law firm for sex discrimination fell short of expectations, and thus were rightly held back from advancing, passed by for a bonus or […]

By Braden Campbell Law360 (May 22, 2019, 3:48 PM EDT) — One of seven lawyers behind a proposed class action accusing Morrison & Foerster LLP of sex discrimination says the firm sabotaged her job prospects at three BigLaw firms after firing her for getting pregnant. Jane Doe 4 alleges Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Goodwin […]

Porter Wells – Bloomberg Law Class action alleges law firm shows disdain towards expecting mothers Two Jane Does provide more information to try and save claims Two former Morrison & Foerster attorneys, in order to save their bias claims against the law firm from dismissal, have provided additional detail to a federal judge about their […]

By Emma Cueto Law360 (May 2, 2019, 6:54 PM EDT) — A California federal judge has trimmed claims from some of the female attorneys accusing Morrison & Foerster LLP of gender and pregnancy-based discrimination as either too late or unsupported, although the women will have a chance to fix those shortcomings. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline […]

Patrick Dorrian – Bloomberg Law D.C.-based associate didn’t provide excuse for late filing California lawyer alleged ‘economic duress’ but not ‘undue influence’ Two women among a group of female associates accusing Morrison & Foerster LLP of pregnancy discrimination must replead some or all of their claims, a federal judge ruled. Jane Doe 5 was too […]

Law firms face a delicate balancing act in responding to internal crises that draw public attention. By Dan Packel There’s an emerging consensus among public relations experts when dealing with rough news: “No comment” doesn’t cut it. “Companies and individuals need to articulate the positions that they have, especially when they’re being criticized or are […]

Kerrie Campbell joined Chadbourne & Parke as a partner in Washington in 2014, and two years later a question emerged in her gender discrimination lawsuit against the firm: Did her role as a partner mean she was an employee or an owner at the firm? The distinction is critical because only employees, not owners, have […]