MoFo, Female Lawyers Argue Over Personnel Files (Corrected)

Morrison & Foerster LLP and two female former employees suing the firm for alleged sex and pregnancy discrimination asked a federal court in San Francisco to decide whether the firm can seek employment records from one woman’s former employer and the other woman’s current employer.

Sherry William says her former employer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, shouldn’t be required to turn over all documents and communications regarding that firm’s decision to classify her as belonging to the associate class of 2011 instead of the 2010 class. Although William was hired by Freshfields as a 2011 associate, by the time she left ...