MoFo to Face Trial on Female Lawyers’ Sex, Pregnancy Bias Claims

Two female former Morrison & Foerster LLP attorneys who say they were marginalized, denied promotion, and otherwise discriminated against because of their sex, and for becoming pregnant and taking maternity leave will get a trial on most of their claims, the Northern District of California ruled.

Sherry William may be able to convince a jury MoFo didn’t advance her to the next associate level with the rest of her class because of her maternity leave, the court said. That “reclassification” may have also violated the Family and Medical Leave Act and ...