Bloomberg Law
Nov. 10, 2020, 6:37 PM

MoFo Women Lawyers Push Back on Firm’s Bid to Nix Sex Bias Suit

Patrick Dorrian
Patrick Dorrian
Reporter

Two female attorneys suing Morrison & Foerster LLP for caregiver, pregnancy, and other alleged sex bias and retaliation told a federal judge in San Francisco that their allegations are trial-worthy and should be heard by a jury.

Sherry William and Joshua Ashley Klayman were previously part of a group of lawyers who sued MoFo in April 2018 for alleged systemic discrimination against women at the 1000-plus lawyer international firm. But five of the women told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Dec. 6 that they had settled their individual claims, and the group subsequently dropped ...

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