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 ...