An Ogletree Deakins nonequity shareholder must arbitrate her claims that the firm discriminated against her in pay, promotions, and other job opportunities because she is a woman, a federal judge ruled March 27.
Dawn Knepper, who worked out of the firm’s Orange County, Calif., office, sued Ogletree for $300 million in January 2018 on behalf of herself and a proposed class of other female shareholders, alleging systemic discrimination.
But Knepper is required to arbitrate her claims against the firm rather than pursue them in court. She received notice of its arbitration agreement in 2016, failed to opt-out of the agreement ...