Janette Wipper, California’s former top civil rights lawyer, has rejoined litigation boutique Sanford Heisler Sharp after getting fired last year while leading an Activision Blizzard discrimination lawsuit.
Wipper will focus on employment discrimination, equal pay and class-action cases in the firm’s Palo Alto office, she said in an interview. Sanford Heisler has garnered a reputation for representing employees in lawsuits taking on big corporations.
While serving as chief counsel at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Wipper led discrimination lawsuits targeting Tesla Inc. and video game companies Activision Blizzard and Riot Games Inc., a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings. ...
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