February 09, 2018
The Chefs' Warehouse Inc. on Thursday defeated class certification in a wage-and-hour class action brought by a group of delivery drivers, as a California federal judge found the lead plaintiffs in the case — who promised their sanctioned attorney wouldn't represent the class — were inadequate class representatives.
June 19, 2017
The Chefs' Warehouse won its bid to boot a worker's attorney from future depositions in a proposed employment class action when a California federal judge found Friday that the lawyer's history of bad behavior, especially toward women, warranted the ban.
June 01, 2017
A Reed Smith LLP attorney who alleges opposing counsel threatened her and lied to a California federal judge said at a hearing Thursday that the other lawyer shouldn't be allowed to attend depositions in the putative employment class action they're litigating, saying he "is not worthy of the privilege."
May 05, 2017
An employment lawyer who was already sanctioned for his conduct during a deposition told a California federal judge Friday he had nothing to do with an anonymous threatening voicemail to a Reed Smith LLP attorney for The Chefs' Warehouse, asking to move forward with the case.
April 21, 2017
The Chefs' Warehouse Inc. asked a California federal judge to keep its Reed Smith LLP attorney from having to be in the same room as an employment lawyer who was sanctioned for his conduct during a deposition, saying Friday a new threat has the company's attorney fearing for her safety.
March 22, 2017
A California federal judge on Tuesday fined an employment attorney $7,706 for saying that a Reed Smith LLP partner was displaying "female energy" during a deposition, calling the comment unprofessional and suggesting the lawyer undergo sensitivity training.
February 17, 2017
An employment attorney who allegedly said that a Reed Smith LLP partner was displaying "female energy" during a deposition pushed back against a bid to sanction him for his remarks, telling a California federal court Thursday there has been hostility throughout the underlying wage-and-hour suit from counsel on both sides.
February 03, 2017
A seemingly ordinary wage-and-hour dispute turned hostile during a deposition, according to a sanctions motion Thursday that accuses the plaintiffs' attorney of calling a Reed Smith LLP partner names and saying he sensed a "female energy" in the room that was uncomfortable and felt like a conspiracy.