June 23, 2017
A partner who sued Sedgwick LLP for gender-based discrimination has agreed to drop her putative class action in California federal court after reaching a settlement with the firm, according to a filing on Thursday.
April 07, 2017
A Sedgwick LLP partner who sued the firm for allegedly short-changing her and other female lawyers is nearing a settlement deal, according to a Friday filing.
November 03, 2016
A California federal judge on Wednesday ordered a Sedgwick LLP partner to arbitrate her proposed gender discrimination class action against the firm, saying her partnership agreement requires disputes arising from the contract to follow an alternative dispute resolution procedure.
October 13, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday bemoaned that U.S. Supreme Court precedent will likely force him to send a Sedgwick LLP partner’s proposed gender discrimination class action against the firm to arbitration, saying that while he doesn’t agree with the ruling, he’s “way down at the bottom of the heap.”
September 30, 2016
Sedgwick LLP bolstered its contention that a partner's proposed class action alleging gender discrimination belongs in arbitration, telling a California federal court in a heavily redacted filing this week that the "tough litigator" couldn't now claim she was forced to sign the arbitration agreement.
September 21, 2016
The arbitration agreement Sedgwick LLP is trying to use to force a partner's proposed class action alleging gender discrimination out of court isn't enforceable because the partner didn't get a chance to negotiate it before signing, she argued in California federal court Tuesday.
August 25, 2016
Sedgwick LLP has asked a California federal judge to permit it to arbitrate claims with a partner who filed a proposed class action accusing the firm of gender-based discrimination, saying she signed a binding and enforceable partnership agreement.