January 31, 2020
A former Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC attorney who'd hit the management-side powerhouse with a $300 million sex discrimination suit has dropped her claims.
July 30, 2019
Two female attorneys who sought to take the helm of a suit accusing employment law giant Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC of systemic sex discrimination after the original plaintiff was forced into arbitration have dropped their claims, according to a California federal court filing.
May 10, 2019
Two former Ogletree shareholders who joined a class action last year accusing the firm of underpaying women are angling to take the case's helm after the original named plaintiff's claims were kicked to arbitration.
March 28, 2019
The former Ogletree Deakins shareholder accusing the firm of systematically underpaying women and stifling their advancement must arbitrate her claims, a California federal judge has ruled, rejecting her argument that the firm's arbitration agreement doesn't apply to her because she didn't sign it.
March 12, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC asked a California federal judge not to hold a hearing on its evidence for making a former shareholder arbitrate her sex bias claims against the firm, saying there is no disputing that she is bound by an arbitration agreement.
February 26, 2019
A former Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC attorney pursuing a proposed class action accusing the firm of underpaying its female lawyers urged a California federal judge to keep her case in court, faulting Ogletree's "barebones approach" to her arbitration agreement.
January 23, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC wants a California federal court to kick the bulk of a former firm shareholder's gender discrimination lawsuit to arbitration, saying she was bound by an arbitration pact even though she didn't sign it.