Cruz v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cv-08596

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Valerie Figueredo

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  1. March 29, 2023

    Bernstein Litowitz Gets Early Win In Discrimination Suit

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP secured an early win Wednesday in a discrimination suit brought against it by a 55-year-old gay former employee, with a New York federal judge deciding in favor of the firm because the ex-employee "failed to establish that [the firm's] conduct was motivated by a discriminatory intent."

  2. March 07, 2022

    Firm Says It Fired Gay Clerk Over Performance, Denies Bias

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP told a New York federal judge that a former clerk accusing the firm of firing him because of his age and sexual bias was simply imagining discrimination, and it was actually subpar performance that cost him his job.

  3. October 15, 2020

    Bernstein Litowitz Accused Of Age Bias, Homophobia

    A pair of former Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP staffers sued the law firm on Thursday alleging a leadership team brought in two years ago systemically supplanted older workers with younger hires and discriminated against gay employees.