September 19, 2023
Stern & Eisenberg PC has agreed to end a former attorney's suit alleging she was laid off after asking to work from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic because she was a 60-year-old lesbian with hypertension, according to a Tuesday filing in Pennsylvania federal court.
October 18, 2022
A former Stern & Eisenberg PC attorney can't proceed with claims of gender and sexual orientation discrimination in a lawsuit against her onetime firm, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, but claims of disparate treatment based on age and disability can survive.
February 11, 2022
A Philadelphia-area attorney suing Stern & Eisenberg PC for discrimination asked a federal judge to ignore her ex-employer's request to dismiss claims accusing it of age, gender, disability and sexual orientation bias, arguing that its motion to dismiss raises points that aren't relevant at the early stages of litigation.
December 10, 2021
A Philadelphia-area law firm has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to dismiss the bulk of discrimination charges filed by a fired attorney, saying she failed to support her allegations that she was terminated based on her age, gender, disability and sexual orientation.
July 13, 2021
A former attorney at Pennsylvania-based Stern & Eisenberg P.C. has filed suit against the firm for laying her off days after she asked to work from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, alleging the firm discriminated against her as a disabled lesbian over 60.