The settlement represents the largest gender employment case settled before a plaintiffs’ verdict at trial, and one of the largest of any type of employment dispute As reported by Law360 (subscription) and other media outlets, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres granted final approval to a proposed $215 million settlement in
On May 8, 2023, the parties announced that Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with Defendants Goldman Sachs & Company LLC and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (collectively, “Goldman Sachs”), in which Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle a gender discrimination class action lawsuit, Chen-Oster v. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, No. 10-cv-6950-AT-RWL, pending
As highlighted in a feature article in Fortune, after an extraordinary 17 years, a gender class action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs is finally headed for trial in New York. All 1,400-plus class members are women who worked for Goldman as associates or vice-presidents, bringing class claims for discrimination in performance pay and promotion, with the named
Newly filed motion reveals 133 internal complaints of gender discrimination at Goldman and nine charges filed with EEOC; class comprises more than 1,400 current/former women vice-presidents and associates at Goldman who encountered discrimination over pay, promotion, and reviews NEW YORK (September 21, 2022) — A gender class action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs pending since 2010
Judge Torres’ Order also agrees with plaintiffs on multiple evidentiary and expert testimony issues On March 17, 2022, District Court Judge Analisa Torres issued an Order in the ongoing Goldman Sachs gender discrimination case (originally filed in 2010) with significant positive ramifications for the plaintiffs and the Class. Most significantly:
On March 3, 2021, Lieff Cabraser and Schnapper-Casteras PLLC filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of two former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairs, four former SEC Commissioners, and numerous other former SEC officials, all voicing support of a class of investors fighting to remain certified in a
Vox has published an article highlighting the stories of several women currently involved in gender discrimination lawsuits against some of America’s top companies in the fight for equal pay.
After 13 years and more than 580 docket entries, the gender discrimination case against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is moving ever closer to trial. Four women who previously worked for the global investment banking giant accused the company of workplace discrimination and gender bias, with the result of systematically denying women career opportunities they deserved.
Lieff Cabraser partner Anne B. Shaver has written a piece for the Impact Fund legal practitioner blog titled “Distinguishing Dukes: Another Victory For Employment Discrimination Class Actions.” The piece looks at the gender discrimination case Chen-Oster v. Goldman Sachs, No. 10-6950 (S.D.N.Y.), wherein the court recently certified a Rule 23(b)(3) class of female vice presidents
Bloomberg’s newest podcast, The Pay Check, analyzes the human toll of getting paid less for the same work Media giant Bloomberg is starting a new podcast entitled “The Pay Check,” focusing on gender pay disparaties and their persistence in the workplace. Styled as an in-depth miniseries, the programs will also examine “the human toll of