On May 9, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to Altshuler Berzon LLPās clients International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 302, and Operating Engineers Local 3 in a pair of cases against Marathon Petroleum Co. at its refinery in Martinez, California. Marathon refused to arbitrate the Unionsā grievances […]
On May 5, 2023, Altshuler Berzon LLP, together with Justice Catalyst Law, filed motions for a preliminary injunction and provisional class certification in the District of Massachusetts federal court in Tassinari v. The Salvation Army, No. 1:21-cv-10806 (D. Mass.). The motions filed today seek an order prohibiting The Salvation Army from enforcing its current categorical […]
On May 4, 2023, Altshuler Berzon LLP, together with The Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL), filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that the University of Southern California (USC) deceives students into enrolling in its online Master of Social Work (MSW) program. Ā The lawsuit alleges that, among other things, USC […]
On April 17, 2023, Altshuler Berzon LLP, together with Liu Peterson-Fisher LLP and the National Womenās Law Center (NWLC), filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Aetnaās policies discriminate against LGBTQ people who seek to get pregnant using fertility treatments. The lawsuit alleges that […]
On January 4, 2023, the California Court of Appeal rejected Teslaās attempts to require a putative class of current and former Black workers employed in its Fremont, California manufacturing plant to arbitrate most of their race discrimination and harassment claims. The workers allege that Tesla is liable for years of severe and pervasive racial discrimination […]