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Labor/Employment

Mar. 20, 2015

Trio of major suits allege rampant workplace discrimination

Separate suits filed accuse Facebook, along with two health care companies of gender discrimination.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


With workplace sexism a hot topic thanks to the Ellen Pao trial, plaintiffs' attorneys launched three more blockbuster gender discrimination suits against science and technology giants.


A putative class action filed in the Central District of California on Wednesday accuses Valencia's Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp., a maker of medical devices to ease spinal pain, of "substantial...

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