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Law Practice

Apr. 3, 2009

Former Employees Can Sue Thelen

A federal judge granted class certification this week to former Thelen employees who are suing the dissolving 85-year-old San Francisco law firm, which is still tens of millions of dollars under water, for laying them off without proper warning.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge granted class certification this week to former Thelen employees who are suing the dissolving 85-year-old San Francisco law firm, which is still tens of millions of dollars under water, for laying them off without proper warning.

The order, signed Tuesday by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte of the Northern District of California, enables the employees...

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