Morrison & Foerster is asking for sanctions against Sanford Heisler Sharp, the firm that has brought a gender discrimination lawsuit against Morrison & Foerster, and one of the plaintiffs in the suit, alleging the plaintiffs brought claims that were “knowingly baseless.”

Sanford Heisler initially sued Morrison & Foerster in April 2018 on behalf of three former associates in California, claiming that Morrison & Foerster routinely holds back mothers and pregnant women, giving them lower pay and fewer promotion opportunities than their male peers.

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