Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho (GBDH) is one of the oldest and most successful plaintiffs’ public interest class action law firms in the country. more
Case News
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GBDH and solo practitioners Marni Willenson & Susan Malone recently reached an agreement with the City of Chicago in Vasich v. City of Chicago, a federal class action lawsuit challenging the City’s physical abilities test to enter the firefighter academy on the basis that it unfairly discriminated against female applicants. The City will now use the Candidate Physical Ability Test, a less discriminatory test developed by the Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters to screen applicants. The settlement also provides for $2 million in back pay to class members who failed the discontinued test. The class settlement still must be approved by the federal court in Chicago.
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On May 1, 2013, the Court granted preliminary approval to the class settlement in Vemulapati, et al v. Siebel Systems, Inc.
Read order 05/01/2013
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On 4/10/13, GBDH and MALDEF filed a lawsuit against the ABC Unified School District alleging that its at-large method of electing its Board Trustees violates their rights of its Latino citizens under the California Voting Rights Act. Read the press release. Read LA Times news article highlighting case.
Firm News
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On June 10, 2013, Joseph Jaramillo will be speaking at the CELA Diversity Leadership Summit at U.C. Hastings College of the Law on The Faces of Leadership: Paths Taken, Stories Told.
Read more 05/08/2013
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James Kan recently joined the East Bay Community Law Center's Advisory Board. The EBCLC provides a wide range of legal services for the low-income community in the East Bay.
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Joseph Jaramillo authors Strength in Numbers, an article regarding FLSA collective active arbitrations in April 2013 Trial magazine (Vol. 49, No. 4)