ADVISORY/MALDEF Press Conference Invitation: Major National Retail Clothier to be Charged with Employment Discrimination.News Editors/Legal Writers ADVISORY...for Tuesday (June 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
Time: Tuesday, June 17, at 10:00 am
Location: MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
634 South Spring Street (between 6th and 7th)
Los Angeles
Speakers: Thomas A. Saenz, Vice President of Litigation, MALDEF
Bill Lann Lee, Partner, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann
& Bernstein LLP; former Assistant Attorney General for
Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
Minah Park, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Kimberly West-Faulcon, Director, Western Regional Office,
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
Plaintiffs
Rejected job applicants and former employees of one of the nation's largest clothing retailers will file a class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax in federal court charging that the company discriminates against Latinos, Asian Americans, and African Americans in employment. The plaintiffs are young adults of color, including students and graduates of the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). and Stanford, who allegedly were refused sales jobs or terminated based on their race or ethnicity. The civil rights lawsuit alleges that the company maintains an exclusively white image that excludes minorities from sales positions nationwide. Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from MALDEF MALDEF Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund , APALC APALC Asian Pacific American Legal Center (the Asian Pacific American Legal Center), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund In 1940 the organization formerly known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and now called the NAACP launched the Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF). Since its founding, the organization has been involved in more cases before the U.S. , Inc. (LDF LDF Local Development Framework LDF Left Democratic Front (India) LDF Local Distribution Frame LDF LuraDocument Format (file extension) LDF Low Density Fiberboard ), and the law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. Editors' Notes: Visuals: Eight named plaintiffs (applicants and former employees) will be at the press conference. Interviews will be available in Spanish. San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay : Lieff Cabraser attorney Eve Cervantez and a named plaintiff will be available for media interviews in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 18 after 1:30 at Lieff Cabraser's offices. Please call Ms. Cervantez at 415-956-1000 to arrange an interview. |
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