Title IX Sex Discrimination Case Against SDSU Moving Forward on All Counts: Equal Athletic Financial Aid, Retaliation, and Equal Treatment

Justice marches forward: U.S. District Court Judge Todd W. Robinson held yesterday that the female student-athletes suing San Diego State University (SDSU) for violating Title IX can pursue all three of their claims – for equal athletic financial aid, equal treatment, and retaliation. The decision is the first in the nation to hold that female student-athletes deprived of equal athletic financial aid can sue their schools for damages.

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“This is Not Over By a Long Shot”

“This is not over by a long shot”: Bailey Glasser founding partner Brian Glasser, one of the lead lawyers in the fight to protect plaintiffs in the J&J/LTL bankruptcy, made a statement to CBS News today rejecting what appears to be extra money found in Johnson & Johnson’s company lounge “seat cushions.” J&J, one of the world’s wealthiest companies, continues to try to abuse the bankruptcy process to deny plaintiffs injured by the company’s talc products their day in court.

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Partner Mark Boyko Quoted in Law 360 and Bloomberg Law

Bailey & Glasser, LLP partner and ERISA litigator Mark Boyko was quoted in Law360 and Bloomberg Law discussing a newly-issued federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that may be beneficial to plaintiffs who must meet certain pleading standards to successfully pursue claims against retirement plans that breach their duties to make prudent investment decisions. As told to Bloomberg Law:

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N.Y. Federal Judge Recommends Class Action Against Metropolitan Life Proceed

Bailey Glasser and co-counsel Robert Izard and Douglas Needham represent a pair of subclasses of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company whose pension benefits were unlawfully reduced using outdated mortality estimates. On March 20, 2023, a federal magistrate recommended that the claims proceed as a class action.

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BG Logo Upgrade

“The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example” – Gloria Steinem. Today’s spotlight is on budding artist Kate Johnson, who was fearless when she proposed a new “upgraded” BG firm logo concept to her dad, Bailey & Glasser, LLP partner Nick Johnson.

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