Boston Plaintiff Lawyer Is Scourge Of Silicon Valley

She started out suing companies like FedEx, American Airlines and Starbucks in wage and hour suits. But now she has moved into more exotic territory: the big disruptor companies in Silicon Valley, starting with Uber and an employee misclassification lawsuit, and then numerous others. Los Angeles Times reporter Tracey Lien profiles Shannon Liss-Riordan from the Boston plaintiff class-action firm Lichten & Liss-Riordan. “Where some see Silicon Valley innovation,” writes Lien, “Liss-Riordan sees an old power struggle, wrapped in an app.”