BigLaw Firm Pushes Arbitration For Its Own Gender Pay Lawsuit

The international law firm Sedgwick, sued by a partner over alleged gender pay inequality, maintains that the case is subject to a binding arbitration agreement that she and all its partners have signed. The case, which has been moved from state to federal court in California, was brought by the plaintiff after the firm tried to move her EEOC claim into arbitration. Claiming that she was denied equity partnership despite being one of the firm’s highest revenue generators, she has filed the lawsuit as a class action that would represent other women whom she alleges have encountered similar issues at the firm.