April 13, 2026
A federal jury in Manhattan declined to award damages Monday to a former associate who says DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant, absolving the BigLaw firm hours after tense closing arguments.
April 10, 2026
The DLA Piper partner who fired a pregnant associate said she did so lawfully, telling a Manhattan federal jury her former employee was "in over her head" and disputing that the associate raised pregnancy bias concerns on a termination call.
April 08, 2026
A former DLA Piper associate who claims she was unlawfully fired after announcing her pregnancy was offered a chance to transition out of the firm "without anyone knowing that her work was subpar," a partner told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday.
April 07, 2026
A former associate who claims DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that she got positive feedback as she worked with large corporate clients and was "shocked" when she was terminated.
April 06, 2026
A former trademark associate told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that DLA Piper "blindsided" her with termination after she announced she was pregnant, but the BigLaw firm countered that she was fired for "repeated mistakes" and other on-the-job shortcomings.
March 10, 2026
DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.
December 23, 2025
A New Jersey appeals court took an expansive view of state law in a former Reed Smith attorney's sex and pay bias suit, and a federal court set a former DLA Piper associate's pregnancy bias suit on a path to trial in 2026. Here's a look back at a quartet of notable rulings in cases against law firms from the past year.
September 29, 2025
A New York federal judge on Monday said DLA Piper must face trial in a discrimination case by a former lawyer who was fired two months after disclosing her pregnancy, saying the former seventh-year IP associate has made out a case around the circumstances of her 2022 departure.
November 08, 2024
A former DLA Piper associate told a New York federal court that her pregnancy bias case against the firm should be heard by a jury, arguing the firm's assertion that she was fired for careless work is contradicted by bonuses she was given and a lack of disciplinary records.
October 16, 2024
DLA Piper urged a New York federal court to throw out a former associate's lawsuit alleging that she was fired after requesting maternity leave, saying her work performance was "shockingly poor" during her one year with the firm.