AP News: Lieff Cabraser and Equal Rights Advocates Announce Court Upholds Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Vassar College

September 16. 2024

The Associated Press interviewed Litigation Director Catherine Bendor about an update in our pay discrimination lawsuit against Vassar College with co-counsel Lieff Cabraser. A New York court denied Vassar’s motion to dismiss the case, which will move forward seeking wage justice for women professors at Vassar after years of egregious gender pay discrimination.

“Plaintiffs’ counsel Catherine Bendor, Director of Litigation at Equal Rights Advocates, stated: ‘The court recognized that when the state of New York amended its equal pay law, it provided more robust protections for women seeking to be paid the same amount as men for substantially similar work. New York’s law, and new equal pay laws being enacted by a growing number of states across the country, will help bring us closer to achieving true pay equity for women in academia and set the standard for all occupations.’”

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