San Francisco, CA, Feb. 25, 2025 – A federal district court denied a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims that Meta Platforms (formerly known as Facebook) engaged in a pattern-or-practice of citizenship discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiffs relied on three types of evidence to demonstrate the plausibility of their claims. First, Plaintiffs…

New Haven, CT, Feb. 21, 2025 – The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut certified a class of hourly warehouse associates employed by Bozzuto’s, Inc. in a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Black employees at Bozzuto’s Connecticut facilities. The Court found that Rule 23’s requirements were met with respect to…

Dec. 9, 2024 – Bloomberg published an in-depth article today profiling Kotchen & Low’s recent trial victory in which a jury unanimously concluded that Cognizant Technology Solutions intentionally discriminated against a class of non-Indians and non-South Asians placed in non-productive status (“the bench”) and fired.  The jury also found that Cognizant should have to pay…

October 11, 2024 – Kotchen & Low LLP was named to Law360’s Legal Lions of the Week. Law360 reported: Kotchen & Low LLP earned a major victory in California federal court Oct. 4 on behalf of a class of non-South Asian and non-Indian employees who were terminated by Cognizant Technologies, setting the stage for a…

Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 4, 2024 — A jury unanimously found after a two-week trial that Defendant Cognizant Technology Solutions engaged in a pattern or practice of race and national origin discrimination against a class of over 2,300 non-Indian and non-South Asian employees terminated from the bench, and that punitive damages are appropriate. Plaintiffs presented…

San Francisco, CA, June 27, 2024 — The Ninth Circuit issued an opinion today in Rajaram v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 22-16870 (9th Cir.) holding that 42 U.S.C. § 1981 extends to claims of citizenship discrimination against U.S. citizens. Kotchen & Low LLP’s client, Purushothaman Rajaram, sued Meta (Facebook) for citizenship discrimination, alleging that Meta prefers…

Richmond, VA, December 27, 2023 — Mr. Dee’s filed its opening brief today appealing the denial of certification of a manufacturer class in its lawsuit against Inmar Inc. alleging market and customer allocation and price-fixing of shipping fees related to coupon processing in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Mr. Dee’s proposed a class consisting…

Richmond, VA, November 6, 2023 — The Fourth Circuit granted Plaintiff Mr. Dee’s Rule 23(f) petition for permission to appeal the denial of certification of a manufacturer class in an antitrust price-fixing case against Defendants CCC, Inmar, Inc., Carolina Manufacturer’s Services, Inc., and Carolina Services (collectively “Inmar”) related to a conspiracy with International Outsourcing Services…

Honolulu, HI, Oct. 4, 2023 — The Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Honolulu on the issue of whether 42 U.S.C. § 1981 extends to citizenship discrimination claims against U.S. citizens, in Rajaram v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 22-16870 (9th Cir.). Mr. Rajaram sued Meta (Facebook) for citizenship discrimination, alleging that Meta prefers to hire…

Richmond, VA, September 5, 2023 – Plaintiffs in an antitrust conspiracy case involving coupon processing filed a Rule 23(f) petition today with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals requesting permission to file an interlocutory appeal of an order denying certification of a class of manufacturers who paid shipping fees to Carolina Coupon Clearing, Inc. (“CCC”)…