Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 5, 2025 — A federal court issued and order today holding that Cognizant Technology Solutions engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination through its use of policies that had a disparate impact on employees on the basis of race or national origin. Specifically, Chief District Judge Dolly Gee of the…
San Francisco, CA, Sept. 12, 2025 – Kotchen & Low filed a class action discrimination suit against Tesla, alleging that Tesla favors foreign H-1B visa workers over Americans, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which prohibits citizenship discrimination. Plaintiffs Scott Taub and Sofia Brander represent the class. Taub is a tech worker who alleges…
Phoenix, AZ, Aug. 22, 2025 – Kotchen & Low LLP’s discrimination lawsuit against TSMC on behalf of non-East Asian and non-Taiwanese/Chinese citizens is featured on ABC15 News: https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/former-tsmc-employees-speak-out-about-discrimination-hostile-work-environment-at-phoenix-chip-plant Plaintiffs accuse TSMC of engaging in a pattern-or-practice of discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and citizenship, in violation of Title VII and Section 1981, and…
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…
