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Recent News About Stowell & Freidman
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Edward Jones agrees to deal valued at $58M to settle Black financial advisers' discrimination class action
About 800 Black financial advisers would receive at least $42,000 each under the settlement. Lawyers would get $8.5 million. -
Appeals court revives age discrimination suit vs Ashley Furniture franchisee; misnaming defendant just a typo
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled a worker can continue a discrimination claim against the owner of several Ashley’s Furniture franchise stores, despite naming the employer incorrectly on his complaints. -
Former manager’s age discrimination suit against Ashley Furniture dismissed, for now
Ashley Furniture has won a round in one of the lawsuits filed against it for allegedly discriminating against older managers in a bid to hire "millennials," as a federal judge has dismissed, for now, a former manager’s age discrimination lawsuit because the judge determined the man had failed to properly name his employer in a discrimination claim filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).