Wigdor LLP represented one current and five former female employees who alleged that Citigroup has a pattern and practice of discriminating on the basis of gender and/or pregnancy in terms of pay, promotion and layoffs. Douglas H. Wigdor, who also was lead counsel in connection with a group of individual women in an alleged gender discrimination class action complaint against Dresdner Kleinwort, represented the women in this matter and coined the phrase “Recessionary Discrimination,” to describe a growing trend by companies of using mass lay-offs to cover-up the discriminatory treatment and/or impact on groups of women, people of color and those over 40. The former Citigroup employees featured in a Forbes magazine cover story investigating the impact that the economic downturn has had on women in the financial services industry.
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Complaint 1
Complaint 2
NPR
“Citigroup Slammed With Lawsuit By Former Female Employees”
October 19, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal
“Suit Accuses Citigroup Of Discrimination”
October 14, 2010
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CNBC
“Citigroup Accused of Gender Discrimination in Suit”
October 14, 2010
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The Associated Press
“NY lawsuit: Citigroup used recession to fire women”
October 14, 2010
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Telegraph
“Citigroup accused of discrimination”
October 14, 2010
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Daily Mail
“Citigroup accused of sacking female staff… to save jobs of less-qualified men”
October 14, 2010
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New York Times
“6 Women Accuse Citigroup of Gender Bias”
October 13, 2010
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ABC News
“Citigroup Sued by 6 Women Alleging Gender Bias”
October 13, 2010
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ABC News
“Mothers Accuse Goldman Sachs, Citigroup of Discrimination”
October 13, 2010
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The Law Business Insider
“America’s Premier Lawyers Series – Top Verdicts” Featuring Douglas H. Wigdor
March 29, 2010
In this interview, Douglas Wigdor gives a compelling overview of his representation of a group of women in a gender discrimination class action against Citigroup.
Lawyers and Settlements Online
“Citigroup Engaged in Recessionary Discrimination says Attorney Wigdor”
March 13, 2009
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Forbes Magazine
“Terminated: Why the Women of Wall Street Are Disappearing”
March 16, 2009
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Public Broadcasting Station (“PBS”)
To the Contrary, Hosted by Bonnie Erbe
“Remembering Women – Discussing Recessionary Discrimination and Wigdor LLP’s case against Citi”
March 1, 2009
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The Independent (UK edition)
“Citi faces $1bn class claim on discrimination”
February 26, 2009
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