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Soccer Federation Litigators Discuss Recent Ruling in Equal Pay Case
Latham & Watkins partners Michele Johnson and Jamie Wine turned the tide for the U.S. Soccer Federation in a high-profile — and highly sensitive — wage discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Senior Women's National Team. Morgan v. United States Soccer Federation Inc., 1:19-cv-01717.
Represented by the law firm Winston & Strawn, the women players sought more than $66 million in damages, alleging violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Wine and Johnson were hired in mid-March in the wake of a public relations nightmare, after U.S. Soccer's prior counsel from Seyfarth Shaw argued in court papers that the players did not have a claim because the men's and women's teams "do not perform equal work requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions."
Johnson and Wine promptly kicked that argument to the curb and refocused the case on the nitty-gritty of actual compensation. It worked for their client. In May, U.S. Judge R. Gary Klausner in the Central District of California dismissed the equal pay claims on summary judgment, leaving only lesser claims for discriminatory working conditions involving travel arrangements.
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