Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 5, 2025
Judge denies split in LegalMatch founders' retaliation trial
A San Francisco judge refused to bifurcate Anna Ostrovsky's lawsuit against LegalMatch co-founder Dmitry Shubov, keeping whistleblower, retaliation and contract claims for trial over alleged firing tied to hidden cryptocurrency transfers.
A San Francisco judge denied a motion to bifurcate a lawsuit on the eve of trial between the founders of Legalmatch.com - a website that connects lawyers with clients.
The bifurcation would have stripped six of the eight causes of action from the trial, where jury selection is expected to begin soon.
Anna Ostrovsky, who launched the legal referral service in 1999 with entrepreneur Dmitry Shubov, claims she was fired and stripped of her board seat in retaliation for expo...
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