Labor/Employment,
Class Action
Sep. 12, 2025
Google to pay $7M in fees as part of $28M settlement with employees
Google agreed to a $28 million settlement over pay discrimination claims, with a Santa Clara County judge approving $7 million in attorney fees and the company's commitments to strengthen pay equity and hiring practices.
A plaintiff's class counsel has been awarded $7 million, a quarter of the settlement amount, in an action against Google that claimed employees were racially and ethnically discriminated against.
The lawsuit, filed by attorneys from Gunn Coble LLP and Kramer Brown Hui LLP in Santa Clara County Superior Court, accused the company of violating California's Equal Pay Act by compensating Hispanic, Black, indigenous, and others less than their white counterparts for similar wo...
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