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Jaffe v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc. | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
Case Name Jaffe v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc. EE-CA-0334
Docket / Court 3:06-cv-03903-TEH ( N.D. Cal. )
On June 22, 2006, female financial advisors working for Morgan Stanley, a retail financial services firm, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California against their employer.
The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, were female and ... read more >
The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, were female and minority financial advisors employed by the defendant. They claimed that the defendants' substantially male branch managers had near unfettered discretion over compensation and distributing business to the advisors. Financial advisors earned a commission and obtained clients by referral. The complaint alleged branch managers gave more business, assistance, and opportunities to male advisors; this was a systemic, continuing pattern and practice at Morgan Stanley. The lead plaintiff also alleged she was terminated for being female and over the age of 40. The complaint sought to certify a class of all female advisors employed by the defendant from January 5, 2005 to the present and a subclass of advisors who had worked in California.
The first complaint contained the following claims: (1) intentional discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; (2) disparate impact discrimination under the same statute; (3) gender discrimination in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Cal. Gov't. Code § 12940 et seq; (4) on behalf of the named plaintiff only, age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.; (5) on behalf of the named plaintiff only, age discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Cal. Gov't. Code §12940 et seq. The complaint sought: a declaratory judgment; preliminary and permanent injunctions ordering the defendant to cease discrimination; an order restoring class members to previous positions or, in lieu thereof, front pay; back pay and benefits; damages for emotional distress and punitive damages; and attorneys' fees and costs.
The first amended complaint, filed on October 12, 2006, added another named plaintiff, who was a black Michigan resident. It also added a claim of gender discrimination under Michigan's Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 37.2101 et seq. and claims of race discrimination under: Title VII; 42 U.S.C. § 1981; and the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 37.2101 et seq. A final amended complaint, filed on August 17, 2007, added a third plaintiff, a black California resident. This complaint added claims for race and color discrimination under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 on behalf of black and Latino subclasses.
Related Case & Gender Discrimination Claims
The defendant sought a stay of this action pending the outcome of settlement negotiations in a similar class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In Augst-Johnson v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc., the plaintiffs also alleged gender discrimination. That case can be found at EE-DC-0033 in this Clearinghouse. On January 19, 2007, the district court ordered a stay of the gender discrimination claims, which were eventually resolved by the settlement in Augst-Johnson. 2007 WL 163196 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15 2007). Thus, the Jaffe settlement dealt only with race discrimination claims.
On February 11, 2008, the parties filed a copy of the proposed settlement agreement. The district court granted final class certification, approval of the proposed settlement agreement, and entered final judgment on October 22, 2008. 2008 WL 4667090 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 22, 2008). The parties reached the agreement with the assistance of mediator Hunter Hughes, Esq., who had also mediated the Augst-Johnson case. The settlements term was five years. The settlement class was defined as "All African Americans and Latinos who were employed as Financial Advisors or Registered Financial Advisor Trainees in the Global Wealth Management Group of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated or its predecessor(s) at any time between October 12, 2002 and the date of preliminary approval."
The settlement agreement required the defendant to: distribute its anti-harassment policy to all employees; retain an employee dedicated to increasing African American and Latino presence in the defendant's work force; work only with recruiters who would provide a diverse slate of potential employees; post all job openings on an internal job website; provide diversity training; create a more transparent and objective career path; change a "power ranking' system that rated financial advisors' performance; and implement a revised complaint process. The parties also agreed to jointly appoint a diversity monitor, Fred W. Alvarez, Esq., and industrial psychologists Dr. Kathleen Lundquist and Dr. Irwin Goldstein to assist with implementation of the changes. Monitoring included semi-annual reports to class counsel.
The defendant agreed to pay $16,000,000 to a settlement trust. A trust administrator would allocate the money to class members according to a formula based on their seniority, business generated, and other factors. The District Court also awarded $25,000 to an individual plaintiff for her efforts representing the class and $950,000 in attorneys' fees and costs for litigation; $150,000 of which was to monitor and enforce the settlement. The last entry on the District Court docket, on May 24, 2010, records the objecting class members' notice of appeal.
Objecting Class Members
On December 10, 2007, several putative class members filed a notice of objection and a motion for discovery regarding a proposed class certification and settlement agreement. Nonetheless, on February 7, 2008, in an unpublished order, the District Court denied the objectors' motion. Jaffe v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc., No. 06-3903, 2008 WL 346417 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7 2008). The objectors continued to argue against the settlement, asserting that the plaintiffs could not adequately represent Latino class members and that the provisions for monitoring and implementation were not strong enough. However, the Court disagreed and felt the settlement adequately protected the class.
On July 16, 2008, the District Court allowed one of the named plaintiffs to transfer her individual claims to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Jaffe v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc., No. 06-3903, 2008 WL 2782713 (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 16 2008). Furthermore, several dozen plaintiffs opted out of the settlement. The objecting class members filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case appeared on the docket as Jaffe v. Glover, No. 08-17599.
In July 2010, appellees filed motions to dismiss for failure to prosecute and failure to provide a timely brief, which the Ninth Circuit granted. On September 7, 2011, following the merger of Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group and Citigroup's Smith Barney, the District Court approved a joint motion to modify the settlement start date to October 1, 2010 and granted several more specific modifications in light of the merger. Litigation over settlement fund distribution followed. Right before the settlement was due to expire, the parties filed a motion for extension of the settlement by two years on September 29, 2015, which the Court granted. The order also granted several modifications to the settlement, including the appointment of a Diversity Monitor and the continuation of settlement programs related to increasing participation of female, African American, and Latino Financial Advisors in teams and partnerships for an additional year past the settlement's expiration.
As of December 2, 2018, there have been no further updates. The settlement term has presumably expired.
Virginia Weeks - 11/06/2016
Eva Richardson - 12/02/2018
Plaintiff Description Female, black, and Latino employees of Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm.
Case Listing EE-DC-0033 : Augst-Johnson v. Morgan Stanley & Co. (D.D.C.)
3:06-CV-03903-TEH (U.S. Court of Appeals)
EE-CA-0334-9001.pdf | Detail
3:06-cv-03903-TEH (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-9000.pdf | Detail
Class Action Complaint For Injunctive And Declaratory Relief And Damages For Violations Of Title VII Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. And The California Fair Employment And Housing Act, Cal. Gov't Code § 12940 et seq. [ECF# 1] (2006 WL 5390674)
EE-CA-0334-0001.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
First Amended Class Action Complaint For Injunctive And Declaratory Relief And Damages For Violations Of Title VII Of The Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., The California Fair Employment And Housing Act, Cal. Gov't Code §§ 12940, [ECF# 25-1] (2006 WL 3619873)
EE-CA-0334-0004.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Joint Case Management Conference Statement And Rule 26(f) Report [ECF# 37] (2006 WL 3619979)
EE-CA-0334-0005.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Order Granting Defendant's Motion To Stay Class And Subclass Gender Discrimination Claims (2007 WL 163196) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0024.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Second Amended Class Action Complaint For Injunctive And Declaratory Relief And Damages For Violations Of Title VII Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981, The California Fair Employment And Housing Act . . . [ECF# 81] (2007 WL 2888752)
EE-CA-0334-0002.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Plaintiff's Separate Memorandum Of Points And Authorities In Support Of Joint Motion For: (1) Preliminary Approval Of Class Action Settlement; (2) Provisional Certification Of Settlement; (3) Approval And Distribution Of Notice Of Settlement . . . [ECF# 88] (2007 WL 4919793)
EE-CA-0334-0006.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Objections Of Putative Class Members To Motion For Class Certification & Preliminary Approval [ECF# 95] (2007 WL 4919794)
EE-CA-0334-0007.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Reply Memorandum Of Plaintiff Curtis-Bauer In Support Of Motion For Preliminary Settlement Approval And Class Certification [ECF# 101] (2007 WL 4919785)
EE-CA-0334-0008.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Defendant's Response To Objections Of Putative Class Members To Motion For Class Certification & Preliminary Approval [ECF# 106] (2007 WL 4919786)
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Order Seeking Further Briefing And Submissions On Joint Motion For Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement And Provisional Certification Of Settlement Class, And Vacating Hearing Date (2007 WL 4934323 / 2007 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 96465) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0025.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | External Link | Detail
Further Memorandum Of Plaintiff Curtis-Bauer In Support Of Motion For Preliminary Settlement Approval And Provisional Certification Of Settlement Class [ECF# 137] (2008 WL 460023)
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Objectors' Supplemental Brief in Opposition to Class Certification and Proposed Settlement (2008 WL 460025)
EE-CA-0334-0012.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Defendant's Supplemental Memorandum In Support Of Motion For Preliminary Settlement Approval And Provisional Certification Of Settlement Class [ECF# 141] (2008 WL 410177)
EE-CA-0334-0011.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Order (1) Preliminarily Approving Class Action Settlement; (2) Provisionally Certifying Settlement Classes; (3) Directing Distribution Of Notice Of The Settlement; (4) Setting A Schedule For The Final Approval Process . . . [And 2 Other Issues] (2008 WL 346417 / 2008 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 12208) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0026.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Notice Of Filing Of Revised Settlement Agreement [And Attached Settlement Agreement] [ECF# 159] (2008 WL 408589)
EE-CA-0334-0013.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Objectors' Objections To Approval Of Proposed Class Settlement [ECF# 161] (2008 WL 2000315)
EE-CA-0334-0014.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Statement And Objections Of Moore Group And Other Opt-Out Class Members To Proposed Settlement [ECF# 162] (2008 WL 2000316)
EE-CA-0334-0015.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Plaintiff's Separate Memorandum Of Points And Authorities In Support Of Joint Motion For: (1) Final Approval Of Class Action Settlement; (2) Certification Of Settlement Class; (3) Approval And (4) Distribution Of Settlement Funds [ECF# 169] (2008 WL 2223731)
EE-CA-0334-0016.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Order Vacating Hearing Date And Denying Denise Williams' Motion For Leave To File Individual Complaint And To Transfer To The Eastern District Of Michigan (2008 WL 2265200 / 2008 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 43069) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0027.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Plaintiff's Reply In Support Of Final Settlement Approval [ECF# 187] (2008 WL 2337839)
EE-CA-0334-0017.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Defendant's Reply Memorandum In Response To The Objectors' Objections And In Support Of Final Approval [ECF# 189] (2008 WL 2337840)
EE-CA-0334-0018.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Order Of Reference To Magistrate Judge For Evidentiary Hearing And Report And Recommendation (2008 WL 7748874 / 2008 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 113798) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0028.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Order Granting Plaintiff Denise Williams' Motion To Transfer Claims Against Morgan Stanley To The Eastern District Of Michigan, Vacating Hearing, And Denying Leave To File Sur-Reply (2008 WL 2782713 / 2008 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 116728) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0029.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Order Granting Application of Plaintiff For Approval Of Service Payment (2008 WL 7863877 / 2008 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 91465) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0030.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Order Granting Reconsideration Of Court's July 7, 2008 Order, Confirming Final Class Certification, And Granting Final Approval To Class Action Settlement (2008 WL 4667090 / 2008 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 85028) (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0031.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Order Granting Application Of Plaintiff For Attorneys Fees And Reimbursement Of Costs And Expenses [ECF# 248] (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0019.pdf | Detail
Settlement Agreement [ECF# 250-1]
EE-CA-0334-0003.pdf | Detail
Brief Of [Objectors-]Appellants (2009 WL 4921503)
EE-CA-0334-0020.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Brief of Defendant-Appellee Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (2010 WL 685873)
EE-CA-0334-0021.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Brief of Plaintiffs - Appellees (2010 WL 685874)
EE-CA-0334-0022.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Reply Brief of [Objectors-]Appellants (2010 WL 143623)
EE-CA-0334-0023.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Joint Stipulation and Order Approving Modified Settlement Agreement [ECF# 282] (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0032.pdf | Detail
Stipulation and Order to Extend Jaffe Settlement Agreement [ECF# 301] (N.D. Cal.)
EE-CA-0334-0033.pdf | Detail
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