Female Professional Soccer Players Sue For Equal Pay, Seek To Consolidate Suits

Mealey's (March 12, 2019, 12:38 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — More than two dozen female professional soccer players filed a collective and class action complaint on March 8 in a California federal court seeking pay equal to those of the male professional soccer players and, on the same day, filed a notice of filing with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) to transfer a related lawsuit by player Hope Solo for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (Alex Morgan, et al. v. United States Soccer Federation Inc., No. 19-1717, C.D. Calif.)....