Briefs For, Against Class Certification Filed In Female Soccer Players’ Wage Suit

Mealey's (October 11, 2019, 12:11 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — The fact that the four proposed class representatives for the U.S. Senior Women’s National Soccer Team (WNT) in a equal pay lawsuit made more than members of the Senior Men’s National Team (MNT) doesn’t eliminate their claims or standing as “they worked in far more games, had far greater success and thus were able to earn more money in salary and bonuses,” the female soccer players argue in their Oct. 8 reply in support of their motion for class certification filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Alex Morgan, et al. v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc., No. 19-1717, C.D. Calif.)....