Oracle, Labor Department Spar Over Private Lawyer Pay Bias Talks

Labor Department lawyers must turn over some of their communications with private plaintiffs’ attorneys suing Oracle America Inc., following a judge’s order in a separate pay discrimination case the agency brought against tech company.

The DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is required to share documents related to “common interest agreements” it has with the attorneys suing Oracle for pay discrimination on behalf of a group of women workers, so long as they are relevant to the department’s own case against the company. The OFCCP says Oracle shorted women and minority workers $400 million in wages by paying them ...