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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Global Financial Institutions Legal Departments Share D&I Successes and Lessons Learned

In 2020, during the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, a rapid succession of events forced Americans to take a hard look in the mirror regarding systemic racism. Profound national conversations ensued. Many in the financial...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

4th Circuit Holds Law Firm Partner Is Not an Employee Protected Under Title VII

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a noteworthy decision in Lemon v. Myers Bigel, P.A., No. 19-1380, 2021 WL 161978 (4th Cir. 2021), affirming a decision by the Eastern District of...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Says Law Firm Equity Partner Is Not an Employee for Title VII Purposes

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination based on a range of protected classifications. However, Title VII only applies to employment relationships and cannot be used by contractors,...more

Baker Donelson

A Conversation Between Our Editors: Pandemic Partners to Rely Upon

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We have all been facing historically unprecedented times as so many challenges and pressures have converged in 2020. Everyone has been impacted in some manner and one thing that everyone has struggled with is how to remain...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Leading the Way for Social Change: A Prolonged and Focused Path

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The recent deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the resulting protests around the country, pushed the ongoing issues of racial injustice and inequality in the United States to the forefront of our national...more

International Lawyers Network

Keep Showing Up

“Keep Showing Up” is a phrase that Des Linden, an American long distance runner, and winner of the Boston Marathon, repeats often. It’s a mantra that I use in my own running, particularly as I come back from injury and need...more

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