Geschichte zum Freitag: Boston Legal live
am 09.05.2008 von Jurabilis
A former associate at Bingham McCutchen has filed a discrimination complaint against the Boston law firm, claiming it failed to promptly investigate her allegation that she had been drugged at a firm holiday party, and that another female associate had been drugged and raped a year earlier by a Bingham employee.
The complaint, filed yesterday at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, also alleges a Bingham employee remarked at a firm dinner that …
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Entlohnungsgefüge unter Druck
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Tyranny of Diversity also in Law Firms
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