Feds' audit checks bias at N.Y. firm;much paperwork follows tough 'glass ceiling' exam

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New York's White and Case became the first law firm in the country to undergo a glass-ceiling audit in Jan 1993. This occurred partly because of the firm's presence in the Labor Department's federal contractor data base. The firm was cited for 14 violations which primarily concerned its failure to have a written affirmative action policy and to find out whether minorities and women leave in disproportionate numbers before making partner. The post-audit White and Case has two equal employment opportunity officers.

Investigations, Affirmative action, White & Case L.L.P.

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Fun goes 'PC' for '95 summer associate programs; no '80s throwbacks, please: the bonding exercises are modest - to a degree

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Many large law firms are expanding their summer recruiting programs and again offering lunches and retreats, but they try to replace intimidation with intimacy and fun. Some associates criticized past outings for pretentiousness and overt expense; while the new retreats are less obviously so, they may cost as much. Increased merger and international finance activity is boosting the firms' bottom lines, making expense less important, but image and the associates' own comfort now get more attention.

Legal Services, United States, Management, Summer employment, Business entertaining

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Fired partners rebel; law firms scramble as courts bar expulsions in 'bad faith.'

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Some law firms are worried enough by bad-faith suits by downsized partners that they are adopting the format of professional corporations or limited liability companies to make themselves immune to suit. Partnership law specialist and law professor Robert W. Hillman advocates having clear expulsion provisions in partnership agreements. Rulings in Illinois and Florida have favored downsized partners.

Cases, Florida, Illinois, Employee dismissals, Employment terminations, Employment at will, Downsizing (Management), states

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