EEOC probes recruitment age bias; no impact outside N.Y.?
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The EEOC is investigating complaints of age discrimination by legal recruiting agencies in New York City. These agencies have been placing potentially illegal advertisements in newspapers. These advertisements seek lawyers with limited enough work experience, for example three to five years, that lawyers over 40 are automatically ruled out. This practice may violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, although it is possible that the government would bear the burden of showing the ads discriminate while the employer would have to show valid business reasons for the wording.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Bloom is off Mudge Rose: with partners deserting, major N.Y. firm may be heading for dissolution
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Manhattan firm Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Perdon plans to sell itself off in units to other firms, perhaps leaving a core intact. Large groups of partners began leaving the 190-lawyer firm, known for its municipal bond dept, in 1994, and now former executive committee chair John J Kirby Jr is talking to other firms about moving. Potential buyers include White & Case, Kelley Drye & Warren, and the NY branch of O'Melveny & Myers. The loss of major clients such as CIGNA and a weak muni-bond market have hurt the firm.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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N.Y. judge's lawyer an insider; after Wachtler's arrest
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White collar defense lawyer Charles A. Stillman will represent former New York state Chief Judge Sol Wachtler on charges that he extorted his former lover Joy Silverman. Fellow criminal lawyers say that if the facts cannot be denied, Stillman's only option will be to persuade the prosecution not to send someone with Wachtler's distinguished public service record and possible medical problems to prison.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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