Paul Weiss Leaders: It's Time for Legal Industry to Fight Voter Suppression Efforts
Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp and partner Robert Atkins, co-chair of the Brennan Center for Justice, call for law firms to join corporate America in standing up to legislation that may suppress voting rights.
April 01, 2021 at 01:29 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
We applaud and join the growing chorus of business leaders and voting rights advocates calling out the new wave of voter suppression legislation for what it is—the rebirth of Jim Crow. Just Wednesday, dozens of Black business leaders, led by Ken Chenault and Ken Frazier and joined by our own Ted Wells, published a "Memo to Corporate America" in The New York Times, imploring companies across the country to take a stand in support of equality and democracy.
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