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New Jersey Law Journal

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Government Segregated America

OP-ED: The stark facts of housing segregation and discrimination are not the products of happenstance or random selection.
5 minute read

The Recorder

In Gender Discrimination Case, Twitter Says There's No Certifiable Class or Viable Lead Plaintiff

Twitter's lead lawyer, Orrick's Lynne Hermle, told a state court judge in San Francisco that the plaintiff couldn't show that the company's promotion practices caused a disproportionate number of women software engineers to be passed over for promotions.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Nominee Expresses Regret for Undergraduate Writings, but Insists He Didn't Hide Them

Ryan Bounds, the Oregon assistant U.S. attorney President Donald Trump nominated to the Ninth Circuit, expressed regret for the “overheated” and “overbroad” rhetoric he used in opinion pieces he wrote while in college, but said he hadn't intentionally withheld them from his home state senators' vetting committee.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

With Schneiderman's Downfall, #MeToo Grips the Legal World

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's resignation adds another name to the list of prominent male figures in the legal world who have fallen from grace in the wake of #MeToo.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lingering Gender Pay Gap Plagues US In-House Counsel, Study Says

According to a new study from BarkerGilmore, female lawyers in legal departments, particularly female GCs, are still underpaid compared to their male counterparts.
4 minute read

The Recorder

On Appeals: Can 'Rizo' Help Eliminate Gender Pay Gap in the Legal Profession?

Most people are aware of Equal Pay Day, which is the approximate day the average woman in the United States must work into the new year to make what the average man made the previous year.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Re-enactment of Landmark Civil Rights Case at NCBA

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association performed a dramatic re-enactment of the landmark civil rights case 'Meredith v. Fair' in Mineola on May 2.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawrence Randolph Bailey, the First African-American Equity Partner at Eckert Seamans, Dies

Lawrence Randolph Bailey Jr., the first African-American attorney to become an equity partner at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, died May 2 in Westchester at the age of 68.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Proud to Have Rutgers as Our State Law School

New Jersey should be proud of the accomplishments of the law school of Rutgers, our state university.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Court of Appeal Tosses Verdict Because of Prosecutor's Bias Against Gay Jurors

The Third District Court of Appeal in California tossed a criminal conviction in a case where a prosecutor used peremptory strikes on two gay jurors claiming that they'd be biased against a witness—a closeted gay man.
4 minute read

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