Donald
Trump
wasn’t
lying
when
he
said
he
was
going
after
Biglaw.
The
onslaught
continues
with
20
Biglaw
firms
receiving
letters
from
the
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission Acting
Chair
Andrea
Lucas
informing
them
they’re
being
investigated
by
the
agency.
Lucas
writes
the
agency
is
“concern[ed]
that
some
firms’
employment
practices,
including
those
labeled
or
framed
as
DEI,
may
entail
unlawful
disparate
treatment
in
terms,
conditions,
and
privileges
of
employment,
or
unlawful
limiting,
segregating,
and
classifying
based
on
race,
sex,
or
other
protected
characteristics,
in
violation
of Title
VII
of
the
Civil
Rights
Act
of
1964
(Title
VII).”
All
because
the
firm
has
at
any
point
made
public
statements
or
programs
in
support
of
diversity
in
the
profession.
The
following
firms
have
received
letters
from
the
EEOC
thus
far:
1.
A
&
O
Shearman
2.
Debevoise
&
Plimpton
3.
Cooley
4.
Freshfields
Bruckhaus
Deringer
5.
Goodwin
Procter
6.
Hogan
Lovells
7.
Kirkland
&
Ellis
8.
Latham
&
Watkins
9.
McDermott
Will
&
Emery
10.
Milbank
11.
Morgan,
Lewis
&
Bockius
12.
Morrison
&
Foerster
13.
Perkins
Coie
14.
Reed
Smith
15.
Ropes
&
Gray
16.
Sidley
Austin
17.
Simpson
Thacher
&
Bartlett
18.
Skadden,
Arps,
Slate,
Meagher
&
Flom
19.
White
&
Case
20.
WilmerHale
Notably
Paul,
Weiss
is
not
on
the
list
of
Biglaw
firms
that
have
been
notified
of
an
EEOC
investigation,
despite
the
recent
Executive
Order
targeting
the
firm
for
a
bunch
of
reasons
including
their
support
of
DEI.
I
guess
their
letter
will
be
in
the
next
tranche
to
drop
—
because
Trump’s
fight
with
the
legal
industry
is
far
from
over.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
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Thinking
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