by People's Parity Project | Jun 4, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, Firms and Forced Arbitration, Venable
On Tuesday, June 4, Venable LLP thought it was holding a recruiting reception for first-year law students in Washington, DC. But their efforts to woo prospective associates may have backfired, since the Pipeline Parity Project took the opportunity to educate our...
by People's Parity Project | Apr 29, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, Firms and Forced Arbitration, Venable
A California jury on Friday ordered an employer to pay $8 million in punitive damages for committing sexual battery against his former employee. The jury found that Alki David, the founder of FilmOn.TV Networks Inc. and Hologram USA, repeatedly sexually harassed and...
by People's Parity Project | Mar 26, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration, In the News, Venable
Melissa Heelan Stanzione wrote for Bloomberg Law: Law students concerned with the use of mandatory arbitration agreements in law firm employment contracts are taking action this week to pressure law firms into eliminating the practice. Hundreds of students have signed...
by People's Parity Project | Mar 26, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration, In the News, Venable
Karen Sloan wrote for Law.com: The law students behind a national effort to end mandatory arbitration at law firms stepped up their efforts Tuesday, handing out leaflets outside the offices of Venable and DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., and Boston. Read more at...
by People's Parity Project | Mar 26, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration, In the News, Venable
Chris Villani of Law360 writes: A group of Harvard law students that has launched a year-long campaign to end so-called coercive contracts in the legal industry said Tuesday it is escalating the pressure by sending teams to hand out fliers outside DLA Piper’s Boston...
by People's Parity Project | Mar 26, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration, In the News, Venable
Kathryn Rubino wrote for Above the Law: If legal industry insiders thought they could just wait out the uproar overmandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment at Biglaw firms, well, they may have misjudged the situation. A group of Harvard Law...
