by People's Parity Project | Jul 17, 2019 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration
Yesterday, Working Mother released its twelfth annual list of the 60 Best Law Firms for Women. The list purports to recognize the U.S. law firms “that utilize best practices to recruit, retain, promote and develop women lawyers.” Working Mother praised firms including...
by Molly Coleman | Dec 3, 2018 | Coercive Contracts, Firms and Forced Arbitration
Thanks to new information provided by Stanford Law School’s Office of Career Services, the Pipeline Parity Project has updated our list of information regarding various law firms’ forced arbitration policies. Most notably, several firms that indicated in...
by People's Parity Project | Nov 28, 2018 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration
DLA Piper has already gotten wind of the Pipeline Parity Project’s #DumpDLA campaign that was launched today. Unlike Kirkland & Ellis, which has refused to respond to questions from the Pipeline Parity Project as well as various media outlets about whether or not...
by People's Parity Project | Nov 28, 2018 | DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration, In the News
Chris Villani wrote for Law360: After pressuring Kirkland & Ellis LLPand Sidley Austin LLP to reverse arbitration policies covering employment disputes, a group of Harvard law students on Wednesday urged peers to “dump” DLA Piper until the firm...
by People's Parity Project | Nov 28, 2018 | Coercive Contracts, DLA Piper, Firms and Forced Arbitration
Multinational law firm DLA Piper, one of the nation’s largest and most lucrative law firms, has made clear to incoming summer associates that they will be required to sign a forced arbitration agreement if they wish to work for the firm. Like other firms that used...
