August 21, 2017
Chadbourne & Parke LLP told a New York federal judge Friday that female lawyers suing the firm for gender discrimination are attempting to improperly downplay the breadth of changes they made to certain allegations that were added in their latest complaint, saying that those alterations go beyond the limited changes authorized by the court.
August 15, 2017
Counsel for female lawyers suing Chadbourne & Parke LLP for gender discrimination urged a New York federal judge on Monday to reject the defendants' push to strike their latest complaint, saying that new revisions are predominantly updates stemming from the firm's acquisition by Norton Rose Fulbright.
August 08, 2017
Chadbourne & Parke LLP urged a New York federal court Monday to order female attorneys in a $100 million gender discrimination suit to revise their recently amended complaint, which added Norton Rose Fulbright as a defendant, saying it contained additional elements that were "prohibited" by the court from being included.
June 14, 2017
Chadbourne & Parke LLP on Wednesday lost its bid for a quick dismissal of a $100 million proposed gender bias suit brought by several female attorneys, with a New York federal judge saying that the title of "partner" isn't enough to automatically deem that the women are shareholders in the firm not entitled to protection under anti-discrimination law.
June 12, 2017
More than 20 lawyers have left Chadbourne & Parke LLP over the past four months as it battles a gender discrimination lawsuit and readies for a combination with Norton Rose Fulbright, with several lawyers joining Covington & Burling LLP during the past week, the firm said Monday.
June 06, 2017
Chadbourne & Parke LLP is stonewalling on discovery in a $100 million proposed gender bias class action until the firm's bid to toss the case plays out, the female attorneys behind the suit told a New York federal court Monday.
April 20, 2017
Chadbourne & Parke LLP voted Thursday to expel a female partner who lodged a $100 million proposed gender bias class action against the firm last year, according to a spokesperson for Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, the firm representing the ousted attorney.
April 17, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge refused Monday to block an upcoming partnership vote at Chadbourne & Parke LLP to determine the fate of the partner who lodged a $100 million proposed gender bias class action against the firm, and declined to restrict how Chadbourne talks to potential class members.
April 12, 2017
The female attorney who lodged a $100 million proposed gender discrimination class action against Chadbourne & Parke LLP on Wednesday asked a New York federal judge to stop the firm from voting her out of the partnership, saying the tactic is designed to publicly shame her and scare off other women partners from entering the case.
March 23, 2017
Facing a $100 million proposed class action accusing the firm of systematic discrimination against women lawyers, Chadbourne & Parke LLP's D.C. office head pressured other female partners to sign a letter disavowing the allegations, one of the women lawyers suing the firm said in a Thursday filing.