Sidley Austin Agrees to Pay $27.5 Million to Settle Suit

In a closely watched case I last wrote about here, the law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood has agreed to pay $27.5 million dollars to settle an age bias suit brought against it by the EEOC. The case had to do with the question of the EEOC's ability to seek money damages and reinstatement for partners who were downgraded from partner status by the firm in 1999 and others forced out because of an age-based retirement policy.The firm had long argued that the partners were just that, partners,...

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[Source: HR Lawyer's Blog]