Law students with the People’s Parity Project distribute leaflets outside of DLA Piper’s Washington office on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (Courtesy of People’s Parity Project)
The firm acted swiftly to cut ties with partner Louis Lehot after public allegations of sexual assault and law student protests, but it hasn't budged from its mandatory arbitration policy.
October 15, 2019 at 06:14 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
It took just nine days for DLA Piper to part ways with Louis Lehot after another partner at the firm publicly alleged that he had sexually assaulted her multiple times.
But DLA Piper has yet to budge on the broader issue highlighted in Vanina Guerrero’s explosive open letter: the firm’s insistence on resolving her claims against Lehot through arbitration, per a clause she signed upon joining the firm in September 2018.
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