$75M Sullivan & Worcester Race Bias Suit Dropped

By Nick Malinowski

Law360, New York (December 01, 2009, 6:49 PM ET) -- All claims against Sullivan & Worcester LLP have been dropped in a $75 million discrimination suit brought by a black lawyer who accused the firm of firing her because of her race.

In a concise order filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Harold Baer asked the clerk to remove the case from the court’s docket, announcing that plaintiff Caroline Memnon and S&W had agreed to a dismissal of all claims.

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