November 21, 2013
A Boston jury returned a verdict in favor of law firm Ropes & Gray LLP on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by a former associate alleging the firm retaliated against him for filing a racial discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
August 20, 2013
Ropes & Gray LLP was cleared Friday of discrimination claims from a former associate alleging he was not promoted because of his race, but a Massachusetts federal judge said a jury would have to decide whether the firm retaliated against the associate for filing a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint.
April 16, 2013
Ropes & Gray LLP urged a Massachusetts federal court on Friday to reject claims made by a former associate in his racial discrimination suit against the firm, saying he was not subjected to retaliation after he submitted a complaint to the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.
November 05, 2012
An attorney representing an ex-Ropes & Gray LLP associate in a race bias case missed the deadline for opposing the firm's bid to pare down his client's claims because of a family emergency and Hurricane Sandy, he told a Boston federal court Friday.
August 27, 2012
A former Ropes & Gray LLP associate alleging racial discrimination against the firm was granted permission Thursday to augment his lawsuit with claims that it defamed him by leaking details of purportedly false sexual assault allegations against him to legal blog Above The Law.
August 02, 2011
Ropes & Gray LLP was sued Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court by an attorney who says the firm fired him when he took his racial discrimination complaints to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.