June 20, 2025
The D.C. Circuit affirmed Morrison Foerster LLP's win in a lawsuit from a Black lawyer who did contract work for the firm, ruling Friday that he hadn't provided enough details to draw parallels between him and white colleagues he said received opportunities and privileges he was denied.
October 21, 2024
A D.C. Circuit panel questioned if a Black contract lawyer put enough detail in his discrimination lawsuit against Morrison Foerster LLP to merit its reopening, grappling Monday with whether he had provided enough information about the firm's treatment of white attorneys in similar roles.
October 01, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will urge the D.C. Circuit to revive a bias suit from a government worker who said her union mishandled a grievance she filed, while a Black attorney will urge the appellate court to reinstate his race bias case against Morrison Foerster LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in October.
September 30, 2024
The year's spookiest month is looking scary-good for appellate aficionados, as famed oral advocates joust in October over net neutrality and Uber's extraordinary bid to unravel multidistrict litigation — just two of the high-profile arguments previewed in this edition of Wheeling & Appealing. October also begins with former President Jimmy Carter turning 100, and we'll test your knowledge of his profound impact on the judiciary.