The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating Kirkland & Ellis, Ropes & Gray, and Simpson Thacher, among other top law firms, for discrimination in their diversity programs.
“The EEOC is prepared to root out discrimination anywhere it may rear its head, including in our nation’s elite law firms,” Acting Chair Andrea Lucas said Monday. “No one is above the law—and certainly not the private bar.”
The full list of firms facing EEOC investigations are:
- A&O Shearman
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Cooley LLP
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Goodwin Procter
- Hogan Lovells
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Milbank LLP ...