Dechert Settles Disability Bias Suit by Ex-Site Manager in D.C.

Dechert LLP and an administrative services provider for the international law firm have agreed to settle claims by a former site manager in the Washington, D.C., that he was subjected to discrimination and retaliation because he had a stroke, federal court records show.

David Rudd, Dechert, and Document Technologies LLC notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday that they reached an agreement to settle the January 2020 suit.

The settlement was reached with the help of a mediator and a written agreement is expected to be signed “in the coming days,” according to the parties’ joint ...