Foley Sued for Revoking Job Over Israel-Palestine Comments (5)

Foley & Lardner is being sued for scrapping a recent law school graduate’s job offer over her comments about the Israel-Hamas war.

Jinan Chehade said in a complaint filed Wednesday that Foley discriminated against her because of her Arab Muslim background. The firm revoked her offer in October, one day before she was set to start as a first-year associate in Foley’s Chicago office, according to the complaint.

The move came after Foley officials “interrogated” Chehade about her social media posts and public remarks at Chicago’s city hall in support of Palestine, she said. That includes her statement in the ...