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Morgan Lewis, plaintiff settle alleged age, race bias case
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and a patent prosecution specialist who sued for alleged age and race bias have agreed to dismiss the case. (Photo from Shutterstock)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and a patent prosecution specialist who sued for alleged age and race bias have agreed to dismiss the case.
The dismissal followed a settlement agreement between the law firm and the plaintiff, Melinda Robertson, Law360 reports.
Robertson’s attorney, Neil S. Hyman, told Law360 on Feb. 12 that a settlement had been reached, but he could not provide details.
Robertson, a Black patent prosecution specialist born in 1962, had alleged that Morgan Lewis gave better opportunities to white, younger co-workers. When she complained, Robertson alleged, the firm retaliated by having weekly performance meetings in a glass-walled conference room visible to colleagues.
Robertson had filed her lawsuit in March 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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