Bloomberg Law
May 15, 2017, 8:33 PM UTC

Decades-Old Gender Bias Case Marked Turning Point in Big Law

Rebecca Beyer

A decades-old settlement in Manhattan federal court serves as a measuring stick for how far Big Law has come in the fight for gender equality.

In May of 1977, Sullivan & Cromwell agreed to publish salary data to make it easier for women to compare how they fared in relation to men at the firm and to recruit, hire, and pay women on an equal basis with their male counterparts. The settlement — detailed in a New York Times article at the time — ended a gender discrimination suit brought by a woman who had interviewed at the firm ...

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