• A year after corporations including Hewlett-Packard, Facebook, and Metropolitan Life Insurance announced diversity mandates for their outside law firms, the latest data show U.S. Big Law firms in 2017 made tiny gains overall on increasing minority lawyers’ percentage share of their overall legal staff. Some general counsel say they are beginning to take more concrete action to enforce their mandates. For instance HP’s top lawyer, Kim Rivera, said the company is withholding fees from firms that still “don’t get it.” At PepsiCo, the legal department is making outside firms complete a tough diversity survey. ( American Lawyer )
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