Locke Lord has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve allegations that a predecessor law firm discriminated against 22 female associates by paying them lower bonuses than their male colleagues.
The discrimination happened during 2012 to 2014 at Locke Lord’s Providence, Rhode Island, office, according a press release and conciliation agreement. At that time, Edwards Wildman Palmer operated the office; the two law firms merged in January 2015.
Law360 has coverage of the agreement.
The discrimination was discovered during a routine compliance evaluation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
