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Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:27:18 +0000

How could Ms. Young have stated a claim of disparate impact discrimination, given that the law firm’s hiring and assignment practices, as described in the squibb were not facially neutral? The firm’s methods of hiring and assigning attorneys to staff-attorney or associate positions seemed overt discriminatory practices.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:43:16 +0000

United States District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton today dismissed Yolanda Young’s lawsuit against Covington & Burling LLP after Ms. Young and her attorney failed to appear for a court hearing.
Young filed her complaint in February 2009 against Covington and five of its present or former lawyers. Covington answered, denying Ms. Young’s allegations. Separately, on March 11, Covington filed a motion to strike certain of plaintiffs’ allegations on the grounds that they were false and scandalous, a motion which plaintiff neither responded to nor disputed. In addition, two of the individual lawyer defendants moved for dismissal for failure to state a claim against them, which the Court granted on May 28.
The Court on May 14 issued an order warning plaintiff that her failure to abide by the Rules and participate in a meet and confer conference might be treated as grounds for dismissal. Today’s hearing was scheduled more than two months ago. When neither Ms. Young nor her attorney, Latif Doman, appeared for the hearing or contacted the Court, Judge Walton dismissed the case without prejudice for want of prosecution.

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