Legal Opinion
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 20, 2005No. 05 C 0208PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ZAGEL, District Judge.
In July 2000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) opened a direct investigation into Defendant Sidley Austin Brown & Wood’s (“Sidley”) compliance with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) in connection with a downgrading of 32 of its partners and a change in its mandatory retirement age. Specifically, Sidley told 32 partners that they had to either accept a downgrade in their status, from partner to counsel or senior counsel, or leave the firm. At the same time, Sidley lowered its mandatory retirement age from 65…
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