Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Applicant-Appellee v. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 24, 2002No. 02-1605PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1999, Sidley & Austin (as it then was) demoted 32 of its equity partners to “counsel” or “senior counsel.” The significance of these terms is unclear, but Sidley does not deny that they signify demotion and constitute adverse personnel action within the meaning of the antidiscrimination laws. The EEOC began an investigation to determine whether the demotions might have violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. After failing to obtain all the information it wanted without recourse to process, the Commission issued a subpoena duces tecum to the firm, seeking a…
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