U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr gave lawyers at Southwest Airlines a brief reprieve from his unusual requirement that they attend “religious liberty training” conducted by conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom. Starr said he would not enforce the ruling until he decides whether to pause it pending Southwest’s appeal that will likely take months or longer. Read more.
Starr last week said the three Southwest lawyers had undermined his earlier ruling in a religious bias case by flight attendant Charlene Carter, who says she was fired for objecting to her union’s participation in a protest for which Planned Parenthood was a sponsor. On Tuesday, a judicial reform advocacy group filed a complaint accusing Starr of engaging in misconduct by taking the “strange” step of ordering the religious training.
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It’s easy to bemoan the slow progress women have made in scaling the upper echelons of Big Law, including one of the most elusive positions of all: lead trial counsel. The question is, what to do about it? In her latest column, Jenna Greene looks at a new initiative led by 18 prominent women IP lawyers to train the next generation of first chair litigators. “We’re a group of competitors who are putting that aside to try to solve a problem,” said Baker Botts partner Rachael Lamkin. Read more.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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