Major, Lindsey & Africa offices in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM)
The legal recruiter Major, Lindsey & Africa is suing former partner Lauren Drake for an alleged noncompete violation after she joined rival MLegal in October. Major Lindsey's lawyers refute the contention, raised by Drake's lawyer, that the firm tolerated office misconduct. MLegal hired away Jane Sullivan Roberts this year from Major Lindsey to help launch a Washington outpost.
November 01, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Updated at 12:05 p.m.
The legal recruiter Major, Lindsey & Africa is suing a former partner who last month joined a competitor’s new outpost in Washington, a move her lawyer said was partly spurred by her desire to escape what she claimed was a “hostile, male dominated work environment” that was tolerated without consequences.
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