On the eve of trial, Dechert and former associate Ariel Ayanna have settled a suit brought in which Ayanna claimed the firm's 'macho culture' was responsible for his termination after he used paternity and family medical leave to care for his children and mentally ill wife following the birth of his second child.
February 11, 2013 at 03:48 AM
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Dechert and former associate Ariel Ayanna have settled Ayanna’s retaliation case, in which he claimed the firm’s ‘macho culture‘ was responsible for his termination.
On February 11, just before the five-day trial in Ayanna v. Dechert was slated to begin, lawyers for both sides informed Judge Nathaniel Gorton of the District of Massachusetts of a confidential settlement.
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