A pro bono team from Hogan Lovells working with lawyers from Relman, Dane & Colfa won a $24 million settlement in a long-running racial discrimination class action on behalf of more than 100 current and former African-American Secret Service agents.

The plaintiffs alleged that the U.S. Secret Service maintained a pattern and practice of discrimination, claiming that the agency failed to promote black special agents, harbored a racially insensitive environment and tolerated racist activities.