The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinatti, said: ‘No reasonable jury could infer from a memorandum recognizing that specific initiatives were needed to encourage women to stay at Foley that it was an ‘unusual employer’ that discriminated against men in compensation decisions. To the contrary, the white male partners were almost uniformly the highest compensated partners in Foley’s Detroit office.’

Equal Pay Act

Raymond Carey of Foley & Lardner, the US top 40 law firm with offices in Boston and Chicago, was taken to court by Mr Carey for alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act. He earnt US$475,000 in 2009/10 as a partner in the labor and employment group. Source: ABA