Biglaw Firm Faces Potential Sanctions For Stonewalling Sexual Assault Plaintiffs

Above the Law reports that Pepper Hamilton is potentially in some hot water for failing to produce documents pursuant to a court order.

“The discovery kerfuffle comes as a result of Doe v. Baylor University, a Title IX lawsuit in which students allege the University did not do enough about their allegations of sexual assault, and created an environment which allowed sexual attacks to flourish,” explains senior editor Kathryn Rubino.

The firm is opposing an order to produce some documents responsive to discovery requests. The judge cited the firm’s “untimely objections” to complying with discovery and pointed to multiple discovery issues over the last two years of the litigation when he said sanctions are on the table.

Read the Above the Law article.