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/PRNewswire/ Winston & Strawn LLP has released its 2022 Pro Bono Racial Justice & Equity CEASE Initiative Report. The publication outlines the CEASE. ....
Mr. Leeper plans to immediately appeal this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Relying entirely on evidence and arguments that discriminate against Black athletes of African descent, the World Athletics-appointed Panel ruled that World Athletics had shown that Mr. Leeper s prostheses provided him with an overall competitive advantage over any athlete not using such aids, and thus ruled Mr. Leeper cannot use those prostheses in any events sanctioned by World Athletics. The Panel s decision included no real scientific examination of Black athletes, and relied on the MASH standards, which have no application outside of the context of para-athletics and are themselves based on data that excluded Black athletes completely. Shockingly, World Athletics applied the MASH standards while simultaneously acknowledging that they are derived from studies done solely with Caucasian and Asian subjects, which excluded any subjects of African descent, even though World ....
Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that 13 attorneys have been elected partner. This class reflects Winston s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, with 54 percent from diverse backgrounds, 46 percent women, and 31 percent representing racial and ethnic minorities. Among this new class are Sofia Arguello, Cristina I. Calvar, and Angela A. Smedley, the first graduates of Winston & Strawn s Diversity and Inclusion Associate Sponsorship Program, a mentoring initiative that pairs high-potential women, minority, and LGBTQ associates in their fifth and sixth year of practice with a sponsor from the firm s Executive Committee. Additional members of the class include Mark Christy, Peter W. Clarke, Kerry C. Donovan, Benjamin C. Galea, Sean Kelly, Bradley A. Noojin, Benjamin Ostrander, Jeanifer Parsigian, Stephanie Sebor, and Patrick Selinger. ....