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Government

Aug. 20, 2010

U.S. Attorney May Settle Race and Gender Bias Claim Against L.A. Office

The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office appears close to settling a discrimination lawsuit brought by an openly gay, African-American lawyer who is seeking hiring and employment changes in the office.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office appears close to settling a lawsuit seeking major structural changes in its hiring and employment practices brought by a longtime prosecutor who alleged the department's civil division was rife with racial and gender discrimination, and described the work environment as "a type of apartheid."

Ira Daves, an openly g...

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