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Article

4 May 2005

Author:
Scott Barancik & Kris Hundley, St. Petersburg Times [USA]

Firm [Holland & Knight] revises harassment policy [USA]

...the...director's committee [of Holland & Knight] revised the sexual harassment policy to give the managing partner sole discretion in the outcome of such cases...the managing partner alone determines the accused's guilt or innocence and what punishment, if any, is appropriate...Given [managing partner Howell Melton's] controversial decision in March to make [Douglas A. Wright] the firm's third-ranking officer just months after reprimanding him for sexual harassment, it's a decision some Holland lawyers may question.