Alito at the time took issue with the "unique" practice now-deceased U.S. District Judge Harold Baer in Manhattan had of urging lead law firms in class actions to staff the lawsuits with women and ...

Purporting to exercise his authority to ensure that counsel for a class of plaintiffs has the “ability to adequately represent the interests of the class,” Baer reasons that the law firms ...

2010—Federal district judge Harold Baer (of the Southern District of New York) orders two law firms in securities litigation in his court to “make every effort” to assign at least one woman ...