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Consider this before you settle:
Judges may not be as color- and race-blind as you think

Here’s something to consider the next time you’re pondering whether or not to settle an employment lawsuit: A pair of new studies say that a judge’s race and gender can make a huge difference in the outcome of the cases they hear.

Here’s something to consider the next time you’re pondering whether or not to settle an employment lawsuit: A pair of new studies say that a judge’s race and gender can make a huge difference in the outcome of the cases they hear.

The first study looked at federal cases that dealt with racial harassment. It found that employee/plaintiffs lost their race-harassment cases just 54% of the time when the judge handling the case was an African-American. However, when the judge handling the case was white, the plaintiffs lost their cases 79% of the time. Loss rates were also higher with Hispanic judges (81%) and Asian-American judges (67%).

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