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Coca-Cola to Penalize Outside Law Firms for Not Being Diverse Enough

Coca-Cola to Penalize Outside Law Firms for Not Being Diverse Enough
The new Kings Cross Coca-Cola sign is turned on for the first time on Sept. 15, 2016, in Sydney, Australia. Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images for Coca-Cola
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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3/15/2021|Updated: 3/15/2021

Coca-Cola has rolled out new diversity guidelines for outside legal counsel, including requiring law firms to employ “diverse attorneys” to provide at least 30 percent of billed time, of which at least half must be by African American attorneys.

Bradley Gayton, general counsel for Coca-Cola, introduced the guidelines with a “heavy heart,” telling law firms in a Jan. 28 letter that diversity measures taken by the company—such as scorecards, summits, committees, and action plans—aren’t working, and “we have a crisis on our hands.”
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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