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Non-Attorney Advocacy Firm Thurgood Prevails Against Big Law in Illinois Discrimination Case

The Illinois Department of Human Rights found substantial evidence of retaliation by the nation's largest charter school network, which was defended by one of the country's 50 largest law firms. The case is now before the Circuit Court of Cook County.

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