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Resolution for College in Groundbreaking Federal Court Case Alleging Implicit Bias 

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Peter J. Murphy

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Successfully represented a private college in a federal court where a professor claimed she was denied tenure and did not receive the training and mentoring provided to other professors due to implicit bias against her. The case was one of the first cases in the country based on a theory of implicit bias. Depositions of experts proposed by plaintiff on this novel theory helped lead to resolution of the case in a favorable manner for the college. 

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