JPMorgan Chase Settles Racial Discrimination Suit for $24M

Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a class action racial discrimination lawsuit with more than “200 current and former black financial advisers and their attorneys.” Additionally, the bank agreed to spend $4.5 million to “in-house development programs over the next three years to recruit advisers and help them be successful in those positions.”



ProPublica: Baylor St. Luke’s Physician Says Hospital Punished Him for Trying to Help Patients

A Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center physician says his efforts to improve the quality of care within the hospital’s ICU were met with retaliation and a trumped-up disciplinary action. A ProPublica investigation claims the suit originated with a complaint. Dr. Tomas Rios, who practices at Baylor, believed some of his patients were receiving unnecessary medical