$30 M Diversity Initiative for Minority- and Women-Owned Firms

A diversity initiative has pledged that $30 million of legal fees will be spent at minority- and women-owned law firms in 2010. The initiative aims to support diversity in the profession, and it supported by a number of companies with large legal budgets, including DuPont, Prudential Financial, Microsoft, American Airlines, Accenture, Comcast and General Mills.