Dark Law · DL-028

SHE REQUESTED SENIOR PARTNER. THEY MADE HER EVIDENCE CUSTODIAN INSTEAD. HE REVIEWED FOURTEEN WOMEN'S FILES BEFORE TESTIFYING.

David Hartley testified for six hours about Archer Venture Capital’s promotion process while reviewing fourteen personnel files, including that of Eleanor Pan. Despite believing in the merit-based system, he failed to disclose that twelve of these files belonged to women who had been passed over, raising serious questions about gender equity.

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