A dispute between a large law firm specializing in workplace diversity training and investigations and one of its former lawyers has sparked a defamation lawsuit denying allegations of bullying and racism in the office. In response to public statements by lawyer Lavinia Latham claiming wrongful dismissal and human rights violations while working at Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP, the Mississauga-based firm is suing Latham. Bernardi’s statement of claim accuses Latham of purposely attacking a core identity of the firm: its diversity, equity and inclusion work. “To a great extent,...