Morgan Lewis inherited diversity problem that cost Bingham a big client

The top lawyer at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. revealed earlier this week that the insurer stopped working with the now-defunct law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP because of the lack of diversity among its partnership ranks. MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig told Bloomberg BNA that neither Bingham’s Boston office nor its Hartford office had a single African-American equity partner during a period when the insurer worked with the firm. MassMutual made it clear to Bingham it wanted…