Former Bingham Associate Files Date Rape Suit Against Firm

A former Bingham McCutchen associate has slapped the firm with a civil suit, seeking damages for allegedly being drugged at a holiday party by a Bingham staffer. The woman alleges she was drugged with Tegretol -- an anti-seizure medication that causes memory loss when mixed with alcohol -- while attending a lunch party with about 100 other Bingham employees in 2007. She also claims that at least one other female associate was drugged and raped by a Bingham employee the previous year.