Naturally, this had alerted the person in charge of Laman Law Firm.
After all, the law firm had just received such a massive payment.
Through the Intelligent System, the person in charge of Laman Law Firm discovered that the firm had received a new major order.
Even in an interstellar society, a sum measured in the hundreds of millions was still an enormous fortune for most people.
Although Laman Law Firm often took on business worth hundreds of millions, a one-time payment of twenty billion was still a major order.
When he saw who had accepted the case, the person in charge of the law firm was somewhat speechless.
The law firm did not like hiring female employees.
After all, one wrong move with a female employee could easily land the person in charge in jail.
Getting along with female employees in the workplace was an extremely headache-inducing matter.
If you failed to judge the boundaries properly, it was either sexual harassment or discrimination.
For instance, if you made a joke with a subordinate, male subordinates would not care, but a female subordinate might very well sue you for sexual harassment.
But if you joked around with other subordinates but not with a female subordinate, she might sue you for discrimination instead.
Especially female subordinates who had studied law.
Judges were also extremely cautious when handling discrimination and sexual harassment cases, because a misstep could lead to protests against the judge.
And politicians might fabricate impeachment charges for the sake of their votes.
For votes, politicians could blindly support anything their constituents did.
Xia Li was merely a junior lawyer. The main reason the firm hired junior lawyers like her was because employment regulations required every company to maintain a certain number of female employees.
It was difficult for these