Mealey's (December 5, 2019, 3:52 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — An equity partner failed to show that a law firm’s requirement that partners retire at age 70 violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) as the equity partner wasn’t an “employee,” an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 3, noting that the status of an equity partner was one of first impression for the court (Joseph S. von Kaenel v. Armstrong Teasdale, LLP, No. 18-2850, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 35854)....