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Kovalenko v. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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February 20, 2024
Kirkland Can't Get 'Invasive' Atty Info From 2 BigLaw Firms
A California federal magistrate judge barred Kirkland & Ellis LLP from subpoenaing confidential personnel information from a former intellectual property associate's prior employers, Paul Hastings LLP and Fish & Richardson PC, in its defense against her discrimination suit, ruling that Kirkland's subpoena requests are "invasive," irrelevant and "amazingly broad."
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February 15, 2024
Kirkland Fights Uphill To Get Atty's Info From 2 BigLaw Firms
A California federal magistrate judge appeared skeptical Thursday of Kirkland & Ellis' bid to subpoena confidential personnel information from a former IP associate's prior employers Paul Hastings LLP and Fish & Richardson PC in Kirkland's defense against her discrimination suit, telling counsel the requests seem overbroad and "at best marginally relevant."
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February 09, 2024
Calif. Forecast: Nurses' Overtime Issue At 9th Circ.
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a consolidated collective action dealing with whether nurses for the City and County of San Francisco are exempt from overtime. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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December 14, 2023
Kirkland Seeks To Toss Ex-Firm Atty's Sex Bias Suit
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and several of its partners have pushed a California federal court to throw out a former associate's discrimination suit, saying her claims cannot stand because they are "clearly deficient" and "obviously" late.
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October 19, 2023
Kirkland Says Ex-Firm Atty's Suit Still Doesn't Show Sex Bias
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and several of its partners are seeking to have a gender discrimination case against them dismissed, arguing to a California federal court that the former associate suing them is relying on "artful pleading" to disguise deep flaws in her case.
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August 23, 2023
Ex-Kirkland Atty's Sex Bias Suit Remains Mostly Intact
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss the core elements of a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP associate's suit alleging she was fired without warning after complaining about top intellectual property partners favoring her male peers.
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July 06, 2023
7 Bias Cases Against Law Firms To Watch Now
Law firms including Graham Curtin, DLA Piper, Napoli Shkolnik and Kirkland & Ellis are all facing bias or retaliation lawsuits by people who have worked for them — mainly lawyers — including accusations of age, race and sex discrimination.
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January 24, 2023
Kirkland Doubles Down On Axing Ex-Atty's Harassment Suit
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has contended that a former associate's claims for sexual harassment and defamation fail in part because "routine performance management" can't form the foundation for a Title VII claim, according to a reply brief reiterating the firm's stance that the associate's sex bias suit should be tossed.
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January 10, 2023
Ex-Kirkland Atty Urges Judge Not To Ax Harassment Case
A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP associate urged a California federal judge to ignore the law firm's motion to dismiss her complaint claiming she was held to a stricter standard than her male colleagues before being wrongfully terminated, saying the firm's motion is meritless, but also asked for room to amend the complaint if necessary.
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December 20, 2022
Kirkland Atty Says Ex-Associate's Sex Bias Suit Low On Facts
A Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner asked a California federal judge to ditch claims by a former associate accusing him of sex bias, arguing that she failed to state any actual examples to back her claims in a termination suit against the firm.