October 25, 2019
A former King & Spalding associate is appealing a New York federal court's decision that his former counsel is entitled to a cut of his potential winnings in a wrongful termination dispute with the law firm, according to a notice filed with the court Friday.
September 26, 2019
A New York federal judge shredded ex-King & Spalding LLP associate David Joffe's bid to block his ex-counsel from getting a share of the possible winnings in Joffe's suit alleging his former firm cost him retirement benefits by firing him for raising ethics concerns.
September 25, 2019
A New York federal judge said Tuesday a legal ethics expert hired by King & Spalding LLP could "impinge" the court's responsibility to interpret attorney conduct rules and won't be allowed to testify in the firm's wrongful termination suit.
March 01, 2019
King & Spalding LLP and a New York attorney pressing a wrongful termination suit against the firm went another round in recent days over the credibility of their respective experts.
February 14, 2019
A former King & Spalding LLP associate pursuing a wrongful termination suit against the firm says a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a separate case against King & Spalding means he has a green light to seek damages for allegedly being knocked off the partnership track.
January 17, 2019
King & Spalding LLP and a former attorney suing the firm for wrongful termination traded blows Wednesday in a flurry of filings seeking to discredit each other's expert witnesses, with King & Spalding saying one expert's estimate that the attorney suffered $21 million to $49 million in damages was not backed up by evidence.
November 07, 2018
A former King & Spalding LLP associate again urged a New York federal judge to scrap a finding that the law firm that represented him in his wrongful termination suit had good cause for dropping him as a client and was entitled to a claim on any winnings he collected.
October 16, 2018
A former King & Spalding LLP associate is fighting the recent ruling of a New York federal magistrate judge that his "hostility and threats" toward the law firm that represented him in his wrongful termination suit gave the firm good cause to back out of the suit and entitled it to a claim on any winnings collected by its former client.
October 02, 2018
A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday that an ex-King & Spalding LLP associate's "hostility and threats" toward the law firm that represented him in his wrongful termination suit gave the firm good cause to back out of the lawsuit, entitling it to a claim on any winnings collected by its former client.
September 28, 2018
A former King & Spalding LLP associate, who has accused the firm of ousting him after he aired ethical concerns, said in a brief filed Friday in New York federal court that his onetime attorney has no right to a piece of any future settlement, asserting that the attorney cannot show good cause for his withdrawal.