October 16, 2024
A former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate on Tuesday dropped his appeal of a jury verdict clearing the firm and two lawyers of liability in a suit alleging he was fired in retaliation for airing concerns about racial bias and diversity.
February 29, 2024
A Black former associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP will appeal a jury's finding that the firm and two other defendants didn't retaliate against him after he raised concerns about racial bias and diversity.
January 29, 2024
A Manhattan federal jury on Monday quickly absolved Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and two lawyers of liability in a Black former associate's suit alleging he was fired in retaliation for airing concerns about racial bias and diversity.
January 26, 2024
A Manhattan federal jury on Friday began deliberating claims by a Black former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate that he was fired for airing concerns about racial bias in what his lawyer called a clandestine retaliation plot.
January 25, 2024
A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday backed a joint motion to dismiss a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner as a defendant from an ongoing trial on claims that the BigLaw firm fired a Black attorney in retaliation for airing diversity concerns.
January 24, 2024
A Black attorney who claims Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP fired him for airing diversity concerns was confronted Wednesday in Manhattan federal court with years of often-negative evaluations as the firm pushed to prove he was not subjected to retaliation.
January 22, 2024
A Black attorney who claims Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP fired him for airing diversity concerns told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that he took work seriously, pushing back against testimony that he once displayed a concerning attitude toward a staffer.
January 18, 2024
A Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday that a Black attorney who claims he was fired for airing diversity concerns had turned in "unusable" work, testimony that followed a brief bid to impugn the partner's own performance.
January 16, 2024
A Black former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorney claiming retaliation against his former firm called two former partners to testify Tuesday, but both told a jury that poor performance, not racial animus, led to his firing.
January 12, 2024
A Black former associate suing Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for alleged retaliation closed out the first week of trial Friday, quizzing a parade of legal industry professionals before a Manhattan federal jury amid repeated cautions from the judge on timing.