October 02, 2024
Kirkland & Ellis LLP told a California federal magistrate judge Wednesday that a former Kirkland intellectual property associate has delayed discovery production in her discrimination lawsuit against the firm, arguing that her discovery responses cite an erroneous legal standard, are non-committal and are "not even close to being proper."
September 11, 2024
A California federal judge has mostly rejected efforts by Kirkland & Ellis to pare down the discrimination suit of a former intellectual property associate, while also backing a prior order that prevented the firm from subpoenaing her former BigLaw employers for confidential personnel information.
February 20, 2024
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."
February 15, 2024
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."
February 09, 2024
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.
December 14, 2023
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.
October 19, 2023
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.
August 23, 2023
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.
July 06, 2023
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.
January 24, 2023
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.