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.
January 10, 2023
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.
December 20, 2022
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.
December 16, 2022
Kirkland & Ellis urged a California federal judge on Friday to trim a sex bias suit from a former associate who claimed the company held her to stricter standards than her male colleagues before wrongfully firing her, saying the suit's "factual allegations sprinkled amidst the conclusory ramblings" are deficient and implausible.