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Joffe v. King & Spalding LLP
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July 01, 2021
November Trial Eyed For King & Spalding Atty's Firing Suit
A New York federal judge has given a tentative green light to an early November trial in a former King & Spalding LLP associate's suit claiming the firm fired him for raising ethical concerns.
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June 23, 2021
Fired King & Spalding Atty Gets Trial Date Pushed Back
A New York federal judge pushed back to the final quarter of the year a trial over claims that King & Spalding LLP fired an attorney for raising ethical concerns, asking the parties to say whether their trial attorneys and proposed witnesses have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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March 01, 2021
Fired King & Spalding Atty Gets Tentative June Trial Date
A former King & Spalding LLP attorney who claims he was fired for raising ethical concerns could bring his case before a Manhattan federal jury as early as June, a judge said Monday, though coronavirus restrictions could further delay the case.
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January 27, 2021
Fired King & Spalding Atty Cuts Lien Deal With Ex-Counsel
An ex-King & Spalding LLP lawyer who says he was fired for raising ethical concerns has agreed to give a portion of any potential winnings to his former counsel, who withdrew from the case in 2018 after the client questioned his competence and stopped paying his bills.
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January 15, 2021
Pandemic Again Delays Fired King & Spalding Atty's Trial
King & Spalding LLP and a lawyer who said he was unlawfully fired for raising ethics concerns will have to wait until at least June to square off at trial, after concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic led a New York federal judge to scuttle plans to push forward in April.
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November 13, 2020
Fired King & Spalding Atty Drops Jury Bid For One Claim
King & Spalding LLP and a former associate suing the firm over his firing have received a New York federal judge's approval to forgo a jury on one claim in the suit.
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October 22, 2020
Judge's King & Spalding Criticism Fair Game In Fired Atty Trial
A judge's criticisms of King & Spalding will be trial evidence in a former associate's lawsuit claiming he was unlawfully fired for raising ethics concerns, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday, brushing off the law firm's protest that the critiques are "inflammatory."
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September 01, 2020
Trial For Fired King & Spalding Atty Delayed Until 2021
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday scrapped a plan to hold a 2020 jury trial for David Joffe, the former King & Spalding LLP associate who claims the firm unlawfully fired him for raising ethics concerns, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
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July 08, 2020
Witnesses' Screens Off Limits While Testifying Remotely
Witnesses in a whistleblower case against King & Spalding LLP don't have to share their computer screens while they testify remotely, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, turning aside a former employee's concern that lawyers representing the firm could secretly try to coach deponents.
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June 24, 2020
Ex-BigLaw Atty's In-Person Depo Bid Tossed As 'Tomfoolery'
A New York federal judge on Wednesday ripped a fired King & Spalding associate's demand for in-person depositions in his wrongful termination suit against the law firm as "tomfoolery," saying the current coronavirus health crisis makes such in-person meetings too dangerous.