Ep. 226: How King & Spalding Beat Wrongful Termination Claims

The closely watched legal fight between King & Spalding LLP and one of its former associates wound to a close this week as a New York federal jury rejected the attorney’s claims that he was fired for flagging ethical transgressions by firm leaders. It was a contentious and at times colorful trial, with the former BigLaw attorney running into a number of difficulties as he represented himself pro se against his former bosses. Pete Brush joins the show this week to break down the trial. Also this week, New Jersey court staff ask for a psychiatric evaluation of a state judge suing them over a hostile work environment and lawyers for Madison Square Garden call for sanctions against attorneys for former New York Knick Charles Oakley. Finally, a former Temple business school dean is rung up on criminal charges for inflating the school’s ranking in U.S. News & World Report.