Arthur J. Ciampi
The at-will employee protection most law firms have as employers which permits them to terminate an at-will employee for any or no reason but for a discriminatory reason faced scrutiny last month in the law firm context regarding an allegation that an associate attorney was terminated from their firm for raising ethical concerns.
In this month’s column, we discuss the Southern District of New York’s decision in Joffe v. King & Spalding, 2018 WL 2768645, which in June, denied the motion of King & Spaulding for summary judgment.
