A recent dust-up between The Coca-Cola Co. and law firm Paul Hastings should put in-house lawyers on notice: Be wary of signing anything, even if your own counsel puts it in front of you.
Paul Hastings “fired” Coke as a client so the firm’s lawyers could represent another company suing the beverage giant for more than $100 million, according to a recent court filing. Coke wants the federal judge hearing the case to bar Paul Hastings lawyers—a group that recently joined from Cahill Gordon & Reindel—from representing SuperCooler Technologies Inc. in the suit.
The firm says Coke signed a 2021 ...
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