Davis Polk Seeks $100,000 for Black Ex-Lawyer’s Discovery Abuses

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP says a Black former associate accusing the firm and several partners of race discrimination and retaliation owes it $99,565 for the legal costs it incurred in enforcing his discovery obligations.

The firm filed the motion for attorneys’ fees and costs Wednesday following a bench ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that found Kaloma Cardwell’s responses to Davis Polk’s document requests and interrogatories were inconsistent with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Cardwell objected to many of Davis Polk’s requests solely on the generalized grounds that ...