Kirkland & Ellis, Ex-IT Worker Agree to Drop Discrimination Suit

A discrimination suit brought against Kirkland & Ellis LLP by a fired IT worker has ended after the parties agreed to drop the case.

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, on Wednesday dismissed Tyrone Gibson’s lawsuit with prejudice in a brief docket order, ending his claims that the world’s largest law firm by revenue discriminated against him by making it more difficult to care for his daughter when it changed his work hours. It’s unclear ...