Hotel Sues Akin Gump for Canceled Retreat
A San Diego hotel has sued Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld for canceling a planned April retreat.
The suit by the Hotel Del Coronado seeks $386,000 for “877 sleeping room nights” secured by the firm for the partner retreat, the American Lawyer reports.
The firm had chosen the San Diego site a couple years ago but canceled due to the economic downturn that caused it to lay off 65 staff members last month.
Akin Gump executive director James Leary told the American Lawyer he was surprised by the suit because he had been negotiating a resolution to the dispute.
“I got on a plane and flew cross country to start negotiations face to face,” Leary told the publication. “We are surprised and disappointed it has come to this point. We got no warning they decided to file a lawsuit.”
