Source: New York Times
Sullivan & Cromwell said Thursday it had reached a settlement with a former associate, Aaron B. Charney, who sued the New York law firm earlier this year for sexual orientation discrimination.

"Aaron Charney and Sullivan & Cromwell have resolved their differences in connection with all pending disputes between them," a spokesman at the firm told the New York Law Journal.

The settlement, the terms of which are confidential, brings to a close a dispute that had fascinated the New York legal community over the past several months, both with its allegations concerning partners at one of the city’s most prestigious firms and its bizarre twists and turns in the courtroom.

In January, Mr Charney, who worked in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice, sued the firm, accusing several partners of discriminating against him because he is gay and then papering over his complaints.

In his lawsuit, Mr. Charney accused members of the firm of demanding he be terminated for carrying on an "unnatural" gay relationship with another Sullivan & Cromwell associate; Mr. Charney denied the relationship. The suit also contended that after he filed a formal internal complaint, members of the firm suggested that he move to a foreign office and then fabricated reviews to accuse him of overbilling clients, among other things

Sullivan, which denied his allegations, responded in February with a suit of its own accusing Mr. Charney of repeatedly and deliberately revealing confidential information about the firm and its clients as part of his legal fight.