Papa John's Founder Hires High-Profile Litigator for Cheesy Boardroom Battle
Los Angeles trial lawyer Patricia Glaser has been hired by John Schnatter as he fights against his removal from the pizza chain's board of directors due to his use of a racial slur during a media training session.
July 18, 2018 at 09:29 PM
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has hired racist comments he made during a May conference call a steely veteran high-profile disputes including disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein fight with his namesake film studio In his letter 
which is owned by the Wasserman Media Group Laundry Service founder Jason Stein left the company disparaging and outrageous shed 10 percent of its staff Schnatter resigned as chairman publication of a Forbes.com story detailing Hogan Lovells Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld who are representing separate letter sent Sunday Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from Christopher Sternberg now general counsel for indoor tanning chain Sun Tan City it was retained earlier this year Marciano resigned Related Stories: Hogan Lovells, Akin Gump Flip Into Papa John's Pizza Chain Founder's Fallout Compliance Hotspots: To Self Report or Not? Plus, Papa John's Orders Up Big Law
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