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Legal Industry - May, 2013

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• Howrey Adversary Suits Target Verizon, Dozens Of Others
• Second-Tier Firms Hire Up As BigLaw Sheds Work
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Creditor Tries To Save Winston & Strawn From DQ
• High Court Asked To Decide If Atty Blog Is Commercial Speech
• Firm Urges Pa. High Court To Save Venue Transfer Precedent
• Jury Instructions Change For Fla. Wrongful Death, Fraud Suits
• Facebook Friendships Don't Bar Judge From Case, Panel Says
• Dewey Bankruptcy Judge Approves $19.5M Settlement
• Dorsey & Whitney Partner Named Minn. Bankruptcy Judge
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Flex Time Beats Cash In Legal Recruiting, Survey Finds
• Judge Won't Bar Ex-Gutride Safier Partner's Petitions
• Jaspan Schlesinger Malpractice Suit Survives Firm's Appeal
• Atty Says Former Firm Stiffed Him On $8M Fee Award
• Thelen Clawback Properly Nixed, Seyfarth Tells 2nd Circ.
• Michael Best Launches DC Office With Energy, IP Pros
• Stroock Opens DC Office With Former Kaye Scholer, SEC Attys
• Calif. Appeals Court Finds No Conflict For Firm Repping LLC
• ABA Wants Unpaid Interns Doing Pro Bono Work At Law Firms
• Feds Push For EDNY Security Fix Before Bloomberg Leaves
• Apple Wants Hagens Berman Booted In FlatWorld IP Row
• K&L Gates Calls Sanctions Bid In HP Patent Dispute Reckless
• Gay Atty Slams Anapol Schwartz's Defense In Bias Suit
• Atty Dodges Sanctions Over Facebook Post On FCA Mediation
• Quinn Emanuel Contract Atty Fights To Preserve OT Suit
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Didn't Report Assault Claims Before Quitting
• 5 Ways Law Firms Screw Up Their Blogs
• Aging Partners Forced To Put Firms' Future First
• Hiscock & Barclay Opens NJ Location
• Addleshaw Expands Middle East Footprint With Qatar Opening
• Pay Reinstated For Suspended Judge In Pa. Traffic Court Row
• Indicted Texas Judge Rips Suit Seeking His Ouster
• Pa. Supreme Court To Standardize Rules For Constables
• Edwards Wildman Can't Get High Court Help In RICO Suit
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Blank Rome Hit With $25M Malpractice Suit
• NJ Plan To Speed Civil Cases Stirs Hope For Pretrial Reform
• Greenberg Traurig Settles Atty's $200M Gender Bias Action
• Indicted Texas Judge Suspended Without Pay
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Boies Schiller & Flexner Plans Summer Launch in London
• 9th Circ. Relieves Broke Law School Grad Of Student Debt
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Obama Taps Latham Partner For Chicago US Atty Post
• Striking NYC Attys Union Hopeful As Talks Resume
• Pa. AG Says No Master Needed In Judicial Retirement Suit
• Ex-O'Melveny Appellate Partner Confirmed To DC Circ.
• Fla. High Court Says Public Defenders Can Shed Caseload
• NY Can't Dodge Judges' Suit Over Health Contribution Cuts
• Texas Judge Indicted On Abuse Of Office Charges
• Orrick Loses Bid To Flip Heller Ehrman Fraud Transfer Ruling
• Adams And Reese Snags SC Firm In Biggest Q2 Merger
• 22 Firms Form International Network To Fight Financial Fraud
• Patent Attys' USPTO Applications Protected By Fair Use
• Legal Leaders Short-Sighted Amid Industry Changes: Survey
• McVay Wins Democratic Primary For Pa. Superior Court Slot
• 4 Tips For Merging Cultures In Law Firm Tie-Ups
• Dreier Investors Say Profits Weren't Part Of Ponzi Scheme
• Workers' Comp. Judges Not Entitled To Raise, Pa. Justices Say
• Master Tapped In Philly Traffic Judge's Disciplinary Case
• Ex-Pa. Justice Moves To Overturn Corruption Conviction
• Fla. Gov. Appoints Solicitor General To Appeals Court
• Howrey Looks To Pursue Claims Against Dewey, Cooley, MoFo
• Ex-Bose McKinney Partner Suspended For Harassing Intern
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Winston & Strawn Faces DQ Bid In Calif. City Bankruptcies
• NJ Judiciary To Expand E-Filing To Appellate Division
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Race Bias Can Be Probed Post-Verdict, DC Appeals Court Says
• Eversheds Opens In Beijing With Ex-Morgan Lewis Partner
• Attys' Fees Needn't Be Bonded On Appeal: Texas High Court
• Pa. Judges Disputing Forced Retirements Want Special Master
• BigLaw Pays Up In Effort To Revive Lawyer Mentoring
• Orrick Wants Heller Ehrman Clawback Ruling Revisited
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Free Speech Law Can't Protect Atty From Client Suit
• Dewey Ch. 11 Was Like Hitchcock's 'The Birds,' Atty Says
• NJ Panel Floats Pro Bono Requirement For New Attys
• Senate Panel Greenlights Ex-O'Melveny Partner's DC Circ. Nod
• Court Defends Secretive Arbitrations To 3rd. Circ.
• 9th Circ. Remands Atty Fee Award In Davis Wright Fraud Case
• Edwards Wildman Plants Flag In Turkey With Local Aid
• NY The Likely Loser As Strike Pits Lawyer Against Lawyer
• Ruden McClosky's Buyer Cleared To Collect On Client Lien
• Managing Partners Less Confident On Revenue In 2013: Survey
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Impose Fiscal Discipline On Judiciary
• Quinn Emanuel Aims To Launch New Hong Kong Office
• US Has World's Costliest Legal System, Study Says
• Firms Lean Harder On Pro Bono To Boost Associates' Skills
• Firms Hire Price Watchdogs As Clients Up Cost Pressure
• Partner Morale Tops Pre-Recession Levels, Survey Says
• Cozen Asks Pa. Appeals Court To Let It Forgive Campaign Debt
• Pa. Judge Can't Get Suspension Axed In Ticket-Fixing Row
• DLA Piper Stiffed Cos. On Office Remodel Bill, Suit Says
• Haynes And Boone Can't Shift Howrey Feud To DC Court
• Pa. Bills On Traffic Court, Judicial Retirement Advance
• Order Over Judge's Racist Obama Email Is Moot, 9th Circ. Says
• K&L Gates Attys Accused Of Paying Key Witness To Flip To HP
• Foley & Lardner Raises $2.6M For New Venture Capital Fund
• Dewey Judge Delays $19M Deal Ruling Over Claims Dispute
• Ex-Gersten Savage Bankruptcy Atty Sues Over Unpaid Wages
• Howrey Fires Off 4 More Suits Over Unfinished Business
• Pa. Supreme Court Takes Over 3rd Judicial Retirement Suit
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• 5 Awful Law Firm Ads To Avoid
• Facebook GC Ted Ullyot Leaves Company
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Wash. Courts Data Breach Exposes States' Vulnerability
• Ex-Dewey Partner Settles Loan Dispute With Citibank
• Ex-Dewey Execs Say Brown Rudnick Has Ch. 11 Conflict
• Boutique Firm Includes Bratz Trial Winner, Manatt Partners
• Jones Day Joins Rush Into Hot Miami Legal Market
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Demand For Legal Services Down In Q1, Survey Shows
• Obama Taps Ex-Debevoise Partner For NY Federal Bench
• Atty Denies Defaming Co-Worker In Row Over Anti-Gay Bias
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Amendment To Put Judges Under Ethics Act
• Quinn Emanuel To Open 1st Aussie Office In June
• Judges May Use Vanity Plates Judiciously: Disciplinary Report
• 5 Tips For Out-Of-Towners Litigating In California
• Jackson Lewis Opens 3rd Ohio Office In Dayton
• Ziegler Slams Edwards Wildman Over Costly Discovery Mishap
• Dewey Trustee Accuses Ex-CFO Of Holding Up $19M Deal
• 4 From Shearman To Launch German Latham Office
• More Skadden Attys Flock To Quinn Emanuel Products Team
• Judicial Retirement Age Flouts Basic Rights, Pa. Justices Hear
• Data Security Still A Top Worry For GCs
• Clyde & Co. To Open Beijing Outpost
• 11th Circ. Pushes For New Plain Error Standard
• Atty's Supervisory Role Allows Firing For Salary Talk: NLRB
• In-House Counsel Eye Litigation Funds For Trademark Battles
• Baker & McKenzie Joins Foreign Firm Boom In S. Korea
• Cochran Firm Wants Ex-Partner's Countersuit Axed In IP Row
• Faruqi Seeks Toss Of Ex-Atty's 'Malicious' Harassment Suit
• Ex-Pa. Justice Must Apologize As Part Of Corruption Sentence
• NJ Judge Still Won't Boot Widener Law Job Data Fraud Suit
• Pa. Counties Win Power To Ax Jury Commissioner Posts
• NY Top Court Gains 1st Black Woman, Back To Female Majority
• Kirkland, Wachtell Go 3 For 3 In Year's Biggest LBOs
• $10M Security Fix For NYC Court Escapes US Spending Cuts
• Girardi Keese Owes $1.4M For Stiffed Fees, LA Firm Says
• In Case You Missed It: Law360's Most Read Articles
• Insurer Sued Over O'Melveny's Role In Crane Collapse Cases
• Judicial Vacancies Plague NJ's Busiest Court
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Gordon & Rees Unfairly Swapped Fee Contract, Ex-Client Says
• Faruqi Hurt Its Own Rep In Harassment Suit Response: Ex-Atty
• Littler Nabs 6 More Ogletree Attys After High-Profile Defection
• Former Securities Bar Titan Mel Weiss Dodges Probation
• Cos. Shaving Class Action Costs Amid More Expensive Suits
• Lundy Law Firm 'Monopolized' Philly Legal Ads, Rival Says
• Judge Calls Ex-Milberg Atty 'Childish' For Court Cost Gripe
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Greenberg Traurig Gets SEC Subpoena In Insider Probe
• Atty 'Addicted To Lying' Suspended For Sham Settlement
• Linklaters Gets Korea's Go-Ahead For Seoul Office
• Best Summer Associate Programs Opt For Work Over Play
• FlasterGreenberg Faces Ex-Associate's Wrongful Firing Suit
• NY Chief Judge Ushers In New Pro Bono Rules On Law Day
• 5 Tips For Thriving At Your Law Firm Retreat