A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday excoriated lawyers involved in a case against a former Holland & Knight attorney stemming from a messy divorce, faulting them for their handling of the matter and for allowing "outrageous" false allegations of bribery against the judge to be made public.
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday excoriated lawyers involved in a case against a former Holland & Knight attorney stemming from a messy divorce, faulting them for their handling of the matter and for allowing "outrageous" false allegations of bribery against the judge to be made public.
A former senior deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's fraud section and former staff member for the U.S. House's Jan. 6 committee has left the public sector and rejoined Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's office in Washington.
BakerHostetler is starting off the new year with new leaders, announcing on Monday the appointment of new office managing partners for its Los Angeles and New York offices, plus a new head of its litigation practice group.
A new firm by former partners of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has secured its first lead counsel appointment in a securities suit against National Instruments Corp., which alleges the company repurchased stock while concealing from investors it was considering being acquired.
A patent attorney has apologized to a Kansas federal judge for submitting a court filing with case citations hallucinated by ChatGPT, calling the experience "shameful and embarrassing" and saying he was in a poor mental state at the time due to his mother and aunt being hospitalized and dying shortly after.
A New Jersey state court judge Tuesday denied insurance litigation firm Margolis Edelstein's bid for an early escape from a legal malpractice suit over allegedly mishandled representation of an accountant.
Sporting goods company STX LLC has asked a Delaware federal court to disqualify Practus LLP and one of its attorneys from representing competitor StringKing Inc. in a patent infringement case related to lacrosse gloves, arguing that the firm has a conflict of interest.
Mass tort litigation firm MMA Law asked a Texas bankruptcy judge late Monday to invalidate a ruling from a Louisiana federal court, saying the Chapter 11 automatic stay protects MMA's assets, including the claims for unpaid legal fees the firm earned before dropping out of hurricane insurance suits in the Louisiana court.
A former staffer of Stone Hilton PLLC has asked a Texas federal court to compel responses from the office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to a subpoena for information related to the staffer's sexual harassment case against a firm partner who worked for the senator.
A former federal prosecutor who left King & Spalding LLP five years ago for an assistant U.S. attorney role has returned to the firm as an Atlanta-based partner in its product liability and mass torts practice, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday that the labor and employment firm has added three experienced shareholders to bolster its efforts in California and Oregon.
Atlanta law firm Hanson Fuller has added a Goldstein Hayes & Lina LLC attorney as a name partner, bringing on a personal injury attorney who has previously litigated against firm partners.
When done thoughtfully through three strategies, bringing laterals into the fold can propel growth and create significant business opportunities that enhance the law firm's cultural fabric, says James Sullivan, leader of Alston & Bird's New York office.
