Hagens Berman Referred To DOJ For Alleged Misconduct

By Emma Cueto

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday recommended to the U.S. Department of Justice that it investigate powerhouse plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's conduct in connection with several since-dropped product liability cases that a special master found to be filed in bad faith.

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Twitter Investors Lose Bid To DQ Musk Counsel Spiro

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has denied an attempt by Twitter investors to have Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Alex Spiro disqualified from serving as both lead counsel for Elon Musk and a witness in a trial over claims that Musk tried to tank Twitter's stock.

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Fed. Judges' Public Spat With Justices May Undermine Courts

By Jack Karp

Public criticism being traded back and forth in recent months between U.S. Supreme Court justices and lower-court federal judges over the justices' emergency orders is highly unusual in itself, but it also raises the risk of eroding public trust in the judiciary.

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King & Spalding Atty Dies In Mountain Climbing Accident

By Kelcey Caulder

People at King & Spalding LLP are mourning after an appellate attorney from the firm and a mountain guide fell to their deaths climbing New Zealand's tallest mountain.

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Willkie Adds DC Atty To Co-Chair Bankruptcy Litigation Team

By Jack Rodgers

A longtime Jones Day attorney who helped represent the firm in a suit lodged by two former associates over its parental leave policy has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he'll co-chair the bankruptcy litigation practice, Willkie announced Tuesday.

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Legal Publisher Says AI Firm Made Improper Use Of Database

By Elliot Weld

Legal publishing and research firm Fastcase hit legal AI tech firm Alexi with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court, claiming it breached a former business relationship and began making improper use of its legal data to become a direct competitor.

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Accusers Seek To Revive Katt Williams Suit Over Judicial Bias

By Lynn LaRowe

Four women whose suit against comedian Katt Williams was tossed by a Georgia federal judge on a finding that the claims related to a 2016 altercation outside a nightclub were time-barred, asked the court Tuesday to reconsider on the basis that the judge is hostile to their lawyer and did not render an impartial decision.

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Dentons Sees Ex-Partner's Appeal Nixed In California

By Caroline Simson

California's highest court has quietly tossed litigation filed by a former Dentons partner who was fired over a $34 million contingency fee due from a Chinese client following an arbitration matter, several months after advising the parties to prepare for oral arguments.

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Fed. Circ. Eyes $162K Fee Award To Vizio In Ramey Case

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Monday scrutinized a judge's order that a patent owner represented by embattled firm Ramey LLP must pay Walmart Inc.-owned television maker Vizio Inc. nearly $162,000 in attorney fees, with judges debating if the award was justified based on the plaintiff's settlement offer.

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2nd Circ. Reinstates Ex-Exec's $4M Bridgegate Fees Suit

By Mike Curley

The Second Circuit on Tuesday revived claims from former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive William E. Baroni Jr. seeking $4 million in legal fees over his Bridgegate criminal case, saying the trial court was wrong to find that the Port Authority had sovereign immunity.

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DeCotiis Beats DQ Bid In NJ Turnpike Discrimination Suit

By Rose Krebs

A New Jersey state appellate panel on Tuesday rejected a bid to disqualify DeCotiis Fitzpatrick Cole & Giblin LLP from representing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and two employees in a discrimination case filed by a medical facility and doctors who performed work for authority members.

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Miss America Sanctions Bid Must Be Axed, Fla. Court Told

By Madison Arnold

The plaintiffs in a Florida federal court battle over the ownership of the Miss America pageant have pushed back against a sanctions bid against their attorneys, saying the court should reject it because it's "wholly meritless."

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4th Circ. Rejects Rehearing In Ex-Defender's Harassment Case

By Abigail Harrison

Former assistant public defender Caryn Devins Strickland lost her bid to have the full Fourth Circuit rehear her sexual harassment suit against the federal judiciary, as judges ruled they didn't overlook her pro bono legal team's withdrawal on the eve of her bench trial.

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Longtime Home Depot Atty Rejoins King & Spalding In Atlanta

By Adrian Cruz

A former King & Spalding LLP attorney has rejoined the firm's Atlanta office as a partner following more than 20 years in-house with Home Depot as associate general counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Stinson Adds Skilled Litigator, Advocate For Vets In Dallas

By Lynn LaRowe

Stinson LLP has added an of counsel in Dallas with substantial experience handling complex business and commercial disputes who came aboard from a veterans nonprofit, where he advocated for service members before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

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Ex-Bernstein Litowitz Atty Launches Corporate Boutique

By Adrian Cruz

A group of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP attorneys are planning to leave the firm to start a boutique practice focused on high-stakes corporate disputes and securities litigation, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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MVP: Williams & Connolly's David M. Krinsky

By Yeji Jesse Lee

David M. Krinsky of Williams & Connolly LLP's life sciences practice represented Pfizer in patent infringement litigation filed by companies like Moderna and Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc., and won a victory for Merck before the Federal Circuit, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

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MVP: Hueston Hennigan's Moez Kaba

By Corey Rothauser

Moez Kaba, a co-founder of Hueston Hennigan LLP and one of the firm's top trial lawyers, led a unit of The Walt Disney Co. to a decisive win in a copyright suit over "Moana," secured an appellate victory for McDonald's Corp. in a challenge to its diversity statements and helped Amazon's Twitch unit defeat lawsuits over a gunman's 2022 livestreamed mass shooting in New York, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

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MVP: Wiley's Thomas M. Johnson Jr.

By Christopher Cole

Wiley Rein LLP partner Thomas M. Johnson Jr. was part of the legal team that helped stamp out federal net neutrality rules and was pivotal in a recent decision reversing a Biden-era cybersecurity ruling, landing him among the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.

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A Closer Look At 5 Types Of Legal Management Services Orgs

Legal management services organizations, which outsource the administrative aspects of law firms to separate entities, are poised to disrupt the industry in the year to come, so firms and attorneys should consider the advantages and disadvantages of several MSO models, say Frederick Shelton and Ayven Dodd at Shelton & Steele.

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