Norton Rose Faces $100M Suit Over Withdrawn Patent App

By Celeste Bott

Norton Rose Fulbright was sued in Illinois state court Tuesday by an advertising tech company claiming that the law firm mishandled a patent application and caused it to be deemed withdrawn, but kept the company in the dark about the loss of its valuable patent rights for over a year.

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Trump's Sullivan & Cromwell Attys Head To Gibson Dunn

By Lauren Berg

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Tuesday it is amping up its appellate practice with the addition of four Sullivan & Cromwell LLP litigators, including former acting Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall and Morgan L. Ratner, who have worked on the appeal of President Donald Trump's New York hush money conviction.

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Bondi's Proposed Rule Change May Shield Her In Ethics Case

By Phillip Bantz

A federal rule change that Pam Bondi proposed before she was fired as U.S. attorney general could stymie an ethics complaint against her in Florida, which is expected to be refiled after the state bar declined to take up the case during her tenure, experts say.

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Paint Co. Says Injury Firm Used Stolen Data To Solicit Clients

By Abigail Harrison

A paint company has asked a North Carolina federal court to boot the opposing counsel in a putative data breach class action, accusing them of finding stolen data on the dark web and using it to solicit potential plaintiffs before victims were even notified of the breach.

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Meister Seelig Expands To Nashville With Trial Boutique Hire

By Adrian Cruz

Meister Seelig & Schuster PLLC announced that an experienced criminal defense attorney who most recently ran her own boutique practice has joined the firm as its initial hire in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Alston & Bird Says Goliath Investors Can't Claim Malpractice

By Carolina Bolado

Alston & Bird LLP urged a Florida federal court on Wednesday to toss a malpractice suit claiming the firm facilitated a $328 million cryptocurrency scam at Goliath Ventures Inc., arguing that the proposed class of Goliath investors who brought the suit were never clients of the firm.

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Hunter Biden Blasts Winston & Strawn Tactics In Fee Row

By Emily Sawicki

As a discovery dispute between Hunter Biden and Winston & Strawn LLP drags on amid a suit over allegedly unpaid legal bills, the former president's son accused the BigLaw firm, which once represented him in a Delaware criminal case and other matters, of resorting to "what is uncomfortably close to an ad hominem attack" against him.

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Messner Reeves Accused Of $8.3M Trust Account Fraud

By Zach Dupont

Colorado law firm Messner Reeves LLP was hit with a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court from five businesses claiming it stole more than $8 million from them in a fraudulent loan scheme involving a now-defunct sports arena and hotel project in Las Vegas.

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Ex-Conn. Prosecutor Fights Drug Co. Bid To Appeal DQ Denial

By Matthew Santoni

Insurers Humana Inc. and Molina Healthcare Inc. urged a federal judge to turn down a group of generic-drug makers' request for an immediate trip to the Third Circuit, arguing the drugmakers' bid for a second chance to disqualify Connecticut's former assistant attorney general from an antitrust case was not qualified for an interlocutory appeal.

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Georgia Judge Faces DQ Bid Over Racial Bias Concerns

By Emily Johnson

An attorney and his client in a personal injury case have asked that the chief judge for the Southern District of Georgia be recused, arguing that the federal judge made unfounded accusations that the lawyer was unethical in a separate case and has created "an appearance of personal and racial bias."

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Insurer Escapes Covering Ga. Atty In $750K Fraud Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A Georgia attorney's professional liability insurer owes no coverage for an underlying suit alleging the lawyer conspired with a client to enrich themselves from a litigation funding company by claiming a fictitious suit over a canceled FEMA contract, an Atlanta federal court has ruled, finding that making misrepresentations does not constitute "professional services" under the policy.

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Chancery Sends Masimo Ex-CEO Pay Fight To California

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court sided with former Masimo Corp. CEO Joe E. Kiani in his fight with the global medical technology company, dismissing the company's lawsuit over a disputed $450 million severance package and ruling that the case must proceed in California, not Delaware.

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Developer Says Power Broker, Atty Brother Seek Rushed Ruling

By George Woolston

A Philadelphia-based developer has told a New Jersey state court that South Jersey power broker George Norcross and his attorney brother's opposition to his bid to amend his suit is really an effort to get an untimely ruling.

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DiCello Levitt Brings On Mass Tort Litigator In Texas

By Lynn LaRowe

DiCello Levitt has expanded its mass tort practice with an Austin, Texas-based partner who brings decades of experience handling large-scale matters involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

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Shutts & Bowen Adds IP Ace In Miami From Berger Singerman

By Lynn LaRowe

Florida law firm Shutts & Bowen LLP announced Wednesday that it has fortified its intellectual property practice with a Miami-based partner who came aboard from Berger Singerman LLP.

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