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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Keller Postman LLC, Ward & Smith PA, Pope McGlamry PC and Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that after a Missouri resident dropped her federal claims in a putative class action over alleged mislabeling of prescription dog food, the case was properly sent back to state court.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as law firms inked new deals, elevated attorneys and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Ex-Atty's Audit Rightly Tied To State Farm Fight, Panel Rules
State Farm and two clients were properly ushered into a case examining a disbarred attorney's trust accounts, a Connecticut appeals court ruled Thursday, shutting down the ex-lawyer's demand for $52,100 in purported attorney fees by upholding a judge's decision linking settlement payout, audit and ethics feuds under one docket.
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Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth
Women, people of color and women of color keep setting records for representation in the nation's legal industry, but a smaller percentage of Black summer associates may portend future challenges, according to a report released Thursday.
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Judge Meyer Of Conn. Remembered For Brilliance, Kindness
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer of the District of Connecticut, who died on Jan. 12 at age 61, is being remembered by the state's legal community as a brilliant attorney and judge and as a hardworking, good-hearted person.
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Conn.'s Inspector General Announces Retirement
Connecticut's first inspector general, who investigates police use of force incidents and police or a correctional officer's failure to intervene or report an incident, has announced plans to retire at the end of his term.
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Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.
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GCs Express Fear Of Giant Verdicts, Expect More Litigation
General counsel in a new survey increasingly fear the rise of "nuclear verdicts" — unexpectedly high jury awards — and they are expressing growing support for the use of artificial intelligence to save resources and spot risk.
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Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
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DA Says Trump's Appeals To Intervene In NY Case Now 'Moot'
Counsel for the Manhattan district attorney urged both a federal and a state appeals court to toss out Donald Trump's lingering invitations to intervene in his hush money case now that he's been sentenced, arguing there's no need for a "bizarre mechanism" when Trump can appeal normally.
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Attys Say Conn. Firm's Vexatious Litigation Claims Can't Stand
A pair of attorneys have urged a Connecticut state judge to reject claims that they filed a frivolous unfair trade practices lawsuit against Hayber McKenna & Dinsmore LLC, arguing that the firm failed to show the case had been terminated in its favor.
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Why Law Firms Are Seeing 'Profit Leakage'
Even as many law firms see rising profitability, a number of factors are still negatively affecting their profit margins, including write-offs and discounts, according to a new report out Tuesday.
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US District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer Dies At 61
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, 61, of the District of Connecticut has died following a long illness, according to news reports and social media posts from his colleagues and friends.
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Alex Jones Switches Conn. Attys In $1B Sandy Hook Appeal
A Randazza Legal Group attorney will represent Alex Jones in a Connecticut Supreme Court bid to erase the remainder of a $1.44 billion defamation judgment for Sandy Hook shooting victims after the Infowars host's now-former lawyer raised unspecified conflict concerns about a third attorney representing Jones in the Connecticut appeal.
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Ex-Yale Student's Suit Over Amici Remarks Is Tossed
A Connecticut state court judge has dismissed claims brought by an expelled Yale University student against a Michigan law firm, an attorney and numerous nonprofit organizations over a rejected amicus brief that contained remarks about a sexual assault case that ended in his acquittal, finding that the litigation privilege shields all 16 defendants.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Parker Poe's work on the sale of a majority stake in a $575 million real estate portfolio and Keker Van Nest's handling of a first-of-its-kind challenge under a new California gaming law lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 1 to 10.
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US Legal Sector Sheds 1,200 Jobs In December
After three months of steady recovery, the U.S. legal sector's job growth reversed course in December, with a loss of 1,200 positions, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sive Paget & Riesel PC and Kaplan Martin LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Third Circuit denied an emergency motion for an injunction to halt New York City's highly litigated congestion pricing toll program.
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Goodwin Procter Extends Bonus Season With Milbank Match
The 2024 bonus season has trickled into January, with Goodwin Procter LLP announcing it will give associates year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, Law360 Pulse confirmed Friday.
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Conn. GOP Eyes McCarter & English Partner For US Atty Role
Connecticut's Republican Party chair says the state's next top federal prosecutor should be someone with qualifications that mirror a McCarter & English LLP partner whose three decades in the U.S. attorney's office would make him a logical fit, although Donald Trump's selection could carry "wildcard potential," one observer noted.
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Tyson & Mendes Head Talks Championing Women Leaders
Cayce Lynch, the first-ever national managing partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the significance of women seeing other women "in positions of success and leadership."
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Are Law Firm Office Mandates Missing The Point?
Creating a workplace that fosters community, connection, collaboration and a clearly defined culture cannot be accomplished through office mandates alone, and, in fact, a lack of flexibility when it comes to remote work options could backfire on that goal, according to the author of a new book out this month.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off 2025 with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms inked mergers, made leadership changes and promoted associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Trump Avoids Jail As Judge Points To Presidential Status
A New York state judge on Friday spared President-elect Donald Trump any incarceration for his 34-count felony hush money conviction, citing the changed legal landscape, which affords the chief executive with "extraordinary legal protections."
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Supreme Court Declines To Halt Trump's NY Sentencing
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied Donald Trump's request to halt New York criminal proceedings in his hush money case, clearing the way for a state judge to sentence the president-elect on Friday, days before he takes the oath of office.