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Kaufman Dolowich Picks Up 7 McGlinchey Stafford Attys
A group of seven former McGlinchey Stafford PLLC attorneys with a mix of practices have found a new home in Kaufman Dolowich LLP.
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Ga. DAs, State Spar Over Prosecutor Watchdog Challenge
The state of Georgia and a group of district attorneys have filed dueling bids for an early win in litigation over a law creating a commission to prosecute and remove state prosecutors, with the district attorneys saying the law infringes on their prosecutorial discretion and freedom of speech and the state defending the law's constitutionality.
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Seton Hall Wants Ex-President Sanctioned In Leak Lawsuit
Seton Hall University said that its former president has made a frivolous attempt at dismissing a suit claiming he leaked damaging information about his successor and that he should be sanctioned as a result.
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Insurance Group Of The Year: Rivkin Radler
Rivkin Radler LLP scored precedent-setting wins for Allianz in opioid coverage litigation before the Delaware Supreme Court and in an Ohio Supreme Court case over coverage for Sherwin-Williams' lead paint abatement fund payments, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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Michigan Litigator Named Miller Johnson Managing Member
Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey announced that an experienced Michigan-based litigation attorney who has been with the firm for over a decade has been tapped as its new managing member.
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Ex-Tucker Arensberg Litigator Moves To Eckert Seamans
A litigator with more than 15 years of experience representing clients in commercial, regulatory and estate matters has moved his practice to Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC's Pittsburgh office.
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Ga. Law Firm's CTA Challenge 'Hypothetical,' Feds Argue
The U.S. Treasury Department has asked a federal judge to toss a Georgia lawyer's suit alleging that the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act could force him to violate attorney-client privilege, arguing the suit is based on future "hypothetical changes" to the federal policy of nonenforcement.
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State Bar Of Texas Declines To Open Grievance On Ramey
The State Bar of Texas has declined to open a grievance against patent litigator William P. Ramey III after a San Francisco federal court sanctioned him and his firm, Ramey LLP, for practicing law in California without a license.
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Freeman Mathis Adds 6-Atty Thompson Coe Team In Dallas
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP has fortified its insurance, complex litigation and trial advocacy offerings with six attorneys who joined the firm in Dallas from Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP, including partners who had decades of tenure at their prior firm.
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Ice Miller Arrives In Del. With Potter Anderson Bankruptcy Ace
Ice Miller LLP has opened an office in Delaware by bringing on an experienced bankruptcy attorney from Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, which the firm's chief managing partner said is a strategic move to give the national firm a footprint in another key legal market.
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DC Circ. Preserves Secrecy Of DOJ's Gag Orders On Google
The D.C. Circuit has rejected a nonprofit group's push to unmask applications filed by the U.S. Department of Justice that blocked Google from informing one of its email subscribers about a subpoena for some of his account data, agreeing with the lower court that the records were shielded by grand jury secrecy rules.
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Fla. Court Urged To Hold IP Atty Liable For Defamation
An inventor alleging an intellectual property attorney defamed him in the press urged a Florida federal court Wednesday to hold the attorney accountable, arguing the allegation is well-founded.
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Fla. Court Affirms Win For Law Firm In $10M Malpractice Case
A Florida appeals court Wednesday affirmed a win for Conrad & Scherer LLP in a suit accusing the law firm of improperly withdrawing at a critical point in a lawsuit against its clients' business partner over the acquisition of a hotel.
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CREXi Fights Bid To Disqualify Quinn Emanuel In CoStar IP Suit
Commercial real estate platform CREXi has urged a California federal judge to let it keep Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as its counsel as it fights CoStar's accusations of copyright infringement, saying CoStar is only now raising conflict of interest concerns to gain a "tactical advantage."
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Eversheds Sutherland Hires Paul Hastings Trial Pro
Eversheds Sutherland announced that it has added a partner to its litigation practice group, who joins the firm from Paul Hastings LLP fresh off the heels of guiding Prologis Inc. through a three-month jury trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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O'Melveny Supreme Court Ace Joins Hecker Fink
Litigation firm Hecker Fink LLP is expanding its appellate team, announcing Wednesday that an O'Melveny & Myers LLP Supreme Court expert is joining as of counsel.
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Real Estate Atty Can't Duck Meddling Claims, NC Justices Told
A property owner told North Carolina's top court that a real estate attorney can't skirt allegations he helped meddle in an ownership dispute over a parcel of land in Charlotte, saying her tort claims against the lawyer might be rare, but they are still backed by the law.
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Brings On 2 Product Liability Leaders
Chamberlain Hrdlicka announced Wednesday that a pair of experienced product liability attorneys have joined the firm's Atlanta office from Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholders and practice co-chairs.
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Ex-DLA Piper Partner Aims To Toss Claim He Raped Associate
Allegations that an ex-DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware in 2022 should be tossed since the Massachusetts state court the case was filed in has no jurisdiction over the Delaware claim, according to the accused former partner.
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Drugmakers Say Hagens Berman Responsible For Costs
Drugmakers including GSK and Sanofi have told a Pennsylvania federal court that plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP should bear the costs for the special master tasked with sorting out long-running disputes in a since-dropped product liability suit.
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Lucosky Brookman Grows In NJ With Wilentz Litigation Duo
Lucosky Brookman LLP added a pair of trial attorneys with long histories at Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA this week in a move that further strengthens the firm's litigation expertise, it announced Wednesday.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped secure a $300 million settlement for third-party payors, a class of private benefit plan providers who argued that opioid distributors fanned the flames of the addiction crisis in the U.S., one of several high-profile class action settlements with nationwide impacts that earned the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Wachtel Missry Settles Liability In $26M Atty Malpractice Case
A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.
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Sinclair To Pay $175K For Lost Texts In Price-Fixing MDL
A Chicago federal judge has approved a joint stipulation by which Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to pay $175,000 after it was sanctioned for failing to preserve text message data from more than 50 company-issued cellphones amid discovery in multidistrict litigation over an alleged unlawful price-fixing scheme.
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Oakley Fights To Keep MSG Case Afloat Amid Fee Dispute
Charles Oakley has urged a federal court to not toss the lawsuit over the ex-New York Knicks player's 2017 ejection from Madison Square Garden, saying he has made good-faith efforts to pay a court-ordered $642,000 fee award.
Expert Analysis
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What Legal Leaders Can Learn From Marine Corps Principles
The small-unit leadership principles that are foundational to the U.S. Marine Corps experience — from tight feedback loops to top-down tactfulness — offer a blueprint for addressing leadership gaps that persist in the legal profession, says Edet Nsemo at Tucker Ellis.
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Venture Capital Practices Can Improve Law Firm Lateral Hiring
As law firms pursue increasingly ambitious growth goals in a competitive market for talent, they should consider supplementing traditional lateral hiring due diligence with practices inspired by the venture capitalist framework, says Henry O’Connor at Jones Walker.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2026
After a pivotal year for the legal industry, lawyers and their clients face an evolving litigation finance landscape in 2026 that will be shaped by developments ranging from new policies governing patent lawsuits to the reemergence of appellate monetization funding, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Think Like A Waiter
To convert casually interested restaurant patrons into satisfied, repeat customers, a good waiter relies on four service-oriented habits that proactive attorneys can borrow to cultivate lasting client relationships, say attorneys at Maynard Nexsen.
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6 Strategies To Set Up New CCOs For Success
As demand for chief compliance officers rises among a growing range of complex issues, organizations looking to hire and retain top-notch CCOs can adopt a series of strategies including defining success metrics and allowing the CCO to build a team, says Cara Bain at Major Lindsey.
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Making Legal Cents: How Firms Can Navigate 2026 Trends
From the adoption of artificial intelligence infrastructure to increasing client attrition, a number of trends will likely define the legal industry in 2026, and law firms will need to strategically lean into these shifts to gain a competitive advantage, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Integrating Lateral Talent
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.
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The Augmented Lawyer: Drafting As AI Alters Admin Of Law
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded in mainstream legal practice, they are reshaping the administration of law itself, from how experts document and validate their work to how joint defense teams operate, demanding a new level of contractual clarity and operational discipline, says Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law.
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How Attorneys Can Plan Now For Biz Dev Success In 2026
As the year winds down and the pace of work slows, attorneys should reflect on what did and didn’t work to generate business in 2025, and start mapping out their 2026 business development plan now to set themselves up for success, says Ezra Crawford at Crowell.
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How Firms Can Retain Rainmakers, Now And All Year Long
Though firm leaders feel the most urgency about retaining rainmakers now, during compensation season, effective retention strategies are preemptive and year-round efforts anchored in meaningful support, tactical execution and credible follow-through, says Tom Orewyler at TO Comms.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Ways To Earn Clients' Trust
Trust is the foundation of any great client relationship, but it isn’t built overnight or maintained passively — rather, counsel must consistently show up in small but important ways to become the trusted partner clients rely on when judgment matters most, says Andrew Dick at The L Suite.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make An Onboarding Plan
The investment required for a personalized client onboarding plan is minimal, but the return on investment — measured in client satisfaction, relationship strength and longevity, client referrals, and other business development opportunities — can be extraordinary, says John Reed at Rain BDM.
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Law Firm Content Strategies To Stay Competitive In 2026
A number of trends will continue to reshape how people search, consume and trust information next year, and law firms will need to adopt forward-thinking content strategies — from generative engine optimization to interactive legal tools — to stand out, says Elizabeth Lampert at Elizabeth Lampert PR and Nancy Myrland at Myrland Marketing and Social Media.
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What Law Firm Liability Risks In 2025 Signal For Year To Come
Trends and statistics reveal that law firms of all sizes and practice areas remained attractive litigation targets this year, so firms must take concrete steps to avoid professional liability risks in the year to come, say Douglas Richmond and Andrew Ricke at Lockton Companies.
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5 New Archetypes Of Legal Talent For The Age Of AI
New job archetypes are rapidly replacing the traditional model of the lawyer as artificial intelligence proliferates, and to remain competitive, firms will need to embrace the diverse portfolio of talent required to navigate, design and critique algorithmic systems, says Dmitri Mehlhorn at Atoll Society.