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Calif. Judge Admonished For Disparaging Pro Se Litigants
A California state judge in Los Angeles has been publicly admonished for repeatedly "displaying poor demeanor" toward self-represented small claims litigants, including making disparaging remarks, interrupting litigants and walking out of the courtroom in the middle of proceedings.
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Munsch Hardt Adds Litigator From Houston Real Estate Firm
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has added a shareholder with particular experience in real estate and construction litigation from Houston real estate law firm Wilson Cribbs & Goren.
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Judge Says LegalForce Must Pay $93K After Losing TM Suit
A California federal judge on Wednesday ordered LegalForce RAPC Worldwide PC to pay nearly $93,000 in fees and costs to the company that operates LawFirms.com, finding the case to be exceptional because LegalForce alleged facts it knew were false and took steps to obscure other facts that showed its case was meritless.
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Ex-Client Can Relitigate Malpractice Suit Over Workers' Comp
An Illinois appellate panel has reversed a summary judgment win for a Chicago attorney and her law firm in a legal malpractice dispute, saying a jury must evaluate whether her ex-client lost his workers' compensation case because of her failure to introduce a medical expert's opinion or whether he could have prevailed on appeal had the attorney filed one.
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Arbitrators See Global Stakes In Trump BigLaw EO Fight
Ahead of a D.C. Circuit hearing on Thursday in the Trump administration's effort to revive executive orders imposed against four BigLaw firms, an official at the College of Commercial Arbitrators told Law360 this week there are several things arbitrators are going to be watching for.
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Mich. Panel Revives FOIA Suit, Finds Defense Frivolous
A Michigan appellate panel partly revived a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a Detroit-area prosecutor's office, ruling that the office failed to adequately justify withholding records related to threats against the prosecutor and her staff, while also finding that one of its legal defenses was frivolous and sanctionable.
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Conn. PFAS Plaintiffs Deny Forum Shopping In Montana Suit
The City of Stamford and a local fire district are pushing back against a bid by 3M and others to sanction them for moving their claims from Connecticut to Montana, saying the sanctions bid misrepresents the facts and circumstances motivating them to join the litigation.
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Meet The Judges Hearing Trump Appeal On BigLaw EOs
When lawyers present arguments before the D.C. Circuit on Thursday over the Trump administration's 2025 executive orders targeting four law firms, they will be heard by a three-judge panel made up of two judges appointed by former President Barack Obama and one by President Donald Trump.
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NC Personal Injury Firm Blasts 'Baseless' Claims In DQ Bid
A personal injury law firm in North Carolina is rebutting allegations that it engaged in nefarious activity on the dark web to solicit plaintiffs for a data breach class action, saying it received the data legally from a cybersecurity consulting expert and should not be disqualified from the suit.
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Prosecutor's Office Must Face Suit Over Lost Vacation Time
A New Jersey appellate panel revived a lawsuit from a Sussex County Prosecutor's Office chief detective over deleted vacation days, finding factual disputes barred summary judgment after he said he canceled time off during a transition to a new county prosecutor based on assurances the leave could be carried over.
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11th Circ. Rejects Trump Rehearing In Clinton RICO Fight
The Eleventh Circuit will not reexamine the dismissal of President Donald Trump's racketeering lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, which claims the pair falsely accused Trump of colluding with Russia during his 2016 campaign.
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Barton Adds Rimon IP Atty With Leadership Experience In LA
Barton LLP has added a partner from Rimon PC in its Los Angeles office, bolstering the firm's intellectual property and commercial litigation capabilities.
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Gunster Adds 1st Employment Atty In Jacksonville Market
Florida business law firm Gunster has added a shareholder from McGuireWoods LLP to its Jacksonville office, the firm's first labor and employment attorney in that market.
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Texas Atty Must Pay $5M For Groping Opposing Counsel
A Texas state appellate court on Wednesday refused to disturb a $5 million jury verdict against a San Antonio lawyer for grabbing the buttocks of opposing counsel at the courthouse where they were arguing a family law proceeding in 2019.
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6th Circ. Says Kentucky Judicial Hopefuls May Tout Ideology
Kentucky judicial hopefuls are cleared to discuss their political leanings on the campaign trail, according to a precedential ruling by the Sixth Circuit, which permanently enjoined the state's Judicial Conduct Commission from pursuing an enforcement action against two candidates who described themselves as "conservatives" and "Republicans" amid the 2022 election season.
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Norris McLaughlin Grows In NJ With Commercial Litigator
Norris McLaughlin PA has added a litigator and outside general counsel focusing on representing midsize telecommunications and technology companies from Schumann Hanlon Margulies LLC in its Bridgewater, New Jersey, office this week.
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Seeger Weiss, Motley Rice Want $675M In Bayer Deal Fees
Plaintiffs attorneys with Seeger Weiss LLP, Motley Rice LLC, Ketchmark & McCreight PC, Holland Law Firm, Williams Hart Boundas LLP and Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel have asked for a fee award of $675 million for their work on the $7.25 billion Roundup settlement with Bayer AG, according to a petition.
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Law Student Can't Get School To Nix Kirk Comment Discipline
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said the court cannot force Texas Tech University's leaders to rescind a reprimand against a law student who allegedly celebrated following the death of Charlie Kirk, as the university has sovereign immunity.
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Could Calif. Fee-Sharing Ban Threaten ABS Model?
After dropping his suit challenging California’s ban on fee-sharing with nonattorney-owned firms like those formed under Arizona’s alternative business structure program, attorney Brent Wisner ditched the outside investors from his own ABS and formed a managed services organization instead — a shift he said could spell the end of the ABS experiment.
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Anti-ABA Trend May Cut Law School Costs, But With A Price
Some law schools may become more affordable, increasing the supply of attorneys, as a growing number of states nix the requirement that aspiring lawyers graduate from American Bar Association-accredited schools. But those new attorneys could be left with a patchwork system that limits where they can practice.
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Ga. Atty Seeks Judge's Recusal From Discrimination Suit
A lawyer said a Georgia federal judge should recuse herself because she has shown favor to the defendants through her decisions in a proposed class action alleging a pattern of racial discrimination in the attorney's State Bar of Georgia's discipline case.
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DOJ Says Pardon Atty's Ethics Case Belongs In Federal Court
A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to maintain jurisdiction over his ethics case, arguing the attorney watchdog misinterpreted precedent amid its "frontal, First Amendment-based attack on the investigative discretion" of the U.S. attorney's office.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Haynes Boone Insurance Pro
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a partner who previously was counsel at Haynes Boone to bolster its insurance recovery practice.
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Trump Gets Time For Justices To Review $83M Carroll Verdict
President Donald Trump can delay enforcement of the $83.3 million verdict for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals the Second Circuit's en banc refusal to rehear his appeal, as long as he puts up $7.5 million in interest that may accrue during Supreme Court proceedings, the panel said Monday.
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Mullen Coughlin Grows Philly-Area Office With Litigator
Mid-sized firm Mullen Coughlin LLC has expanded its office in the Philadelphia suburbs with a litigator specializing in liability matters who moved her practice after nearly 20 years with Cipriani & Werner PC.