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Texas Law Firm, Atty Reach Tentative Deal In Age Bias Suit
An attorney who sued a Houston-based law firm alleging she was fired in retaliation for having complained about age discrimination has reached "a tentative agreement" to resolve the matter, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.
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Beverly Hills Law Firm Heads East With NYC Office
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP has expanded beyond its Beverly Hills roots for the first time in its 70-year history to New York City, with a Rosenberg & Estis PC litigator set to lead its new location.
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Chartwell Adds Insurance Pro From Texas In-House Role
Chartwell Law Offices LLP has fortified its national insurance defense practice with a partner in Dallas who came aboard from an in-house position at Tokio Marine Group.
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Delaware Judge Accepts $5.89B Bid For Control Of Citgo
A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday approved a $5.892 billion bid from hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP to purchase shares in Citgo's parent company and satisfy billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt, moving a step closer to ending the long-delayed sale.
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DOL Seeks To End 5th Circ. Fiduciary Rule Battle
The U.S. Department of Labor asked the Fifth Circuit to dismiss two appeals defending a package of Biden-era investment advice regulations that had expanded the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which two Texas courts had blocked in 2024.
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Atty Error Led To $400K Death Settlement, Insurer Tells Court
An insurer for several companies managing a South Carolina apartment complex was forced to settle a wrongful death suit after an attorney failed to meet filing deadlines and defaulted, it told a federal court, saying the attorney is on the hook for the $400,000 settlement and legal fees.
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Calif. Personal Injury Law Firm Sued Over Ransomware Attack
A former Adamson Ahdoot LLP client lodged a proposed class action in California state court on Friday over a Nov. 3 ransomware attack, alleging the law firm failed to protect his personal information despite touting on its website that it follows industry standards to do so.
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JAMS Expands Footprint In Atlanta With Modern Office
Alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS has relocated its Atlanta office to a larger 9,963-square-foot space in the city after seeing more in-person proceedings than virtual ones this year.
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Meet The Attys In Ex-Penn State Trustee's Defamation Fight
A Philadelphia trial attorney who once shared a practice with a current member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is squaring off against a pair of BigLaw veterans in a defamation case an ex-Penn State University trustee recently lodged against the school.
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Treasury Beats NJ Law Firm's Suit Over Access To Tax Return
A federal judge in New Jersey on Monday dismissed a law firm's suit against the U.S. Treasury over unauthorized access to its tax returns, saying that Zemel Law LLC's complaint against the government includes only a "barebone assertion" and lacks the detail necessary to properly claim wrongful disclosure.
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Texas Attys On 'A Mission' In Suing Camp Over Flood Deaths
For the plaintiffs attorneys representing families of girls killed in the July 4 flooding in Texas' Hill Country, the cases represent a "mission" to hold Camp Mystic accountable after a tragedy that hit close to home.
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Workers' Comp Firm Gilson Daub Expands Into South Dakota
Gilson Daub LLP has announced the firm has launched a practice dedicated to South Dakota-focused matters in what it says is a continuation of its strategic growth across the Midwest.
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Benesch Adds Keker IP Litigator In San Francisco
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced Monday that it has added an intellectual property attorney from Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP to enhance its capacity to handle patent, copyright and trade secret matters.
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UC Law SF Fights Bid To Recuse Judge In Disability Bias Suit
The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco is pushing back against a bid to recuse U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen from presiding over a onetime student's disability discrimination lawsuit in California federal court, arguing that the judge's "minimal ties" to the school do not warrant recusal.
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Stone Hilton Fights Ex-Aide's Bid To Toss FLSA Defense
A former Stone Hilton PLLC executive assistant's bid to toss the firm's defense in her sexual harassment and unpaid wage suit that she is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act was three weeks late, the firm and its founders have told a Texas court.
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MVP: Irell's Jason Sheasby And Lisa Glasser
Lisa Glasser and Jason Sheasby of Irell & Manella LLP have built up a winning track record advocating for clients in intellectual property trials together, including for cases over the past year against Samsung and Anker, earning them recognition as the 2025 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill
Matthew Brill, global chair of the connectivity, privacy and information practice at Latham & Watkins LLP, helped steer this year's $34.5 billion Charter and Cox tie-up and joined with other firms to defeat net neutrality rules, making him one of the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
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Texas Camp's Attys Focus On 'Facts' In Flooding Death Suits
After facing off against each other in other matters and trying a case together, two veteran Lone Star State litigators have teamed up to defend Camp Mystic against wrongful death lawsuits from parents of girls killed in July 4 flooding in Texas' Hill Country.
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Google Calls Rumble's Recusal Bid Irrelevant To Its Appeal
Google is urging the Ninth Circuit to disregard concerns Rumble has raised about the trial judge's relationship with the tech giant's litigation vice president, saying Friday that the information is irrelevant to the YouTube rival's appeal of the court's ruling that its antitrust lawsuit was filed too late.
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Gordon Rees Hires Commercial Litigator In Alexandria
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has hired a litigator in Alexandria, Virginia, who joined the firm after almost 13 years with Smith Gambrell & Russell, to work with its commercial litigation and antitrust practices, the firm recently announced.
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8th Circ. Won't Force Judge's Recusal In Pork Price-Fixing Case
The Eighth Circuit has denied a mandamus petition from Agri Stats Inc. and major pork producers who are seeking a Minnesota federal judge's recusal in price-fixing litigation based on a law clerk's previous work on a related case.
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Google Calls Rumble's Judge Recusal Bid 'Cynical Maneuver'
Google argued Friday that a California federal judge need not recuse himself from YouTube rival Rumble's antitrust suit despite his friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief, saying Rumble's push for the recusal was a "cynical maneuver" for its Ninth Circuit appeal of a summary judgment loss.
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Worker Says Morgan & Morgan Fired Her Over Fraud Concern
Injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA fired a case manager after she voiced a concern about fraudulent client hospital records she said the firm gave to opposing counsel to snag more favorable settlements and failed to pay overtime, according to a suit in California state court.
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Tort Report: Ga. Injury Suits Surge Ahead Of Tort Reform
Word of a big surge in Georgia injury lawsuits ahead of tort reform legislation and a $66 million Atlanta nightclub shooting judgment lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.
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Firm Wants Lender's Attys To Bear Blame In $16.2M Loan Suit
Willinger Willinger & Bucci PLLC is responsible for any damages suffered by a New York lender that relied on falsified documents to approve a $16.2 million loan to the development arm of a Connecticut housing authority, Pullman & Comley LLC said in seeking to shift the blame away from itself.
Expert Analysis
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.