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NY Judge Rejects Permanent Ban In Eletson Award Feud
A New York judge Wednesday declined to permanently bar former majority owners of Eletson Gas from attempting to exercise control over the company or interfering with new leadership, finding the request goes beyond the initial relief sought.
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Colo. Firm Accused Of Keeping Atty's Wages, Commissions
A Denver employment law firm has not paid a former lawyer with the firm all wages and commissions she is owed, the attorney alleged in Colorado state court.
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ADT Says Worker Can't 'Veto' Ogletree In Pregnancy Bias Suit
ADT urged a Georgia federal court Wednesday to uphold an order denying a bid by a former ADT worker's attorney to disqualify Ogletree from representing the security company in a pregnancy bias suit, saying she's essentially asking for "veto power" to knock out an opposing party's counsel.
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Why 'The Kentucky Hammer' Keeps Suing Its Former Lawyers
The personal injury firm Isaacs & Isaacs PSC, which broke into national prominence with a series of elaborate Super Bowl ads, has sued five of its former attorneys in the last three years, largely over what one former associate is calling a monopolistic employment agreement requiring departing lawyers to remit much of their future earnings back to the firm.
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Defense Boutique Opens Sports Practice With Ex-NHL Exec
New York boutique McGovern Weems is launching a sports practice with a former pro athlete and NHL executive at the helm.
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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line
An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."
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Winston Taylor Fills Leadership Roles In DC, Miami, Europe
Winston Taylor announced Wednesday that it made senior appointments across four major commercial centers around the globe.
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Google, Apple Call CEO Depo Bids 'Harassment' At 9th Circ.
Apple and Google urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject consumers' request to depose their respective CEOs, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, and other executives in antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines, arguing that the appeal is unwarranted and the repeated deposition demands are unjustified "harassment."
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Seward & Kissel Accused Of 'Sham' Privilege Claim In NJ Suit
The estranged wife of the billionaire founder of hedge fund Two Sigma Investments is asking a New Jersey state court to rule that Seward & Kissel LLP cannot use attorney-client privilege with her husband to avoid producing discovery documents, accusing the firm of a fraud on the court.
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Yetter Coleman Matches Milbank Pay, Hikes Clerkship Bonus
Two more litigation boutiques are the latest firms to adopt the Milbank LLP base pay scale for associates, with Yetter Coleman LLP in Houston sweetening the pot by raising its judicial clerkship bonus to $145,000.
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Dykema Adds Privacy Pro In San Antonio From Quadrant Law
Dykema Gossett PLLC has fortified its corporate finance and data privacy and cybersecurity practice groups in Texas with a San Antonio-based senior counsel who came aboard from Quadrant Law Group LLP.
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Ga. Judge's Scandal Casts Spotlight On Inattention To Clerks
A Georgia federal judge disciplined for having sex in her chambers has also drawn scrutiny for not fully supervising her clerks — a failure that can weaken mentorship opportunities and further deteriorate the relationship between judges and clerks, say some scholars.
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Justices Told Jules Upends 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling
Litigation funder Burford Capital told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that the justices' decision this year finding federal courts that have sent a dispute to arbitration retain jurisdiction in subsequent enforcement proceedings was enough to warrant undoing a Third Circuit decision the company called erroneous.
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Dunn Isaacson Rhee Matches Milbank Pay For Associates
Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP is the latest firm to match the pay scale for associates set earlier this month by Milbank LLP, with salaries at the boutique set to increase by $10,000 to $20,000 next month.
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Academic Group Fights Feds' Bid For Lawsuit Funding Info
The Association of American Universities told a Massachusetts federal court on Monday it should not be required to open its books to prove it's eligible to recover attorney fees for successfully defeating the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' caps on indirect research costs last year.
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Consumers Call Google Search Damages 'Palpably Obvious'
Consumers want a California federal judge to preserve their antitrust claims accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they don't yet need to articulate damages each has borne because it's "impossible" for them not to have been harmed.
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Ex-Reed Smith Atty Seeks Appellate Review Of Bias Damages
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination urged a state appeals court Tuesday to grant her bid to appeal a ruling on her available damages, arguing that the appeal is necessary to clarify a prior appellate decision.
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Gets New Look At $700K Award In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a request from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry to review lower court rulings that left the firm on the hook for $700,000 in a breach of contract dispute with a cost-cutting consultant, which the firm claims should have received no more than $40,000.
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Former Entertainment Biz Exec Joins Signature Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution firm Signature Resolution has picked up a Los Angeles-based former entertainment industry executive with experience at NBCUniversal and Miramax as a mediator.
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Chiesa Shahinian Taps NJ Atty To Help Lead Litigation Group
A member for nearly four years at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC with a broad practice in a range of civil litigation is moving up to co-lead the firm's litigation group, the firm has announced.
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Ga. Personal Injury Firm Strikes Deal With PE-Backed MSO
Private equity firm Uplift Investors LP and its associated management services organization announced Tuesday they have reached a deal with a Georgia personal injury law firm, the third such contract the MSO has announced this year.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Adds Antitrust Atty From Weil In DC
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has grown its antitrust offerings in the nation's capital with the addition of a Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorney.
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Mayer Brown Taps Trial Atty For Practice Leadership
Mayer Brown LLP announced on Monday that it has appointed an attorney it hired last September to lead its mass torts, product liability & environmental law practice.
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Fish & Richardson Hires Ex-Samsung IP Leader In DC
Fish & Richardson PC has hired the former principal lead counsel of Samsung Electronics' intellectual property legal team, who spent more than 16 years with the company helping oversee its patent litigation and global licensing strategy, the firm announced Monday.
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These Firms Secured The Most Damages In The Last 3 Years
Government lawyers had a strong success rate in federal courts over the last three years, but intellectual property litigation saw certain firms secure damage awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars for clients, according to Lex Machina's Law Firms Activity Report 2026 released on Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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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.