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McCarter Atty Didn't Bungle $20M NY Deals, Conn. Court Told
McCarter & English LLP and a onetime partner did not commit legal malpractice when representing the lenders in $20 million worth of loan deals that fell apart when the borrower defaulted and a municipal obligor refused to pay, a defense expert told a Connecticut state court on Thursday.
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Attys Win $2.5M Fee Award After $63K Native Bias Verdict
A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.
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MSN, Daily Mail Say Atty's Vacation Photos Suit Lacks Pa. Ties
Counsel for British tabloid The Daily Mail and the Microsoft Network asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday to dismiss a lawyer's privacy lawsuit over publication of his vacation photos, arguing that the pictures were public and that his lawsuit had nothing substantial tying it to the Keystone State.
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RICO Defendant Says Claims Target Protected Activity
An attorney named in a business owner's sprawling racketeering suit against his former business partner and numerous alleged co-conspirators has asked a California federal judge to throw out the claims, arguing the lawyer's actions were protected litigation activity and that the business owner lacks standing to sue.
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Texas Tech Accused Of Censorship In Curriculum Policies
Texas Tech University's chancellor and board have been hit with a federal lawsuit alleging their policies on course content amount to an "extraordinary system of censorship," including by barring law students from receiving factual information about race related to the U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision.
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Meet The Attys Arguing EB-5 Biz Damages Fight In Delaware
Weir LLP and Prickett Jones & Elliott PA attorneys with experience handling corporate and shareholder disputes involving companies such as Insys Therapeutics and Tesla are set to bring before Delaware's justices next week a damages fight stemming from a case involving ownership interests in a venture focused on investment opportunities for foreign nationals.
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Freeman Mathis Grows In Midwest With Litigation Firm Combo
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP has expanded into the Kansas and Missouri markets following a combination with regional firm Franke Schultz & Mullen PC, the firm announced this week.
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Arizona Atty Faces Possible Sanctions Over Bogus Quotes
An Arizona federal judge is mulling fee sanctions against an attorney found to have included erroneous quotations in a brief she filed in her client's employment discrimination case, amid what he called her history of "improper litigation conduct" in the pending matter and previous cases.
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Indeed Drops $1.2M HQ Lawsuit After Counsel Conflict Claim
Indeed has dropped a federal lawsuit over what it described as at least $1.2 million in fire code compliance and renovation problems with its new Connecticut co-headquarters building after its landlord said it had previously been advised by McCarter & English, the same firm representing Indeed.
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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave
A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.
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Levona Pans Greenberg Traurig, Reed Smith Privilege Claims
Levona Holdings has urged a New York federal judge to order Reed Smith LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP to turn over privilege logs in discovery related to the company's motion for sanctions, saying there are "reasons to doubt" the firms' privilege claims.
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Offit Kurman Adds Gordon Rees' Delaware Office Leader
Offit Kurman has added the former leader of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP's Delaware office to bolster its capacity to advise clients in various types of corporate disputes, including those involving poultry companies.
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Haber Law Adds Litigator From Kasowitz In Miami
A longtime attorney for Kasowitz LLP with experience in high-stakes litigation has brought her practice to Haber Law in Miami.
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Amazon Ordered To Give FTC Docs It Claimed Were Privileged
A Washington federal judge ordered Amazon to give the Federal Trade Commission several documents sought in the agency's antitrust case and said a "re-review" of the online retailer's discovery is needed to ensure the company "does not continue to withhold documents based on an improper application of the attorney-client privilege."
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Del. Judge Recuses Herself From Apollo $570M Payout Suit
The Delaware vice chancellor presiding over litigation regarding a $570 million payout to Apollo Global Management Inc. insiders has disqualified herself from the case after a possible conflict of interest arose due to her former role as an attorney with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, which was involved in a merger with ties to the payout.
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Trump's $5M Loss Ordered To Be Paid Out To E. Jean Carroll
It's time for President Donald Trump to pay a $5 million jury verdict finding he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room, a New York federal judge ruled on Wednesday, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case.
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Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San Diego
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Wednesday a longtime federal prosecutor and former executive counsel at energy equipment company GE Vernova has joined the firm's San Diego office as a partner.
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Ohio Fuels Litigation Funding Debate As Foreign Ban Is Enacted
Ohio has enacted a sweeping law that bans all foreign litigation funders from doing business in the Buckeye State, drawing praise from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and outrage from the litigation finance industry.
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Ga. Watchdog Seeks Dismissal Of Judicial Candidates' Suit
Georgia's judicial ethics commission has asked a federal judge to dismiss a suit filed by two unsuccessful state Supreme Court justice candidates, arguing that an Eleventh Circuit decision allowing it to release public statements accusing them of possible ethical violations can't be undone.
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ABA Seeks Trump Docs In Suit Alleging Law Firm Intimidation
The Trump administration cannot rely on the presidential communications privilege to block disclosure of communications related to allegations that the president sought to intimidate BigLaw firms into conforming with his policy initiatives, the American Bar Association told a D.C. federal judge.
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Ga. Judge Rejects UPS Plaintiff's Bid To Force Recusal
A Georgia federal judge reportedly disciplined for having sexual intercourse in her chambers and attending a political event has opted not to recuse herself in the case of a former UPS employee in his dismissed racial discrimination lawsuit.
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Day Pitney Can't Be Cut Off From New Counsel, Client Says
A former Connecticut chief justice's ethics gaffe cannot preclude fellow lawyers at Day Pitney LLP from communicating with new counsel for John B. Clinton, a private equity management firm owner locked in a 13-year-old, $1.3 million corporate windup lawsuit, Clinton has urged a Connecticut state court judge to conclude.
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Fla. Law Firm Must Pay Defense Costs In Loan Dispute
A law firm is on the hook for the defense costs of another firm that was sued by a litigation funder for allegedly failing to pay a loan, a Florida state court judge said, citing a previous joint venture agreement requiring indemnification for legal expenses.
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Morgan & Morgan Malpractice Fight Won't Get Another Review
The Georgia Court of Appeals has rejected Morgan & Morgan PA's bid to challenge a trial court ruling denying the firm's summary judgment motion in a legal malpractice case brought against it by clients seeking representation in a personal injury action.
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Ex-Judge, Sheriff Ruled Immune From Ga. Wrongful Arrest Suit
A Georgia federal judge has dismissed a civil rights suit over an alleged wrongful arrest against former Fulton County Superior Court judge, a sheriff and Fulton County, finding that the judge's and others' conduct is protected under immunity as representatives of the judicial and the state.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.