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Simpson Thacher Put Co. Out Of Business, Fla. Jury Told
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP put an insurance services company out of business with a poorly constructed private securities offering, the company's founder told a Florida state jury Wednesday in opening arguments for trial in his suit alleging the law firm owes him more than $100 million.
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Successor's Appointment Was Late, Retired Fla. Judge Says
A recently retired Florida state judge told the Florida Supreme Court that his challenge of Gov. Ron DeSantis' failure to appoint someone to succeed him is moot since the governor had filled the vacancy, but argued that the appointment had an illegal delay of 25 days.
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Ga. Prosecutor Disciplinary Panel Escapes Challenge
A Georgia state judge has handed an early win to the state of Georgia, finding that a trio of district attorneys' legal challenge of a prosecutor disciplinary panel can't move forward.
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Philly Atty Reinstated After One Year Of 3-Year Suspension
A Philadelphia attorney in the middle of a fee dispute with his former firm, Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan LLP, can practice in Pennsylvania again after the state Supreme Court reinstated his license following one year of a three-year suspension.
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WilmerHale Hit With Class Action Over Cyberattack
WilmerHale has been hit with a putative class action over a May data breach that claims "thousands" or "millions" of clients' "highly sensitive" information was compromised due to the firm's alleged negligence.
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Sports Bar Calls Ex-Manager's $431K Atty Fee Bid Gratuitous
A North Carolina sports bar urged a federal court to slash a former manager's bid for nearly $431,000 in attorney fees following her jury win on a claim that the restaurant's owner sexually harassed her, arguing the worker inflated the total with unnecessary costs and lofty rates.
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Harwood Lloyd Must Face DQ Bid Over Hiring Ex-NJ Judge
A New Jersey state appellate court on Wednesday revived a bid to disqualify Harwood Lloyd LLP from a probate matter based on how a retired judge awarded fees to a firm attorney before joining the firm himself.
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Goodwin Adds MoFo Antitrust Pro In San Francisco
Goodwin Procter LLP has expanded its antitrust capabilities in California with the addition of an attorney from Morrison Foerster LLP, the firm said Wednesday.
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Apple Allowed To Question Withdrawing Hagens ICloud Client
A California federal judge has allowed Apple to impose conditions on the withdrawal of a Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP client as a named plaintiff from an iCloud antitrust case, concluding that the consumer's information could be "relevant to spoliation sanctions" or Hagens Berman's adequacy as class counsel.
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Ex-CFPB Enforcers Launch Consumer, Civil Rights Firm
Three former enforcement leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have launched their own law firm focused on consumer, tenant, worker and civil rights, with plans to represent advocacy organizations and state attorneys general, among others, in the area of public interest.
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Sills Cummis Can't Shake Ex-Client's Fees Suit
Sills Cummis & Gross PC has lost its bid to recoup nearly $345,000 from a former client suing the firm over excessive legal fees, according to a court order.
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Ex-FIFA Litigators Leave Paul Weiss For Linklaters In NY
Linklaters LLP has added two litigators previously with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as partners in its New York office, with one of the attorneys set to head Linklaters' sports practice, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ga. Judge Says Jury Must Hear Court Admin Retaliation Row
A Georgia federal magistrate judge has recommended that a jury hear a whistleblower suit against the city of East Point, finding that neither the former municipal court administrator nor the city should be handed an early win.
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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight
A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.
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Saltz Mongeluzzi Escapes Most Of Ex-Employee's Bias Claims
Philadelphia injury firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky escaped most of the claims in an ex-employee's discrimination suit alleging her former colleagues made inappropriate racial and sexual comments, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling that all but one of her claims lacked a common link.
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Pa. Law Firm Defends 'Sham' Counterclaims In Uber RICO Suit
Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC is defending its counterclaims against Uber and FedEx, arguing in Pennsylvania federal court that the rideshare and delivery companies contradicted their arguments regarding the validity of sham litigation claims in non-antitrust cases.
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Litigation Funder Can Keep Award Under Pre-Injury Case Deal
A litigation funder can keep a $166,000 award from settlement proceeds in a personal injury case, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled Tuesday, finding the business was entitled to the payout after having covered the funding recipient's medical care.
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BakerHostetler Flips Holland & Knight's Antitrust Co-Lead
An attorney with nearly 25 years of experience in commercial and antitrust litigation has moved his practice to BakerHostetler's Philadelphia office after five years with Holland & Knight LLP.
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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam
The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.
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DOJ Tax Leader Joins Baker McKenzie's DC Team
The former assistant director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Litigation Branch has moved her practice to Baker McKenzie's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Monday.
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Judge Newman Won't Reopen High Court Suspension Battle
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider her bid to save a suit against her fellow judges for suspending her from the bench over her refusal to undergo medical tests.
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Bombardier Sued Over Flight That Killed Ex-White House Atty
Bombardier Inc. and a private chartered flight company were sued in Massachusetts state court Monday by the widower of a prominent Washington, D.C., lawyer who was fatally injured aboard a business jet when it shook violently midair.
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Jackson Walker Settlements Over Judge Romance Get Greenlit
A Texas bankruptcy judge has recommended approval of nine settlements regarding legal fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP connected to a former firm partner's romantic relationship with a then-bankruptcy judge, with the firm agreeing to pay $4.79 million in total, including $1.4 million to the estate of J.C. Penney.
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Javerbaum Wurgaft Beats Challenge To Defamation Suit Win
New Jersey law firms posting about their cases and achievements are protected by the state's anti-SLAPP law, the state's Appellate Division ruled Monday in backing the dismissal of Holtec International's suit against Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins PC over a blog post about the firm's representation of a former Holtec executive.
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Pa. DA Says Interview Questions Job-Related, Not Biased
Neither race nor age was a factor in how a Philadelphia-area county district attorney's office interviewed a candidate for prosecutor positions, according to a motion to dismiss a discrimination complaint filed recently in federal court.
Expert Analysis
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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.