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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told
A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.
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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job
DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.
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Ex-Players Seek $4M In Legal Fees In NFL Race-Norming Fight
Ex-NFL players who settled a suit over racially discriminatory assessments made by the league's disability and retirement plans are asking a Maryland federal judge for over $4 million in legal fees.
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Jackson Lewis Names New Employment Litigation Co-Leaders
Jackson Lewis PC announced the elevation of two office managers and longtime firm attorneys to co-leaders of the employment litigation group this week.
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FisherBroyles Adds Taylor Duma, Goodwin Attys To IP Team
FisherBroyles LLP has brought on a Taylor Duma LLP partner and a Goodwin Procter LLP attorney in Atlanta and Boston, respectively, strengthening the firm's intellectual property practice with attorneys who have experience in patent strategy, portfolio development, trademark protection and IP litigation.
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Quinn Emanuel AI Litigation Pioneer Launches NYC Boutique
The founder of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's artificial intelligence and data analytics litigation group who built a career on bet-the-company disputes has launched his own New York City boutique.
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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct
Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.
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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit
A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.
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Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed
A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.
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Trump, DOJ Sued For Firing Court-Appointed Seattle US Atty
Roger Rogoff, a former Washington state judge who was sworn in as Seattle's new U.S. attorney last week and then swiftly fired by the Trump administration, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice, saying their "attempt to fire him cannot stand."
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Warner Bros., HBO Win $105K Atty Fees For 'FBoy' IP Defense
A New York federal judge Monday awarded HBO and others more than $105,000 in attorney fees and costs after finding the reality TV show "FBoy Island" and documentary "Fake Famous" are not substantially similar to a reality show idea shopped around by a producer.
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7th Circ. Told To Keep Judge's MAGA Firing Fight In Fed. Court
A retired judge looking to hold the Illinois Supreme Court liable for canceling his temporary reinstatement over a pro-MAGA opinion column told the Seventh Circuit Monday that his case belongs in federal court, saying he has no unbiased state court forum because his claims "would inevitably reach defendants themselves."
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Atty Immunity Should Cut Firm From Fee Suit, Judge Says
A Texas federal judge has recommended letting California law firm Bartko Pavia out of a lawsuit brought by litigation boutique Williams Simons & Landis PC over alleged unpaid legal fees, saying attorney immunity shields the California firm.
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Sidley Conflicted In Genesis Adversary Suit, Investor Says
A Genesis Healthcare shareholder accused of manipulating the company into a deal that cost it $50 million has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to disqualify Sidley Austin LLP from representing Genesis in an adversary lawsuit, alleging the law firm advised the nursing home operator on a transaction connected to the suit.
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Imaging Co. Faces Consolidated Data Breach Cases In NC
A North Carolina federal judge consolidated three proposed class actions against diagnostic imaging provider Lumexa Imaging Inc. over an alleged patient data breach earlier this year, tapping attorneys from Kopelowitz Ostrow PA and Milberg PLLC to serve as interim co-lead counsel.
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Pa. Justices Reverse Joint Fee Liability For Custody Atty
An attorney representing a mother in a contentious child custody dispute does not owe the father and his attorney more than $10,000 in fees, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, finding the Superior Court misapplied a previous opinion.
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NJ's First Solicitor General Stepping Down In September
New Jersey's first-ever solicitor general, Jeremy Feigenbaum, is stepping down in September after having represented the Garden State in a number of high-profile cases, including a series of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, the state attorney general's office announced Tuesday.
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Reed Smith Loses Bid To Pause Ex-Worker's Gender Bias Suit
A New Jersey judge on Tuesday rejected Reed Smith LLP's motion to pause discovery in a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee, finding that the firm had not proved irreparable harm if the case advanced while an interlocutory appeal on the scope of damages proceeds.
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Defaults Didn't Deny Users Ad-Free Search, Google Says
Google again is pushing a California federal judge to toss consumer antitrust claims accusing it of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they still haven't shown harm, and thus standing to sue, from the contracts making it the default search engine.
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Simpson Thacher Caused 'Chaos' With Deal, Jury Hears
The former chief financial officer of Patriot National Inc. testified to a Florida jury on Tuesday that "chaos" broke loose as funds that Simpson Thacher helped steward for the insurance services company hit public markets and executives found out that its terms differed from their understanding of them.
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Hospitals Say Saul Ewing Atty's Board Role Taints FCA Suit
A Saul Ewing LLP attorney should be disqualified from leading a whistleblower suit over a nurse's alleged diversion of prescription narcotics, as the former Heritage Valley Health System in western Pennsylvania said he was previously a member of its board of directors.
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Ex-Justice Screened From Vik's $65M Deutsche Bank Suit
Former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson has been screened from participating in billionaire Alexander Vik and his daughter's vexatious litigation and $65 million stock sale turnover lawsuit against Deutsche Bank, according to the financial institution's lawyers at Day Pitney LLP.
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Ex-BigLaw C-Suite Exec Helps Launch Law Firm MSO Practice
A former C-suite executive with Clifford Chance and Baker McKenzie is teaming up with tech-enabled managed services provider Opensity to launch a new law firm managed services organization practice.
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Cybersecurity Atty Joins Constangy Brooks From Perkins Coie
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP announced Monday that an experienced cybersecurity and data privacy attorney has joined the firm's Orange County, California, office as a partner from Perkins Coie LLP.
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Judge Wary Of Philly Firm's Uber, FedEx Antitrust Claims
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday appeared doubtful that Uber and FedEx engaged in anticompetitive conduct when they accused Philadelphia injury firm Simon & Simon of a medical records falsification scheme meant to boost injury claims, pointing out during a hearing that the companies and the firm operated different types of businesses.
Expert Analysis
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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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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.