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Trump Dodging Deposition In Defamation Suit, BBC Says
The BBC asked a Florida federal court to convene a hearing on whether President Donald Trump should be forced to sit for a deposition, saying he's not following through with obligations in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster over a documentary on the January 2021 U.S. Capitol attack.
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Harvey And Legora Debut Rival 'Intake' Tools On Same Day
Legal artificial intelligence companies Harvey and Legora both announced Wednesday two separate products named Intake for use by in-house legal teams.
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Baker Botts Atty Seeks $3.4M In Fees After Defamation Suit
A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.
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Ethics Scandals Causing 'Paralysis' At NH Supreme Court
Multiple ethical missteps have led to the chief justice's resignation and criminal and ethics charges against a retired justice, and they're starting to interfere with the court's ability to do its job, according to New Hampshire attorneys and politicians.
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Sidley Hires Treasury Official As Litigation Partner In DC
Sidley Austin LLP has hired a former U.S. Department of the Treasury official who has more than a decade of federal government experience with agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Feds Fight Top Court Review Of Ex-Defender's Sex Bias Suit
The federal judiciary has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a former assistant public defender's petition challenging its internal complaint process for workplace sex harassment, arguing the questions she presented weren't properly preserved in the lower courts.
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Fox Rothschild Beats Daycare's Malicious Prosecution Suit
A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.
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Ogletree Adds 8 Labor, Employment Attys From Fisher Phillips
Management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins LLP said Wednesday it has hired eight attorneys from Fisher Phillips.
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Sorrels Law Adds Pair Of Texas Litigators From Solo Firms
Sorrels Law has added a pair of partners in Houston who joined from solo litigation practices.
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Sibling Attys Fighting Over $1.1M Comp Want Suit In NY
Two sibling attorneys have agreed to send to the Eastern District of New York their New Jersey federal lawsuit that accuses one of failing to properly compensate the other about $1.1 million, according to a joint filing.
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Trade Court Spares Attys Sanctions Over 'Outlandish' Errors
A U.S. Court of International Trade judge said Wednesday that he won't hit a trio of attorneys with sanctions after they convinced him their "outlandish" errors were editing mistakes, not artificial intelligence hallucinations, chastising them for overall "sloppiness" in their brief.
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Skadden Adds 5 DLA Piper Mass Torts Attys To Chicago Office
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP continues to grow its mass torts and products liability litigation offerings in its Chicago office with the addition of five veteran litigators from DLA Piper, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Pa. Firm Can't Toss Uber's RICO Claims Over Insurer Payouts
A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed Uber to pursue Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims alleging a Philadelphia personal injury firm schemed with healthcare providers to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims involving Uber and FedEx drivers, saying Uber doesn't lose standing just because its insurer paid its legal fees in underlying litigation.
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Financialright Seeks To Revive Burford Arbitration Fight
German entity Financialright Claims GmbH has urged a Delaware federal judge to reopen its lawsuit against a Burford Capital affiliate over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration agreement, arguing that an arbitral tribunal has now determined that the court has the authority to decide the dispute.
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Conn. Atty Sues Ga. Firm Over Fees From Sig Sauer Suit
An attorney who has been helping clients sue Sig Sauer Inc. for years over pistols that allegedly discharge without a trigger pull is suing a Georgia firm that he says recruited him for one such case, saying he was removed from the case and is likely to be cut out of his share of attorney fees.
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Ex-AmTrust Atty Says Insurer Targeted Older Employees
A former staff attorney for AmTrust Financial Services Inc. is suing his former employer in New Jersey state court, alleging that his firing was the result of a deliberate, yearslong campaign to purge the litigation department of older attorneys.
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11th Circ. Urged To Keep Atty On The Hook For Defense Costs
A lawyer who said a fellow attorney targeted her with a frivolous lawsuit asked the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a sanctions award, arguing that a district court was right to conclude that the suit was baseless and defense costs should be shifted to the plaintiff.
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Troutman Grows Life Sciences Litigation Group In Philly, NY
A pair of attorneys specializing in healthcare and life sciences litigation recently moved their practices to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP's offices in Philadelphia and New York City.
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Stoel Rives Extends Managing Partner's Term Through 2029
Stoel Rives has voted to retain its current managing partner through the end of 2029, extending her four-year term to six years, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Reddit Fights Proskauer's 'Hot Potato' AI Client Bid In IP Suit
Reddit Inc. has urged a New York federal judge to block its former law firm Proskauer Rose from defending Perplexity AI in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping used to train artificial intelligence models, arguing the firm can't represent Perplexity after dropping Reddit as a client like a "hot potato."
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CEO Says Ex-NJ AG Not Immune In Failed RICO Case Suit
The CEO of an affordable housing developer indicted in a now-dismissed racketeering case against South Jersey power broker George Norcross has pushed back against former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's bid to toss the executive's malicious prosecution suit, asserting the prosecutors are not entitled to immunity protections.
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Thompson Coburn Hires Ex-Prosecutor From Tyson & Mendes
Thompson Coburn LLP has added a longtime prosecutor from Tyson & Mendes, where she managed the New York and Connecticut offices, as a partner in its New York office.
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Nelson Mullins Sued In SC Over October Data Breach
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has been hit with a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court over a data breach that took place in early October.
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Cozen Says Rival Weaponized Florida Mediation Law
Cozen O'Connor urged a Florida appeals court Tuesday to reverse a judgment in favor of Mintz Truppman PA in a long-running dispute over an alleged breach of mediation confidentiality, calling the rival firm's suit an "unprecedented attempt to weaponize the Mediation Confidentiality Act."
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Tyson & Mendes Opens Austin Office, Adds 3 Chartwell Attys
National insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes has opened a new Texas office in Austin, its fifth in the state, with a veteran partner at the helm and three new hires who came aboard from Chartwell Law Offices LLP.
Expert Analysis
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.