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NC Panel Revives Biotech Co.'s Legal Malpractice Case
A divided North Carolina appellate panel on Wednesday partially revived a biotech company's case accusing its former counsel of botching its defense in a $26 million defamation suit, finding the refiled complaint is not barred by the state's four-year statute of repose on legal malpractice claims.
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Lack Of Notice Bars Miami Real Estate Fraud Suit, Court Told
The city of Miami told a Florida appellate panel Wednesday that a resident's lawsuit alleging a real estate fraud conspiracy by city officials should be dismissed as untimely, saying the complaint was brought more than two years past the deadline for a required pre-suit notice under the Sunshine State's sovereign immunity law.
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Segal McCambridge Adds 36 Attys In Calif. Firm Tie-Up
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. continues its expansion on the West Coast, announcing it has added 36 attorneys by combining with Los Angeles-based Chapman Glucksman PC.
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Former TransDigm GC Launches Retaliatory Firing Suit
The former general counsel of TransDigm Group Inc., an aerospace parts manufacturer, has filed a complaint in Ohio state court alleging she was terminated in retaliation for reporting two instances of sexual harassment and antitrust compliance concerns.
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Eastburn & Gray Absorbs Philly-Area Litigation Firm
Regional firm Eastburn & Gray PC has boosted its commercial litigation team in its offices in the Philadelphia suburbs with the recent addition of four attorneys from the McShea Law Firm, which closed after nearly 30 years in operation.
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Covington IP Atty Joins WilmerHale In San Francisco
WilmerHale announced Wednesday that an experienced intellectual property attorney has joined the firm's San Francisco office after nearly 15 years at Covington & Burling LLP.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-Asst. To The Solicitor General
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former assistant to the solicitor general whose wealth of appellate experience includes six arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Chatbot Or Not, Ind. Judge Urges Sanction For Bad Citation
An Indiana federal judge has recommended sanctioning an attorney representing a woman in an employment discrimination suit against a county court's juvenile detention center after the lawyer included faulty citations in a discovery brief, regardless of how the citations got there.
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Litigation Boutique Dynamis Adds Former Prosecutor In Miami
The former deputy criminal chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida joined Dynamis LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation.
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Mayer Brown Lands Justice Department Appellate Pro In DC
Mayer Brown LLP has bolstered its Supreme Court and appellate practice in Washington, D.C., with a partner who joined following more than a decade at the Department of Justice, where he most recently was a Civil Division appellate attorney.
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Indivior Attorney Rejoins McGuireWoods In Virginia
A former associate general counsel for global pharmaceutical company Indivior Inc. has returned to private practice at her former firm, McGuireWoods LLP.
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Stoel Rives Gets Pot Co. Fraud Case Sent To Arbitration
A California federal judge has sent a nonalcoholic cannabis beer company's claims alleging it was duped by Stoel Rives LLP and its clients into spending $2.2 million on an illicit business to arbitration, saying it can't escape a valid arbitration clause by refusing to participate.
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Wright Close Elevates Former Texas Justice To Name Partner
Lone Star State trial and appellate boutique Wright Close & Barger LLP announced Wednesday that it is changing the firm's name to Wright Close Barger & Guzman, highlighting the contributions of former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman.
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More K&L Gates Attys Jump To Arnold & Porter In LA, Seattle
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP continues to grow its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday two more longtime K&L Gates LLP attorneys have joined as partners — a labor and employment expert in Seattle and a business litigation pro in Los Angeles.
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Lowenstein Sandler Fights To Keep Fee Battle With Firm Alive
Lowenstein Sandler LLP urged a New Jersey state court to reject a bid seeking to trim its lawsuit against Trif & Modugno LLC in a legal battle over allegedly unpaid legal services rendered to a cannabis dispensary, saying its claims against the firm are over dishonest business practices and not legal malpractice.
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Girardi Co-Attys Can't Revive Elder Abuse, Fiduciary Claims
A California state appeals court has found that claims of financial elder abuse and aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty brought by two of Tom Girardi's co-counsel against his son-in-law were correctly dismissed, as was an aiding and abetting claim against a company run by Girardi's estranged wife.
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Colo. Lawyer Suspended For Ignoring Court Orders
A Colorado family law attorney has received a 60-day suspension and two years' probation from state Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large after numerous claims of misconduct, including that she refused to respond to the court in a paralegal's lawsuit against her and her firm.
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Longtime Frankfurt Kurnit Litigator Joins Proskauer In NY
Proskauer Rose LLP continues expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC commercial litigator as a partner in its New York office.
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3rd Circ. Wants NJ Justices' Input On Judicial Privacy Law
The Third Circuit on Tuesday asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to address whether the state's judicial privacy law requires a mental state for purported infractions, a question that could prove crucial for data brokers facing dozens of lawsuits over their alleged violations of the statute.
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Goodwin Adds Sidley Atty To Lead Shareholder Activism Team
Goodwin Procter LLP has tapped a Sidley Austin LLP partner to lead its shareholder activism and takeover defense practice, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ga. Atty Aims To Pause Arbitration In Wage Fight With Ex-Firm
An Atlanta attorney suing her former law firm, John Foy & Associates, is seeking to put arbitration on hold while her claims for harassment and retaliation play out in Georgia federal court, saying that allowing the two matters to proceed simultaneously risks "duplicative proceedings, inconsistent findings and unnecessary expense."
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Rocker Fights YouTuber's Atty Fees After Defamation Loss
The singer for the popular rock band Falling In Reverse is challenging a request that he pay $40,700 in defense attorney fees incurred by a YouTube personality he unsuccessfully sued for defamation, calling the amount unjustified and "grossly disproportionate" to the work that attorneys with Cohen and Wolf PC had to perform.
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2 Attorneys Return To Weil From Latham, Norton Rose
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Tuesday that it has continued its boomerang hiring streak with the addition of two partners who began their legal careers at the firm, including another intellectual property lawyer from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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This 100-Year-Old New York Firm's Secret? No Nepo Babies
Success and longevity are child's play for this New York plaintiffs firm, which leaders say is thanks to a decades-old rule banning nepo babies on the payroll.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 8 Partners Across 6 Markets
Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Tuesday that it has added eight partners across five U.S. markets and in London, enhancing the firm's capabilities in litigation, employment and corporate law.