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MVP: Wiley's Thomas M. Johnson Jr.
Wiley Rein LLP partner Thomas M. Johnson Jr. was part of the legal team that helped stamp out federal net neutrality rules and was pivotal in a recent decision reversing a Biden-era cybersecurity ruling, landing him among the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
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MVP: Williams & Connolly's David M. Krinsky
David M. Krinsky of Williams & Connolly LLP's life sciences practice represented Pfizer in patent infringement litigation filed by companies like Moderna and Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc., and won a victory for Merck before the Federal Circuit, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Hueston Hennigan's Moez Kaba
Moez Kaba, a co-founder of Hueston Hennigan LLP and one of the firm's top trial lawyers, led a unit of The Walt Disney Co. to a decisive win in a copyright suit over "Moana," secured an appellate victory for McDonald's Corp. in a challenge to its diversity statements and helped Amazon's Twitch unit defeat lawsuits over a gunman's 2022 livestreamed mass shooting in New York, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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Longtime Home Depot Atty Rejoins King & Spalding In Atlanta
A former King & Spalding LLP attorney has rejoined the firm's Atlanta office as a partner following more than 20 years in-house with Home Depot as associate general counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.
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4th Circ. Rejects Rehearing In Ex-Defender's Harassment Case
Former assistant public defender Caryn Devins Strickland lost her bid to have the full Fourth Circuit rehear her sexual harassment suit against the federal judiciary, as judges ruled they didn't overlook her pro bono legal team's withdrawal on the eve of her bench trial.
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DeCotiis Beats DQ Bid In NJ Turnpike Discrimination Suit
A New Jersey state appellate panel on Tuesday rejected a bid to disqualify DeCotiis Fitzpatrick Cole & Giblin LLP from representing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and two employees in a discrimination case filed by a medical facility and doctors who performed work for authority members.
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Stinson Adds Skilled Litigator, Advocate For Vets In Dallas
Stinson LLP has added an of counsel in Dallas with substantial experience handling complex business and commercial disputes who came aboard from a veterans nonprofit, where he advocated for service members before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
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Ex-Immigration Judge Accuses DOJ Of Political Retaliation
A former Ohio immigration judge sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court Monday, alleging she was discriminated against and unconstitutionally fired for her liberal political beliefs while slamming the Trump administration's recent "unprecedented assault" against longstanding civil service laws that protect millions of federal employees.
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Fed. Circ. Eyes $162K Fee Award To Vizio In Ramey Case
The Federal Circuit on Monday scrutinized a judge's order that a patent owner represented by embattled firm Ramey LLP must pay Walmart Inc.-owned television maker Vizio Inc. nearly $162,000 in attorney fees, with judges debating if the award was justified based on the plaintiff's settlement offer.
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Legal Publisher Says AI Firm Made Improper Use Of Database
Legal publishing and research firm Fastcase hit legal AI tech firm Alexi with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court, claiming it breached a former business relationship and began making improper use of its legal data to become a direct competitor.
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Suit Against Erika Girardi's Atty Tossed As 'Shotgun Pleading'
A Florida federal court has dismissed a clothing company's abuse of process suit against an attorney of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne for being a shotgun pleading.
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Judge-Shopping Sanctions Order Must Stand, 11th Circ. Told
The Alabama federal judges who sanctioned a trio of civil rights attorneys for allegedly judge shopping are defending that outcome, telling the Eleventh Circuit the controversial process was above board and rejecting the "scheming" attorneys' claims that they simply wanted to ensure they received a randomly assigned judge.
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Mich. Law Firm's Misrepresentation Voids Policy, Insurer Says
An insurer asked a Michigan federal court to rescind and void a law firm's professional liability policy, saying the firm failed to disclose a potential malpractice claim arising out of its representation of the owner of medical services companies in a racketeering lawsuit and related whistleblower action.
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Venezuela Will Challenge $5.9B Sale Of Citgo Parent
Venezuela, the country's state-owned oil company and others have appealed a Delaware federal judge's order approving the $5.89 billion sale of Citgo Petroleum's parent company to an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP, potentially delaying the long-awaited sale of Venezuela's most significant seizable asset.
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FisherBroyles Brings On IP Firm Owner In Atlanta
FisherBroyles LLP has brought on an experienced intellectual property attorney in its Atlanta office, strengthening its national IP practice with her more than two decades of experience as a registered patent attorney handling IP matters.
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What MDL Judges Can Get Done With A New Civil Rule
As the first federal procedure rule geared toward multidistrict litigation goes into effect, judges will have a new buffet of best practices to guide them, but little in the way of hand-tying mandates.
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Squire Patton Brings On DLA Piper Patent Litigator In SF
Squire Patton Boggs LLP is growing its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing on a DLA Piper patent litigation attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Atty Trio In Ga., NY, Texas
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that it has added three partners across its Atlanta, Austin, Texas, and New York offices, further growing its litigation and corporate practices.
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Calif. Ban On Fee-Sharing With 'Alternative' Firms Challenged
A new law barring California lawyers and firms from sharing fees with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers is unconstitutional and will harm the state's mass tort lawyers and their clients, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
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Med Mal Judge DQ Sought Over Conflict Of 'Epic Proportions'
A Florida couple say their medical malpractice suit against a Georgia healthcare provider shouldn't have been dismissed by a Georgia federal judge, arguing the judge has a conflict of interest of "epic proportions" through her brother and sister-in-law.
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Attys Seek $99M From Colgate-Palmolive ERISA Pension Deal
Attorneys representing Colgate-Palmolive retirees asked a New York federal court to approve $99 million in attorney fees and expenses from a $332 million megadeal ending claims the company skimped on pensioners' lump-sum retirement payouts, a request that comes after the court initially signed off on the settlement in October.
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MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Jeroen van Kwawegen
Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has helped to secure hundreds of millions in settlements of shareholder suits against Banco Santander, Walmart, WarnerMedia and others, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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MVP: A&O Shearman's Adam Hakki
A&O Shearman's Adam Hakki beat back investor derivative claims against Bank of America, helped douse securities litigation against Norfolk Southern's underwriters and freed PayPal from a high-dollar stock fraud suit, earning a place as one of the 2025 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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MVP: Sidley's Sally Wagner Partin
Sally Wagner Partin of Sidley Austin LLP represented Stryker Corp. in its $4.9 billion acquisition of the maker of medical technology used to remove blood clots without the need for clot-dissolving drugs, earning her a spot as one the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis
John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan PA helped Google account holders secure a $425 million jury verdict over the tech giant's allegedly secret tracking of their app activity and notched several multimillion-dollar settlements for consumers affected by data breaches at companies such as MGM Resorts and insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, earning him a place among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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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.