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New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy
The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond traditional healthcare providers and highlights the division's growing dominance within the U.S. Department of Justice, experts say.
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Buzbee Faces $970K Fee Bid In Dismissed Conspiracy Cases
A Mississippi lawyer is asking a Texas state court to award her more than $970,000 in fees after defeating claims that she and her law firm conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.
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Sheppard Mullin Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
A former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP paralegal launched a proposed class action against the firm in California federal court on Wednesday over a cyberattack it had in August, in which she says at least 1,000 people's names and Social Security numbers were stolen.
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Foley & Lardner Adds Ex-DOJ Antitrust Official In DC Office
A former assistant chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division moved back recently into the private sector and joined Foley & Lardner LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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Fla. Court Vacates $5 Law Firm Sales In Litigation Funder Suit
A Florida state court vacated an order allowing a discount sale of an attorney's $20 million worth of shares in three law firms to a litigation funder seeking to collect on an out-of-state judgment, saying the auction notice wasn't issued properly.
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Longtime NJ Judge Looks Back Before Private Practice Return
Following nearly two decades on the New Jersey Superior Court, the former chief judge of its Appellate Division will join local firm Szaferman Lakind Blumstein & Blader PC as of counsel, the firm has announced.
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DLA Piper Taps 2 O'Melveny Lawyers For Leadership Roles
DLA Piper has hired two O'Melveny & Myers LLP lawyers as the new leaders in two D.C.-based intellectual property groups, one of whom was the leader of his prior firm's International Trade Commission litigation group.
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Davis Goldman Adds Veteran Class Action Lawyer In Florida
Davis Goldman PLLC has added a veteran attorney with decades of experience in complex litigation, class actions, insurance disputes, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases to its Plantation, Florida, office.
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Benefits Co. Wants Sanctions For 'Frivolous' TCPA Suit
A Florida-based dental insurance carrier has asked a Michigan federal judge to sanction a dental practice and its attorneys at Bock Hatch & Oppenheim LLC and Shenkan Injury Lawyers, saying they pursued a baseless junk fax class action for years that resulted in millions of dollars in defense costs.
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Linklaters Adds Atty To Lead Latin American Arbitration
Linklaters has announced it hired a Paul Hastings LLP international counsel and former White & Case attorney to lead its Latin American arbitration team.
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Cornell Defendant Seeks To Nix James As Special Prosecutor
One of the seven men accused of drugging and raping a fellow Cornell University student at a fraternity home has asked a New York state court to void Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.
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Scheduling 'Cascade' Hangs Over Amazon's FTC, Calif. Trials
Amazon.com sparred with the Federal Trade Commission in a Washington federal court filing over whether to stick to a late March trial kickoff, or whether the multiple trials against the company in 2027 must be pushed back because a California state judge has called a January start unrealistic.
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Model Accuses Baldoni's Atty Of Perry Death Smear Campaign
A Los Angeles woman has accused prominent entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman and several public relations professionals in California state court of participating in an online smear campaign that falsely linked her to the death of actor Matthew Perry, claiming the campaign was part of a broader network of anonymous websites targeting critics and adversaries of the defendants and their clients.
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Ga. Atty Wants Ex-Firm's Nearly $100K Arbitration Win Erased
A Georgia attorney has asked a Georgia federal judge to vacate a nearly $100,000 arbitration award in favor of her former firm in a retaliation and harassment suit, arguing the arbitrator exceeded his powers in handing down the decision.
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Omni Bridgeway Raises $1B For New Litigation Funding
Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has raised a new $1 billion fund from mostly repeat investors, with plans to deploy the money broadly across countries and case types while avoiding debt leverage.
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FIFA Seeks Dismissal Over Unpaid AI Citation Sanctions
FIFA has told a Puerto Rico federal judge that a law firm has "not paid a single dollar" of a sanction levied over a year ago for error-riddled, allegedly artificial intelligence-generated court filings in an antitrust suit filed by a shuttered soccer league.
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Ex-Workers' Comp Judge Joins Laffey Bucci To Lead Practice
Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan has launched a dedicated workers' compensation practice with the addition of a new partner who spent 15 years as a workers' compensation judge in Pennsylvania.
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Mandelbaum Barrett Grows In NJ With Real Estate Atty, Litigator
Mandelbaum Barrett PC has expanded its litigation and real estate capabilities with the addition of a new of counsel from his own private practice.
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Yetter Coleman Litigator Joins León Cosgrove In Houston
Litigation boutique León Cosgrove Jiménez LLP has added a partner in Houston from Yetter Coleman LLP who brings more than a decade of experience handling energy and construction matters.
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'Outlandish' Errors Not AI Hallucinations, Attys Tell CIT
Three attorneys defended the errors they made in a brief to the U.S. Court of International Trade as simple mistakes and not the product of artificial intelligence hallucinations, arguing they shouldn't be subject to sanctions.
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Conn. Gallery Wants $804K Atty Fee For Beating Buyer's Suit
An art buyer who lost his Connecticut lawsuit alleging a gallery sold him a fake Keith Haring chalk drawing should cover the defendants' attorney fees to the tune of more than $804,000, the prevailing parties said in a pair of post-verdict court filings.
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Quill & Arrow Says Ford Fee Fraud Claims Lack Details
Quill & Arrow LLP has urged a California federal judge to reject Ford Motor Co.'s lawsuit alleging the personal injury firm saddled it with high-priced legal bills for work purportedly handled by overseas virtual assistants or nonlawyers, saying the automaker offers little evidence to support its rehashed claims.
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Texas Justices To Review Law Firms' Paxil Fees Fight
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to wade into a battle between two law firms over fees generated from litigation involving the antidepressant Paxil, with the dispute centering on application of the personal injury exemption in the state's anti-SLAPP statute.
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Miss America CEO Says Carlton Fields' Fee Lien Lacks Detail
Miss America CEO Robin Fleming is asking a Florida federal court to require Carlton Fields to provide more specific information about a charging lien the firm has asserted over unpaid legal fees in litigation over the ownership of the Miss America competition.
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3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm
A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.
Expert Analysis
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Law Firm Leaders Should Adopt Founding Fathers' Bold Ideas
To ensure continued success, law firm leaders helming their firms through the legal industry revolution should take inspiration from the Founding Fathers' bold decisions, such as James Madison's abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and George Washington's trust in junior officers', says Samuel Pond at Pond Lehocky.
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The AI Ownership Question Firms Can't Afford To Skip
The artificial intelligence conversation among law firm leaders has advanced from adoption to governance and business impact, but it hasn’t resolved who maintains ownership and operational responsibility, which should be determined by the range of functions that AI touches, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Practice AuthenticityAttorneys who demonstrate who they truly are and what they stand for by sharing the human impact of their results, earning the media's trust by providing accessible analysis, and providing hands-on aid to their communities can build stronger reputations than any advertising budget can buy, says Ray DeLorenzi at RebuttalPR.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.