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Backing Penalty For 1st Misquote, Panel 'Stunned' By Another
A solo practitioner in North Carolina sanctioned for misleading a trial court judge with a misquote in his pleadings "stunned" an appellate panel when he made yet another quotation blunder in his brief on appeal, according to a published opinion Wednesday affirming his punishment.
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Drexel Can't Shake Prof's Retaliation Suit, Pa. Judge Rules
A tenured philosophy professor's retaliation claims against Drexel University will proceed to trial after a Pennsylvania federal court denied the university's bid for an early win, finding that genuine factual disputes remain over whether the university's course format change was retaliatory.
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Conn. Atty To Fork Over $3,500 For AI Errors In Taco TM Beef
A Connecticut federal judge imposed a $3,500 fine on a defense attorney who submitted two motions riddled with AI-generated mistakes in a taco restaurant's trademark battle, finding that although the lawyer expressed remorse and promised to make changes to his verification process, he still showed "subjective bad faith."
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Murdaugh Loses Jury Tampering Suit Against Ex-Court Clerk
A South Carolina federal judge on Wednesday dismissed disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh's jury tampering suit against a former court clerk who was found to have interfered in his murder trial, ruling there was no connection between his alleged damages and the ex-clerk's misconduct.
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3 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect
California-based attorney Laura V. Farber became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week after decades of leadership experience within the organization and her local community.
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Simpson Thacher Witness Takes Aim At PIPE Stocks Claim
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP wrapped up its defense Wednesday to a Florida state malpractice suit from the founder of Patriot National Inc. over the firm's handling of a private investment in public equity transaction, with a stock market expert testifying that short selling stock allowed under the deal didn't lead to the insurance services company's downfall.
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Atty Scolded Over Bogus Cases In San Antonio School Fight
A Texas state appellate panel on Wednesday admonished counsel for submitting a brief with four bogus case citations likely generated by artificial intelligence in defending a parent's lawsuit against a school district for suspending her fifth-grade son.
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McNees Wallace Botched Winery Land Dispute, Suit Says
The owner of a York County, Pennsylvania, winery who was forced to shut down his business says he suffered more than $2 million in damages after attorneys with McNees Wallace & Nurick LLP mishandled a dispute with neighboring property owners.
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Cole Schotz Adds IP Pro From Winstead In Dallas
Cole Schotz PC has added a veteran intellectual property attorney with over two decades of experience to its Dallas office as a member from Winstead PC.
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Rising Star: Littler's Rocio Blanco Garcia
Littler Mendelson PC shareholder Rocio Blanco Garcia's litigation work helped to clarify how employers can beat whistleblower cases in the Eleventh Circuit, and her advisory work gave thousands of employees of a Florida county access to paid parental leave, earning her a spot among the employment lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Brown Rudnick Adds 34 Attys, Will Open Silicon Valley Office
Brown Rudnick LLP announced on Wednesday that it had lured a 34-attorney intellectual property litigation group from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and would be opening a Silicon Valley office with many of those lawyers.
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Ashurst Perkins, Nail Co. Lose Doc Bids In Malpractice Suit
Ashurst Perkins Coie won't have to turn over documents related to its predecessor firm's work for an Omani screw and nail manufacturer in international trade proceedings that are now the subject of a legal malpractice case, a Washington court has ruled, while also denying a discovery request from the firm.
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These Firms Are Landing The Most Patent Litigation Work
Rabicoff Law and Ramey LLP have maintained their roles as top patent suit filers, while Fish & Richardson PC and Gillam & Smith LP have remained leaders on defense teams, according to Lex Machina's annual patent litigation report.
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Ex-Flextronics GC Deputy Can't Ditch Calif. IP Theft Suit
The former deputy general counsel for Flextronics AP LLC cannot escape litigation alleging he sought to transfer company patents to a startup he secretly co-founded before leaving the Singapore electronics giant subsidiary, a California federal judge has ruled.
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Day Pitney Dropped From Suit Over Ex-Justice's Involvement
A Connecticut state court judge allowed Day Pitney LLP to withdraw from a $1.3 million corporate windup feud after the involvement of one of its partners, a former chief justice on the state Supreme Court, came to light, negating the defendants' call for an evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify the firm.
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Simpson Thacher Highlights PIPE Client's Financial Troubles
The founder of Patriot National Inc. was likely short millions of dollars when it finalized a private investment in public equity transaction at the center of his malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, according to defense testimony on Tuesday at a Florida state trial.
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Mich. Judge Fines Atty $1K For 'Baseless' Ethics Accusation
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday sanctioned an attorney in a tax foreclosure suit and said he would not allow the parties to continue bickering via motion because "this case is over."
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Scarinci Hollenbeck Gains Another 3 Weiner Law Attys
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC announced this week that three attorneys focusing on complex corporate matters and closely held business issues have moved to the firm from Weiner Law Group after a group of seven from Weiner Law, including its former managing partner, joined in June.
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Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Lemon Law Fake-Billing Suit
Ford Motor Co. has asked the Ninth Circuit to revive its racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent billing scheme, saying First Amendment protections don't immunize the attorneys' underlying conduct in California lemon law litigation against the automaker.
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Montgomery McCracken Adds OlenderFeldman Biz Atty In NJ
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP will be bringing on an attorney from OlenderFeldman LLP to bolster its capacity to offer companies outside general counsel and handle commercial transactions and other matters.
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Morrison Foerster Welcomes Trio From Ellis George
Morrison Foerster LLP has expanded its Los Angeles office with the recent addition of three attorneys who moved their practices from Ellis George LLP.
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Ga. DA's Office Urges Justices To Pass On Ex-Aide's Bias Suit
The district attorney's office in Fulton County, Georgia, told the U.S. Supreme Court this week that a former aide suing it over alleged racial and sexual bias is relying on a "gotcha-style argument" and urged the court to affirm a decision dismissing the case.
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Foley Hoag DC Office Leader Joins Foley & Lardner
Foley & Lardner LLP has hired Foley Hoag LLP's former Washington office partner-in-charge, who started her career at that firm as an associate almost 16 years ago, Foley & Lardner announced Tuesday.
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ArentFox Schiff Enters Silicon Valley With 4 Reed Smith Attys
ArentFox Schiff LLP announced Tuesday the launch of a Silicon Valley location, its third in California, which will be home base for a four-attorney trademark and brands team coming aboard from Reed Smith LLP.
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Ex-Culhane Meadows Labor Atty Joins Constangy In Philly
A labor attorney with three decades of experience counseling companies on employment matters has moved her practice to Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP's Philadelphia office.
Expert Analysis
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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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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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.