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Nixon Peabody Adds Ex-State Counsel To SF Office
A former chief counsel for California's Department of Aging has moved his healthcare practice to Nixon Peabody's San Francisco office after more than two years with Epstein Becker & Green PC.
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Jackson & Campbell Closure Sends 13 Attys To Lerch Early
Thirteen attorneys from the shuttering Jackson & Campbell PC will join Lerch Early & Brewer on Oct. 1, including five principals, a senior counsel, four of counsel and three associates, Lerch Early recently announced.
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Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP said in a letter this month that a data breach last year may have compromised protected health information the firm possessed due to its representation of an unnamed healthcare provider.
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Meta Flaunts 'Abuse' Of Atty-Client Privilege, Judge Told
A California federal judge ordered Meta on Tuesday to rereview privilege designations on 300 documents in social media addiction litigation, after plaintiffs' lawyers cited a "culture of privilege abuse" epitomized by Instagram swag hats embroidered with "a/c priv" — the shorthand used to log withheld documents.
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Panel Hints Hill Wallack May Face Revived Malpractice Suit
A New Jersey state appeals court panel on Tuesday appeared troubled by a trial judge's decision to toss a malpractice suit accusing Hill Wallack LLP of mishandling the defense of a family facing labor trafficking allegations, repeatedly asking counsel whether the lower court made the factual findings required before imposing the system's harshest sanction.
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Baker Law Group Hit With Wage Suit In Colorado
A former paralegal and law clerk at Baker Law Group PLLC claimed in Colorado federal court Monday that the firm misclassified administrative staff, failed to pay for nonbillable work hours, and changed or deleted employee time entries for "billing considerations rather than accuracy."
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Ga. Justices Mull Reviving Injury Firm Client Solicitation Suit
Georgia's justices pressed a personal injury law firm Tuesday on whether an attorney's racketeering case accusing it of using confidential crash reports to land clients was rightly dismissed, hinting that the lower courts might have held the claims to too high a bar.
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White And Williams Brings On 6 Jackson & Campbell Attys
White and Williams LLP has hired six attorneys from Jackson & Campbell PC, including the firm's president and the chair of its insurance group, who will start Oct. 1, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Tucker Arensberg Welcomes Former Union Atty In Pittsburgh
A former in-house attorney for the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh has recently moved into the law firm side of the legal industry and joined Tucker Arensberg PC.
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NJ Prosecutor's Office Claims Immunity In Video-Sharing Case
A New Jersey county prosecutor's office urged a state court to toss a suspended police officer's suit alleging it improperly shared a video of her meeting with its investigators about gender discrimination and internal affairs complaints.
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Law Firm Says Illinois Tollway Owes Limo-Crash Defense Fees
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is being sued in Illinois state court by a Chicago law firm claiming the agency has failed to pay attorney fees for its defense in litigation over a catastrophic 2016 limousine crash.
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Womble Bond Can't Quit Dutch Client With TM Trial Looming
Womble Bond Dickinson can't withdraw from a trademark feud that's dragged on for more than five years between U.S. and Dutch software companies, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, saying the firm's exit at this late stage "would be completely disruptive."
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Consumers Seek To Add AAA Financial Ties To Monopoly Suit
Consumers pursuing a proposed antitrust class action against the American Arbitration Association have asked an Arizona federal judge to let them expand their allegations, saying the provider's financial relationships with corporate customers call into question its advertised independence and give it incentives to preserve exclusive arbitration arrangements.
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NJ Justices Take On Atty DQ In Injury Cases After J&J Ruling
New Jersey's Supreme Court has agreed to review the disqualification of an attorney from representing plaintiffs in several cases over injuries at Sky Zone trampoline parks after a trial court ruled the attorney's retention of a former company safety official as an expert could prejudice proceedings.
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Honigman Hires Thompson Hine, Ex-DOJ Leader In DC
Honigman LLP has hired a Thompson Hine LLP partner who previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice as principal assistant chief of litigation in the Criminal Division's Fraud Section.
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Rutgers Calls Changes To Ex-Dean's Whistleblower Suit Futile
Rutgers University is urging a New Jersey federal court to reject a former Rutgers Law School assistant dean's second bid to amend his suit alleging he was fired after he complained about unlawful discrimination and financial misappropriation, arguing that he failed to comply with court rules and that his proposed changes are futile.
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Texas Government Entities Boutique Opens In Houston
Two former Husch Blackwell LLP attorneys have launched a Houston-based government entities boutique law firm, David & Stephens LLP, providing litigation and outside general counsel services to public bodies in Texas.
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Former Federal Trade Commission Leader Joins Alston & Bird
Alston & Bird LLP has hired a former assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears
The California Civil Rights Department asked a California judge for a protective order Monday on the first day of a bench trial over claims Tesla Inc. fostered racism at its Fremont factory, after a witness testified that an in-house Tesla attorney recently called him and misled him into believing he represented the agency.
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Ex-Prosecutor Escapes Jan. 6 Atty's Defamation Suit
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Monday won judgment on the pleadings in a defamation case brought by attorney Stefan Passantino, who had represented Cassidy Hutchinson, after Passantino alleged Weissmann had defamed him when saying he'd "coached" Hutchinson "to lie" to the January 6th Select Committee.
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Sinema Denies Tryst With Ex-Guard Began During Marriage
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has denied she started an affair with a former member of her security detail and U.S. Senate staff while he was married, according to an answer she filed in the ex-security guard's wife's federal suit under North Carolina's rare alienation of affection law.
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How Judges Can Face 'Fear Of The Unknown' In Using AI
With artificial intelligence fast becoming a standard part of the practice of law, a new guide from a group of current and former judges and university academics aims to demystify the nascent technology and show jurists and their staffers how to incorporate AI in handling cases.
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$1.35M Class Deal Reached Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
Takers of the February 2025 California bar exam that was marred by technical failures have agreed to settle their proposed class action against the proctor for $1.35 million, while the company also agreed to complete quality checks before proctoring future bar examinations, according to a motion seeking preliminary approval in federal court.
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Boies Schiller Gets Womble Bond AI Practice Co-Founder
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Monday that it has added an experienced intellectual property attorney who co-founded Womble Bond & Dickinson's artificial intelligence and machine learning practice and also led two of his former firm's San Francisco-area offices.
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Greenberg Traurig Hit With Action Over Client Data Breach
A proposed class of Greenberg Traurig LLP clients said the New York law firm failed to secure their personal data prior to a preventable data breach and delayed notifying clients of the breach for two weeks, in an action filed over the weekend in New York federal court seeking injunctive and other equitable relief to protect client data.
Expert Analysis
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Looking Under The Hood Of The $3,000 Billable Hour
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In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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How Law Firms Can Keep Nonequity Partners Happy
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty Bio
If maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Promote Thoughtful Use Of AI?
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.
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Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan
Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right
As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Roundup
Biz Development Tip Of The Month
This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.