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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking
Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded or shifted their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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'Grave Errors': 5th Circ. Boots Judge After AI 'Botch Job'
A Mississippi federal judge's careless use of artificial intelligence tools led to "sloppy edicts" riddled with "falsehoods and fabrications," the Fifth Circuit held in a Thursday night opinion removing the judge from litigation over an anti-DEI law in the Magnolia State because of his "extraordinarily grave errors."
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Reed Smith Seeks 2nd Circ. Emergency Stay In Eletson Row
Reed Smith urged the Second Circuit in an emergency motion to pause lower court decisions requiring the firm to turn over client files related to shipping company Eletson, saying the courts have "presumed the outcome" of a bankruptcy appeal before scheduled December oral arguments.
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MSU Board, GC Sued By Trustee For Racial Discrimination
A Michigan State University trustee is suing the university's general counsel, other officials and her fellow trustees, claiming she suffered discrimination and retaliation when she spoke publicly about MSU's handling of the Larry Nassar scandal.
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Law Firm Can't Kick Muslim Worker's Bias Suit To Arbitration
A New York federal judge refused to compel arbitration in a Muslim ex-law firm worker's gender bias suit claiming her bosses began mistreating her after she wore a hijab, backing a magistrate judge's conclusion that she asserted a viable sex harassment claim.
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Atty Faces Sanctions Bid Over Negotiation Remarks In Suit
A plaintiff's attorney is facing a sanctions bid for including in an employment discrimination complaint specific statements made by defense counsel during confidential severance negotiations.
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Meet Attys Arguing Electronics Co.'s $48.5M Tax Fight In Del.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorneys who have experience handling high-profile class actions and other litigation will next week argue to Delaware's justices a tax dispute related to electronics manufacturer Flex Ltd.'s 2024 spinoff of Nextracker Inc.
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Conn. Firm Botched Suit Over Keith Haring Art, Ex-Client Says
Shuttered Connecticut law firm Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC and one of its former attorneys have been accused of professional negligence by a client being asked to pay $805,000 in legal fees to a gallery he sued in 2023 for allegedly selling a poorly documented Keith Haring drawing.
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Jackson Walker Hits Back At Fee Clawback Sanction Move
Law firm Jackson Walker said Wednesday that it should not be sanctioned for failing to bring to a Texas federal judge's attention additional cases involving an undisclosed romantic relationship between a bankruptcy judge and one of its attorneys because the U.S. Trustee already investigated those cases and didn't take action.
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Gordon Rees Lands Wilbraham Lawler's Delaware Leader
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Thursday that it has brought on the longtime managing shareholder of Wilbraham Lawler & Buba PC's Delaware office to bolster its capacity to defend clients in mass tort, liability and other matters.
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Hueston Hennigan Bumps Clerkship Bonus To $205K
Trial boutique Hueston Hennigan is offering a $205,000 bonus to lawyers who have completed one or more federal clerkships, the firm confirmed Thursday.
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Epstein Aides Deny NM's Claims They Enabled Sex Trafficking
The co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate on Wednesday denied allegations in a new federal lawsuit that they enabled the financier's expansive sex trafficking operation, with their counsel questioning the New Mexico attorney general's motivations for filing it.
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DLA Piper Hires Shook Hardy Product Liability Partner
DLA Piper has hired a former Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP product liability partner in San Francisco who has decades of experience defending companies in high-stakes disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
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JPMorgan, Ex-Frank Execs Clash Over $2.1M In Legal Fees
JPMorgan Chase & Co. faced renewed demands in the Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday to pay about $2.1 million in withheld legal fees for convicted Frank founder Charlie Javice and former executive Olivier Amar, as their lawyers accused the bank of using repeated billing objections to delay funding for their criminal defenses.
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Fontainebleau Wins Access To Some Of Rabbi's AI Chats
A Florida magistrate judge ruled Wednesday that Miami Beach hotel Fontainebleau may obtain some of rabbi and media personality Shmuley Boteach's AI chats about the five-star hotel and its personnel, saying they could help determine punitive damages in the defamation suit against him by showing whether he intended to harm the company.
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NJ Town, Retired Judge End Fight Over Health Benefits, Leave
A retired chief judge of a New Jersey municipal court agreed to dismiss her suit alleging the local government refused to cover her retirement health benefits and pay her for unused sick and vacation time after 27 years of employment.
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Longtime Quinn Emanuel Partner Launches Calif. Boutique
After nearly 30 years with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, a former partner is pursuing her self-described "entrepreneurial streak" with the launch of a California-based boutique firm focused on business and private wealth litigation.
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BakerHostetler Launches 'SWAT Team' For Equitable Relief
BakerHostetler announced Thursday that it has created an emergency equitable relief team with litigators who are prepared to appear in court on short notice to seek or oppose temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and other emergency relief.
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6th Circ.'s Sutton Floats Class Action Limits At Judiciary Panel
An influential federal judge is proposing new restrictions on class actions that aim to broadly block government policies, judiciary advisers heard at a Wednesday gathering, which also explored transparency ideas affecting legal finance and hard-to-access court records in the red-hot realm of immigration litigation.
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Google Must Provide Limited Depo In Apple Antitrust Case
A California federal magistrate judge on Tuesday ordered Google to provide deposition testimony in a proposed class action accusing Apple of monopolizing cloud storage for its mobile devices, although she placed limitations on the topics the plaintiffs can ask nonparty Google about.
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Blank Rome, Ex-Associate Agree To Wrap Up Sex Bias Suit
Blank Rome LLP and one of its former attorneys told a Pennsylvania federal judge Wednesday that they have agreed to end her suit claiming the firm didn't do enough to protect her after she said a male colleague sexually assaulted her.
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Drexel Keeping Its Counsel In Ex-Exec's Bias Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied a former Drexel University compliance executive's bid to have the school's attorney dismissed from the case over an alleged conflict of interest and tossed the executive's motion for sanctions against Drexel's attorney over comments he made during a deposition.
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Ex-Employee Of Seyfarth Client Drops Suit Over Data Breach
A Texas woman who filed a proposed class action against Seyfarth Shaw LLP over a data breach voluntarily dropped the claims Tuesday without prejudice, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.
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Fla. Court Refers Atty To Bar Over Pro Se-Like Filings
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday referred a divorce attorney to the Florida Bar for filings with AI-hallucinated quotations and motion practice that the judges said they "typically see from vexatious pro se litigants."
Expert Analysis
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.