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Influencer Vows To Revive Malpractice Case Against Akin
A social media influencer is planning to bring a malpractice suit in Texas state court against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP after a federal judge found a lack of jurisdiction over claims that the firm mishandled a dispute over payment for participation in an amateur boxing competition.
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Italian Firm Adds Obama Counsel For Cross-Border Advice
A former senior U.S. Department of Justice lawyer and senior counsel for former President Barack Obama has joined Italian digital media technology and life sciences firm Portolano Cavallo to bolster its cross-border capabilities, it announced Thursday.
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Class Action Atty Sanctioned For 'Egregious' Bogus Citations
A California federal judge has sanctioned a California class action attorney for filing a motion riddled with "egregious" erroneous citations, finding that the citations "bear the hallmarks" of cases hallucinated by artificial intelligence despite the lawyer's insistence that she'd never even heard of AI until opposing counsel made the accusation.
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Ga. Panel Says Privilege Can Cover Unlicensed In-House Atty
The Georgia Court of Appeals said a trial court rightly found that Church's Chicken and its chief legal officer were protected by attorney-client privilege in a franchisee's contract suit, finding privilege can sometimes cover communications between a corporation and unlicensed in-house counsel.
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Conn. Firm Escapes Claims Over Alleged Payout Delays
A couple who alleged that two law firms misused the legal system by delaying payouts from a property owner they represented has dropped claims against Neubert Pepe & Monteith PC without explanation.
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Fired FBI Officials Claim 'Campaign Of Retribution' In New Suit
Three former senior FBI officials sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court on Wednesday, accusing FBI Director Kash Patel of politicizing the agency and firing them as part of a "campaign of retribution" in a bid to keep his own job.
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Wis. Judicial Commission Sued Over Confidentiality Rules
Two conservative groups have sued the Wisconsin Judicial Commission over its policy of keeping all judicial misconduct complaints strictly confidential, claiming the policy violates the First Amendment and has stymied discussion of a complaint against a sitting state judge.
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Guo Trustee, Law Firms Get OK For Deals On $4.4M Disputes
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has approved deals between Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and the law firm McDermott Will & Schulte, four other law firms and one consulting firm, ending $4.4 million in potential clawback claims without formal litigation.
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Privilege Bars Ex-Holland & Knight Atty's Defamation Claim
A former Holland & Knight attorney's counterclaim against Philadelphia personal injury firm Fritz & Bianculli LLC has been dismissed from Pennsylvania federal court after a judge ruled that statements made in the firm's complaint accusing the attorney of unauthorized access to confidential files could not be used to allege defamation.
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Baker Sterchi Reaches Nearly 100 Attys With Wis. Firm Tie-Up
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC announced its plans to merge with litigation boutique Corneille Law Group, giving the firm an additional seven attorneys and offices in the cities of Green Bay and Madison, Wisconsin.
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Jones Day Adds Ex Fed. Prosecutor To SF Healthcare Team
Jones Day is expanding its health care team, bringing in a former assistant U.S. attorney as of counsel in its San Francisco office.
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McCarter & English Atty Admitted Breaches, Insurers Claim
Two insurance companies have asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge's permission to file a late request for a quick win on two breach of contract claims against McCarter & English LLP and one of its attorneys, saying the lawyer's deposition left no facts in dispute on those specific counts.
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Firm Seeks To Toss Lowenstein Sandler Claims Over Affidavit
Trif & Modugno LLC has reiterated to the Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey that part of a malpractice suit filed against it by Lowenstein Sandler LLP must be dismissed because the national firm did not file an affidavit of merit within the time limit.
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Former Oved & Oved Partner Launches Solo Operation
A former partner at a New York litigation firm announced Tuesday that he is striking out on his own, opening a Manhattan boutique equipped to serve state-run advocacy groups, science and research organizations, fellow attorneys and more.
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Archetype Capital Says Co-Founder Stole Trade Secrets
Litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners has sued its co-founder and an Atlanta-based law firm, claiming they conspired to steal trade secrets and millions of dollars in business while gaining unfair advantages in the mass tort markets.
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Armstrong Teasdale Brings Back Litigator From Fla. Boutique
Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced Wednesday that one of its former attorneys returned to the firm as a partner in its Miami office after a few years away with him most recently serving as an attorney with Waserstein & Nunez PLLC.
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AT&T Gave Prosecutor's Data To Trump-Tied Attys, Suit Says
Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor who exited the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump after his romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was revealed, has accused AT&T of unlawfully releasing "breathtaking" amounts of his personal cellphone data to defendants in the case.
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DA Willis, Lawmakers Cite Novel Fight In Constitutional Clash
A Georgia Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her prosecution of President Donald Trump and others in an election interference case and Willis stressed to the state Supreme Court the novel nature of their dispute over a subpoena ordering her to testify, while they took competing sides on the constitutional issues at stake.
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Judge Warns Fake AI Cites May Need 'Eye-Catching Sanction'
A Connecticut federal judge on Tuesday warned a multistate solo practitioner that an "eye-catching sanction" may be necessary to stop attorneys from filing briefs rife with fake case law generated by artificial intelligence systems, while the lawyer bemoaned the fact that he'd "trusted a tool."
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Lambda Legal Attorney Indicted Over Judge Shopping Probe
An attorney with LGBTQ rights nonprofit Lambda Legal has been charged in Alabama federal court in connection with an alleged judge-shopping scandal in Alabama, with prosecutors claiming he lied to a panel of federal judges investigating the episode.
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PE Firms Leap Into MSO 'Frontier' For Slice Of Legal Industry
Managed services organizations are quietly gaining ground in the U.S. legal industry as private equity companies eye the use of MSOs to overcome rules against fee sharing and nonlawyer ownership of firms, but critics warn that such a shift could open up an ethical Pandora's Box.
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Franchise Law Firm Can't Dump Trash Co.'s Malpractice Suit
A Charlotte, North Carolina-based law firm can't escape a trash compactor company's claims that it botched franchise agreements in 2019 and 2020, after a federal judge said it was too early for a final ruling on a statute of limitations defense.
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WilmerHale Litigation Duo Jumps To Mayer Brown In SF
Mayer Brown LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday the firm is bringing in a pair of WilmerHale trial attorneys as partners in its San Francisco office.
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Quinn Emanuel Fights DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Fight
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP-represented Rippling is urging a Delaware state court to reject a bid to disqualify the firm from representing the human resources and payroll company in an ongoing trade secrets fight with competitor Deel Inc., saying the request is a misguided tactical move.
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Expedia Wants $2.75M Sanction For 'Lies' In Cuba Land Suit
A family descended from Cuban landowners and its counsel in a suit over property seized by the Cuban government should face seven-figure sanctions for knowingly bringing bogus Helms-Burton Act claims against travel company Expedia, the company has told a Delaware federal judge following its win in a jury trial.
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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.