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Atty Can't Win AI Misconduct Sanctions In Malpractice Case
A New York federal judge will not sanction a plaintiff over alleged misuse of generative artificial intelligence in a malpractice case against her former lawyer, finding the attorney seeking sanctions had also "vexatiously protracted" the nearly decade-long litigation.
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Pa. Law Firm Settles Ex-Paralegal's Disability Bias Suit
A Pennsylvania law firm has agreed to settle a former paralegal's lawsuit claiming she was fired for taking medical leave to undergo treatment for a panic disorder, according to a filing in federal court Friday.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its new term with arguments in six cases this week, including one involving a ban on gay "conversion" therapy and another over a congressman's challenge to state election rules. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the Supreme Court.
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Nelson Mullins Adds 3 Constangy Attys Across Offices
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has welcomed three experienced employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its offices in New York, Miami and Atlanta.
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Cooley Litigator Jumps To Weil, Joining Boston Office
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has hired a first-chair trial and appellate lawyer from Cooley LLP as a Boston-based litigation partner.
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Influencer Slams Atty DQ Bid Over Brief Call As Delay Tactic
A social media optimization company's push to disqualify the law firm representing an influencer it is suing in a copyright dispute in Texas federal court is nothing more than an attempt to use a "procedural weapon to delay proceedings, increase costs, and peddle false narratives," according to a court filing.
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Parker Poe Adds Ex-Katten Litigation Partner In DC
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as a litigator focused on construction projects and commercial leases.
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Spencer Fane Brings On IP Ace From Winston & Strawn
Spencer Fane LLP has added a partner in Dallas from Winston & Strawn LLP as co-chair of China intellectual property within the firm's intellectual property practice group.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A law firm combination and BigLaw group hires made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fed. Circ. Gets Shutdown Extension For Newman Response
The D.C. Circuit on Thursday gave the judges on the Federal Circuit an extension until after the government shutdown ends to respond to Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request for the rehearing of a decision upholding the dismissal of her suit against the colleagues who suspended her.
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'Moonlighting' Atty Must Arbitrate Wage Claims, Ga. Firm Says
John Foy & Associates PC told a Georgia federal court that a former firm attorney breached her employment agreement by "moonlighting" with another firm during her employment and then filing a wage suit against John Foy & Associates instead of pursuing her claims in confidential arbitration.
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Baldoni Atty Faces LA Malpractice Suit Over Client 'Betrayal'
Entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman has been accused in Los Angeles County Superior Court of turning his back on a former client, allegedly convincing him to sign an unfavorable settlement on trademark claims against "It Ends With Us" star Justin Baldoni, only to later begin representing the actor and director.
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Meet The Attys In Del. Appeal Over J&J's $1B Merger Earnout
An Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney representing clients in high-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases and a Selendy Gay PLLC lawyer who counts Albertsons as a notable client will face off in Johnson & Johnson's bid to have the Delaware Supreme Court undo a $1 billion damages award in a postmerger dispute.
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Wilson Elser Keeps Up Pacific NW Growth With 17 Litigators
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced a substantial expansion of its Seattle office Thursday, noting the addition of 17 attorneys, including eight partners, who joined from regional litigation firms Bullivant Houser Bailey PC and Lee Smart PS Inc.
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Ex-Twitter CLO, 3 Others Settle Severance Suit With Musk
Four executives of Twitter, now X Corp, including the former chief legal officer and former general counsel, have reached a tentative settlement with Elon Musk in a lawsuit over $128 million in promised severance pay that Musk allegedly withheld after he bought the social media company and fired them.
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Federal Prosecutor Joins Saxton & Stump In Pittsburgh
A former federal prosecutor has returned to private practice after more than 13 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, joining Saxton & Stump's Pittsburgh office.
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Judge Rejects Sanctions Bid In Ace Fire Loss Suit
A Georgia federal court has rejected a Chubb unit's sanctions bid in a fire loss coverage dispute, finding that although its insureds failed to adequately join two individual defendants in a broader attempt to defeat the court's diversity jurisdiction, such conduct wasn't frivolous nor amounted to bad faith.
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Ga. Panel Revives Broad & Cassel Malpractice Claims
The Georgia Court of Appeals has partially revived a legal malpractice suit filed against Broad & Cassel LLP over allegations that one of its partners blew an auto dealership's lawsuit in the midst of a mental health crisis, ruling that the claims may not have been filed too late after all.
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Biotech Wins $367K From Ex-CEO In Conn. Conversion Suit
A Connecticut jury has ordered the fired CEO of a flavoring and aroma firm, who is also a tax attorney, to pay the company more than $367,000 plus punitive damages after agreeing that he improperly sent himself money around the time of his termination and breached his fiduciary duties.
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3-Atty Product Liability Team Joins Morgan & Morgan In Fla.
Morgan & Morgan PA announced that a team of three Florida-based product liability attorneys has joined the firm's Orlando office.
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6th Circ. Says Facebook Posts About Firm Not Defamation
The Sixth Circuit has declined to revive a defamation suit over social media posts alleging an unethical connection between a New Jersey-headquartered law firm and members of the Flint, Michigan, city council.
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Chartwell Brings On Litigation Partner In Fla. From Lydecker
Chartwell Law Offices LLP expanded its civil litigation capabilities in industries such as hospitality, retail, real estate and insurance with the addition of a new partner in Tampa from Lydecker LLP.
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Gibbons Names New Leader Of Public Interest Fellowship
Gibbons PC announced this week that its John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law has gained a new executive director, with Lawrence Lustberg stepping down from the role after 35 years.
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Former California Solicitor General Joins WilmerHale In SF
WilmerHale is expanding its appellate team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in the former California solicitor general as a partner in its San Francisco office starting in early December.
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Software Co.'s Ex-Chair Faces Jurist Ire Over 'Sloppy' Practices
A New York federal judge expressed frustration with the former chairman of The Resource Group International Ltd. in his bid to challenge his ouster from the software investment company following a widely reported sexual harassment scandal, criticizing the executive's "sloppy and irresponsibly careless practices" in the proceeding.