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How Signature Resolution Aims To Be The 'Ritz' Of Mediation
Law360 Pulse sat down with Dario Higuchi, a founding partner and managing member of California-based Signature Resolution, to discuss the company's growth and how it strives to provide a premium level of alternative dispute resolution services.
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DC Circ. Fears Newman Atty Would Impeach Disabled Judges
The attorney fighting Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension alarmed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday when he argued that judges can only have their work taken from them if they voluntarily resign or are impeached.
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21 Democratic AGs Back Susman Godfrey In Trump EO Fight
Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general filed a brief Thursday supporting Susman Godfrey LLP's fight against President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its access to government resources, saying it threatens lawyers' freedom to represent clients disfavored by the government, such as when John Adams defended British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.
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GE Investors' $362.5M Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Get $70M
A New York federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $362.5 million deal and awarded attorneys from Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer PA nearly $70 million in attorney fees for their work in a class action that accused General Electric Co. of fraudulently concealing cash flow problems.
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Houston Law Firm Settles Firefighter Photo Copyright Dispute
A photographer suing a Houston personal injury law firm over using a photo of a firefighter without allegedly paying for it said Thursday that the parties have agreed to settle the case.
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Mich. Judge Won't Halt Atty's State Cases For Retaliation Suit
An attorney pursuing a sexual harassment suit against her former boss and mentor should ask the Michigan state court to stay allegedly retaliatory actions pending there, a Michigan federal judge has ruled, denying the lawyer's request to step in under the All Writs Act to pause the related actions.
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Clyde & Co., Ex-Client Must Pay Firm's Share Of Settlement
A Florida appeals court Wednesday said Clyde & Co. LLP failed to protect another law firm's lien on a share of settlement proceeds from a wrongful death action when it wrote the settlement check in a way that it could be deposited only by the firm's former co-counsel.
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Lucosky Brookman Grows In NY With Marshall Dennehey Team
Lucosky Brookman LLP announced Thursday that the firm has expanded its New York operations with a new office in Westchester County following the addition of four insurance defense attorneys from Marshall Dennehey, including its former transportation practice co-chair.
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NY IP Lawyer Failed To Pay PPP Loans, Philly Bank Says
A Syracuse, New York, patent lawyer who maintains a whimsical, rainbow-filled website has been sued by a Philadelphia-based bank for allegedly not paying back a nearly $15,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan he received through the bank.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty's Plea Deal At Center Of Death Proceeds Suit
The godson of a Georgia woman fatally shot by her husband, a former BigLaw partner, has pushed back against a claim from the administrator of the woman's estate regarding a provision in the attorney's plea deal that assigned wrongful death settlement proceeds to the godson and his brother.
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Meet The Judges Suing LA After Wildfire Burned Their Homes
Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at the careers and lives of a Los Angeles federal judge and retired magistrate judge who have sued the city over its alleged mishandling of the Pacific Palisades wildfire earlier this year.
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Margolis Edelstein Accused Of Botching Malpractice Coverage
Margolis Edelstein is facing a malpractice suit in New Jersey state court alleging a Berkeley Heights-based partner negligently settled an insurance-related case based on "theoretical damages" for over $2 million.
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Tenn. Middle District Proposes Rule Change Amid Speech Suit
The four district judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have proposed an update to the local rules of court, including clarifying limits on what lawyers may tell the press amid civil proceedings, while a Nashville lawyer's free speech suit against the district is on appeal before the Sixth Circuit.
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With Pro Bono Award, Del. Atty Sees 'Great Power' In Lawyers
As he prepares to receive a national pro bono service award, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP partner Richard A. DiLiberto Jr. said lawyers have a responsibility to help clients in need and those who have been wronged.
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ABA Sues DOJ For Ending Domestic, Sexual Violence Grants
The American Bar Association sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for terminating its grants to the Bar's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, one of several federal funding cuts the ABA says are compelling it to lay off more than 300 people.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Associate GC For Chewy In Miami
A former associate general counsel at pet company Chewy returned to her private practice roots as a principal at employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC in Miami.
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Appeal Fast-Tracked In Feud Over Use Of Ex-Atty's Name
The Second Circuit has fast-tracked an appeal by a Connecticut attorney who lost a lawsuit over his former law firm's alleged unauthorized use of his name and likeness after his firing.
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Cohen And Wolf Adds Spears Manning Litigator In Bridgeport
Cohen and Wolf PC has expanded its litigation offerings in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with the addition of a Spears Manning & Martini LLC attorney.
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Lewis Brisbois Atty Jumps To Shipman & Goodwin In Hartford
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has fortified its school law practice group with a partner in Hartford who came aboard from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.
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Susman Godfrey Seeks Permanent Shut Down Of Trump Order
Susman Godfrey LLP on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court to permanently block President Donald Trump's executive order revoking the law firm's access to government resources, chiding the order as a clear case of "unconstitutional retaliation" and an obvious bid to "chill protected advocacy."
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Firm Can't Fight Conn. Scam Suit Fee Rulings, Ex-Client Says
A Connecticut judge should not reconsider an award of attorney fees and interest against the law firm Mancini Provenzano & Futtner LLC because it already waived its arguments or brought them up in a pending appeal of a negligence judgment, a former client said this week.
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Judge's Same-Sex Wedding Ban Legal In Texas, Justices Hear
A Texas appeals panel balked at a state judge's argument that refusing to officiate same-sex marriages keeps with Texas law during oral arguments Wednesday, saying the discussion had gotten "far afield" of the issues before the court.
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Fed. Circ. Won't Immediately Pause Sanctions On IP Attys
A Federal Circuit judge on Wednesday declined to provide immediate relief to attorneys from Texas patent firm Ramey LLP fighting sanctions they've deemed "career ending," letting stand penalties coming due for practicing without licenses in California, among other conduct.
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Pryor Cashman Atty, Telebrands Beat RICO Suit Over Hose IP
A Florida federal judge tossed Tristar Products' lawsuit claiming a Pryor Cashman LLP lawyer and his client Telebrands schemed to usurp a hose company's rights to a patent portfolio while also defrauding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, finding none of the conduct alleged "comes even close to racketeering."
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Disney Seeks $532K Atty Sanctions In Artist's 'Moana' Suit
Disney asked a California federal judge to issue $532,815 in sanctions against attorneys for an animator who alleged "Moana" lifted his Polynesian adventure story, arguing Tuesday that the plaintiff's lawyers vexatiously prolonged litigation with "sanctionable misconduct" by pursuing "baseless" trade secret misappropriation claims that were untimely and premised on a forged document.