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Academic Group Fights Feds' Bid For Lawsuit Funding Info
The Association of American Universities told a Massachusetts federal court on Monday it should not be required to open its books to prove it's eligible to recover attorney fees for successfully defeating the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' caps on indirect research costs last year.
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Consumers Call Google Search Damages 'Palpably Obvious'
Consumers want a California federal judge to preserve their antitrust claims accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they don't yet need to articulate damages each has borne because it's "impossible" for them not to have been harmed.
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Ex-Reed Smith Atty Seeks Appellate Review Of Bias Damages
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination urged a state appeals court Tuesday to grant her bid to appeal a ruling on her available damages, arguing that the appeal is necessary to clarify a prior appellate decision.
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Gets New Look At $700K Award In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a request from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry to review lower court rulings that left the firm on the hook for $700,000 in a breach of contract dispute with a cost-cutting consultant, which the firm claims should have received no more than $40,000.
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Former Entertainment Biz Exec Joins Signature Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution firm Signature Resolution has picked up a Los Angeles-based former entertainment industry executive with experience at NBCUniversal and Miramax as a mediator.
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Chiesa Shahinian Taps NJ Atty To Help Lead Litigation Group
A member for nearly four years at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC with a broad practice in a range of civil litigation is moving up to co-lead the firm's litigation group, the firm has announced.
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Ga. Personal Injury Firm Strikes Deal With PE-Backed MSO
Private equity firm Uplift Investors LP and its associated management services organization announced Tuesday they have reached a deal with a Georgia personal injury law firm, the third such contract the MSO has announced this year.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Adds Antitrust Atty From Weil In DC
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has grown its antitrust offerings in the nation's capital with the addition of a Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorney.
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Mayer Brown Taps Trial Atty For Practice Leadership
Mayer Brown LLP announced on Monday that it has appointed an attorney it hired last September to lead its mass torts, product liability & environmental law practice.
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Fish & Richardson Hires Ex-Samsung IP Leader In DC
Fish & Richardson PC has hired the former principal lead counsel of Samsung Electronics' intellectual property legal team, who spent more than 16 years with the company helping oversee its patent litigation and global licensing strategy, the firm announced Monday.
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These Firms Secured The Most Damages In The Last 3 Years
Government lawyers had a strong success rate in federal courts over the last three years, but intellectual property litigation saw certain firms secure damage awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars for clients, according to Lex Machina's Law Firms Activity Report 2026 released on Tuesday.
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Ga. Judge Steps Away From DOJ Voter Case After Ethics Flap
U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross of Georgia agreed to recuse herself in a U.S. Department of Justice suit seeking full access to Georgia election records after being reprimanded for her attendance at a partisan political event for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has prosecuted President Donald Trump.
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Newman's Appeal Loss Shows Limits On Suspension Reviews
The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection on Monday of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's appeal in the long-running dispute over her suspension made clear that the available routes to challenge such orders are narrow, and spurred critics to contemplate ways to revise the system.
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Carlton Fields Pushes To Be Involved In Miss America Hearing
Carlton Fields pushed back Monday on a request from the CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant to bar a firm attorney from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy and filed a motion to intervene in the case.
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Ex-Morgan Stanley Compliance Exec Joins Thompson Coburn
An experienced attorney who most recently was an executive director with Morgan Stanley has joined Thompson Coburn LLP's New York office as a financial services and business litigation partner, the firm announced Monday.
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Hagens Berman Must Cover Fees After Misconduct Findings
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP must cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability litigation over the morning sickness drug thalidomide, a Pennsylvania federal judge has said.
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Latham Report On Seton Hall Sex Abuse Probe Partly Shielded
A confidential Latham & Watkins LLP report prepared for Seton Hall University concerning allegations of sexual abuse against former Archbishop Theodore McCarrick is at least partly protected by attorney-client privilege, a New Jersey appellate court ruled Monday.
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Mylan Investor Claims Atty Fees Too Much For 'Lost' Case
An attorney and stockholder in the former Mylan NV objected to the attorneys' fees in a proposed $60 million class action settlement, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday that the plaintiffs' lawyers effectively "lost" a suit that began with allegations of $5.1 billion in lost share value.
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Firm Faces DQ Bid Over Atty's Housing Authority Deposition
Rose Kallor LLP should be barred from representing a Connecticut housing authority and a related nonprofit because one of its lawyers testified as a corporate representative during a deposition, and another lawyer asked questions that sounded like testimony, the entities' former executive director told a state judge Monday.
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Barnes & Thornburg Profit-Share Admin Wants Legal Bills Paid
A company that oversaw recordkeeping duties of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's profit-sharing plan says in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court it is owed legal fees over a previous suit filed by a former firm partner.
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Stinson Accused Of Failing To Pay Fees On Indian Patent
A Connecticut road construction materials business has alleged Stinson LLP failed to pay an annuity fee required to keep an Indian patent alive, resulting in its permanent termination.
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Laffey Bucci Suit Against Former Partner Sent To Arbitration
A Pennsylvania state judge has moved to arbitration a fee dispute lawsuit filed by Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan LLP against a former partner who argued the firm's complaint fell under an arbitration agreement clause in his employment contract.
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Del. ACLU Can Get Saul Ewing Invoices From State DOJ
The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware has won its bid to obtain Saul Ewing LLP legal fee invoices from the state's Department of Justice related to the firm's work as special counsel in a federal lawsuit alleging people in prison were denied needed medical care.
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Law Firm Can't Revive Social Media Defamation Suit In NJ
A New Jersey state appeals court shot down a law firm's social media defamation suit against a former client on Monday under a state law designed to protect litigants from meritless lawsuits filed to discourage free speech.
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Justices Turn Down Judge Newman's Suspension Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's effort to revive her lawsuit against her colleagues for suspending her, leaving intact a D.C. Circuit decision that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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.