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Cole Scott Fights DQ Bid In Fla. Over Atty's Prior Work
Cole Scott & Kissane PA has told a Florida federal court that the firm should not be disqualified from defending a car wreck lawsuit because a partner's representation of the plaintiff in a prior personal injury lawsuit involved a completely unrelated vehicle accident.
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Manhattan DA Seeks Trump Gag Order For Hush Money Trial
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has asked a New York state judge to limit what Donald Trump can say publicly about the upcoming hush money trial against him, referencing Trump's history of intimidating and harassing witnesses, jurors, attorneys and court staff.
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Feds Say Fla. Atty Can't Undo COVID Relief Fraud Conviction
A U.S. attorney's office has pushed back on a Florida lawyer's bid to vacate her conviction in Georgia federal court of conspiring to defraud a coronavirus pandemic relief program, saying the government doesn't have to prove she was "behind the keyboard" when the applications were submitted to be convicted of the charges.
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Voters Fight DeSantis' Bid To End Prosecutor Suspension Suit
Two voters are urging a Florida federal judge not to throw out their suit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis' suspension of elected prosecutor Monique Worrell, saying the case brings "plausible claims" of "egregious and norm-breaking constitutional violations" by the governor.
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Fla. Judge Admits To Ethics Claims For Lengthy Case Backlog
A Florida state judge whose backlog of pending judgments stretched more than two years has agreed to a public reprimand, expressing "regret that his actions have tarnished the judiciary, created hardships for the litigants' awaiting rulings, and potentially damaged the public's perception of an effective judicial system."
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Foley & Lardner's New Miami Head Talks Helping As Leading
As the new leader of Foley & Lardner LLP's Miami office, Ruben Diaz Jr. sees his role not as "the boss," but as "the helper" who tries "to make people be the best they can be."
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Bar-Takers See Accommodation Gap For Periods, Lactation
As would-be lawyers prepare to take the bar exam, testing accommodations for those who menstruate or lactate will vary by jurisdiction. In recent years, there's been a reckoning on state bar policies that affect women and transgender test-takers, but advocates say there's more to be done.
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New Group Aims To Help Attys Meet Middle Class Legal Needs
For middle-class Americans who may make too much money to qualify for legal aid services, affording an attorney to assist with civil matters like divorces and estate planning can still be a financial impossibility. The recently launched Above The Line Network, however, is on a mission to promote cost-conscious lawyering models to put legal services within economic reach for a big and underserved middle market.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Real Estate Shareholders In Fla., LA
Greenberg Traurig LLP has added two shareholders to its global real estate practice, with one attorney based in Florida while the other is based in California and Texas.
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Carnival's Top Attorney Saw Pay Climb To $2.5M For 2023
Carnival Corp.'s general counsel saw a spike in total compensation last year, jumping from about $1.1 million in 2022 to more than $2.5 million in 2023, according to a Friday filing by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Fla. Fraud Convict Says His Prosecutors Weren't Authorized
A Florida man serving time in federal prison for investment fraud argued in a complaint on Friday that the assistant U.S. attorneys assigned to his case were not authorized to prosecute him.
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Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Pryor Cashman's handling of a suit against Pandora over royalty payments and Nutter's work on a healthy-snacks company acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 9 to 23.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cunningham Bounds LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos count as children.
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Trump Says He Has Immunity In Classified Docs Case
Former President Donald Trump filed a slew of motions late Thursday night asking a Florida federal judge to dismiss the criminal charges against him over the alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, arguing that he has presidential immunity from prosecution and that the appointment of the special counsel is unlawful.
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3 Common Barriers As Law Firms Embrace Upward Reviews
Upward reviews, in which associates provide feedback on partners' performance as their managers, have become increasingly popular in the legal industry in recent years, but according to consultants who help implement them, the potential upsides can be muted if firms fail to avoid some common mistakes.
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Holland & Knight Product Liability Ace Rejoins Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP has rehired a former partner who, in his first stint with the firm, spent a little over nine years representing pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability and other litigation, the firm announced Thursday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their practices and attorneys made moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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These Are The Hottest Trends In Law Firm Design
Out with the law library and in with Zoom rooms? Law360 Pulse recently talked to architects and legal employers to find out what the biggest trends are in law firm design.
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Trump Atty Sanctioned For Filing IP Suit On Gut Feelings
A Florida federal judge has sanctioned an attorney who said he could "just know" if a product infringed his client's patents, rather than conducting a factual investigation — a move that the attorney claimed was backlash for representing former President Donald Trump elsewhere.
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Miami Atty Hits Fla. Bar, Newspaper With $5B Libel Action
A Miami lawyer has targeted the Florida Bar and a newspaper with a defamation suit seeking $5 billion in damages, alleging that an article published about the events surrounding a previous legal action he filed against a doctor caused him "irreparable reputational damage both as a common citizen and as [an] attorney."
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Refiles Defamation Case Against Influencer
The $150 million defamation battle between former Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney Allan Kassenoff and the social media influencer he accuses of lying about his nightmarish divorce has entered a new phase as Kassenoff has filed a slimmed-down complaint after the previous one was dismissed for being "far longer than it needs to be."
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'Loosey-Goosey' Standing Rulings Pose Threats To Judiciary
Federal courts from the U.S. Supreme Court down are expanding their definition of standing, particularly in disputes over politically charged issues, with potentially troublesome results, creating privileged categories of plaintiffs, undermining public confidence in the judiciary, and enabling policymaking from the bench, according to experts.
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Fla. Passes Bill To Allow Release Of Epstein Grand Jury Docs
The Florida Legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the current exceptions for grand jury secrecy and pave the way for the release of the 2006 grand jury investigation into the late billionaire serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Shook Hardy Launches Group To Provide DEI Guidance
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has kicked off a diversity, equity and inclusion advisory practice group led by the former litigation and diversity leader for Coca-Cola Co.
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Fla. Whistleblower Suit Deal Averts Littler's Disqualification
Littler Mendelson PC won't have to face a disqualification bid in Florida federal court over a firm attorney's purported use of a mistakenly produced, privileged document at a deposition after its client reached a settlement in a whistleblower retaliation suit, court records show.