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AI Errors Likely To Persist Despite Escalating Court Sanctions
Judges have begun issuing sanctions to lawyers, escalating the consequences over artificial intelligence-generated errors, but attorneys say that penalties might not be enough to stop the problem.
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Longtime Tucker Ellis Atty To Co-Chair Appellate Team
Tucker Ellis LLP announced on Thursday that it has named one of its longtime Cleveland-based attorneys as co-chair of its appellate and legal issues practice.
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Miller & Martin Construction Duo Joins Maynard Nexsen
Maynard Nexsen PC announced Monday that a pair of construction and commercial litigation attorneys have joined the Southeast firm's Atlanta office from Miller & Martin PLLC.
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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Reach Deal On Fee Settlements
The Office of the U.S. Trustee and law firm Jackson Walker LLP on Wednesday resolved the bankruptcy watchdog's opposition to a series of settlements tied to a romantic relationship between a former Jackson Walker attorney and a now-retired bankruptcy judge.
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Ferguson Braswell, Ethikos Launch Cross-Border Partnership
Ferguson Braswell Fraser & Kubasta LLP has entered into a partnership with Belgium-based law firm Ethikos to offer a cross-border anti-money laundering compliance and enforcement defense platform in response to intensified regulatory scrutiny that can gum up transactions when the parties are international.
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Ex-DOJ Prosecutor Joins Lathrop GPM In Minneapolis
Lathrop GPM LLP announced Wednesday that a longtime U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor has joined the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice group as a counsel based in Minneapolis.
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DOJ Understaffing Takes Toll After 'Unprecedented' Exodus
Federal criminal and civil cases, like a recently dismissed gun prosecution in Minnesota, are being plagued by delays, extension requests and missed deadlines as a result of the large number of attorneys who have departed the DOJ since President Donald Trump returned to office and the inexperienced lawyers replacing them.
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O'Toole Scrivo Fights DQ Bid Over Port Authority Leader Ties
McCarter & English LLP this week blasted a counsel disqualification motion from a former attorney suing for alleged discrimination as a "blatant and meritless" tactical move to interfere with its representation by the firm O'Toole Scrivo LLC over that firm's connection to the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Cohen Vaughan Plans Dissolve 14 Months After Combination
Two firms that started sharing resources under Cohen Vaughan LLP in January 2025 have announced they are dissolving the partnership at the beginning of April and returning operations to their separate business models.
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Boies Schiller Hires IP Partner From Williams Simons
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has hired a patent litigator who has worked on disputes involving data management technology, wireless communications technology and semiconductors, technology he worked with previously for years as an engineer, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Biotech Investor Blames Pierce Atwood For Messy Asset Sale
A Ukrainian billionaire who was recently ordered to pay other investors in a failed genetic testing company more than $1.8 million in damages is blaming the Pierce Atwood LLP lawyers who advised him on what a court later found to be a "fundamentally unfair" forced asset sale.
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Deals Rebound As Lit Finance Finds Footing After Shakeout
Litigation finance deal volume rebounded modestly in 2025 after two years of decline following an industrywide shakeout, while BigLaw pulled back from tapping into litigation financing opportunities, according to a new report.
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Deals In Jackson Walker-Judge Affair A 'Dilemma,' Judge Says
A Texas federal judge ordered three of Jackson Walker LLP's former bankruptcy clients Tuesday to explain by next month what would happen to money from potential vacaturs or sanctions against the law firm if the estates close after their contested deals get approved.
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Manatt Adds 3 Entertainment Attys In LA From Nixon Peabody
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has expanded its entertainment group by adding a team of four entertainment attorneys to its Los Angeles office, three of them coming from Nixon Peabody LLP.
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Indiana Firm Drops Quintairos Prieto 'Mass Exodus' Suit
Less than a month after suing Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA for allegedly causing a "mass exodus" of attorneys, Indiana-based Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC has chosen to dismiss the matter, according to a recent court filing.
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Hall Booth Smith Expands To New Mexico With Partner Trio
Months after announcing the opening of a Philadelphia office, Hall Booth Smith PC revealed its latest expansion, opening an office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, following the hire of three partners from a local firm.
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Connell Foley Adds Harwood Lloyd Employment Veteran In NJ
Connell Foley LLP has brought on a labor and employment expert blending expertise in both litigation and employment law counseling as a partner from Harwood Lloyd LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Porter Wright Appoints New Office, Practice Leaders
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP has promoted a partner to sole manager of its Pittsburgh office and named new leaders for its banking, immigration, intellectual property, biotechnology, corporate securities and M&A practices.
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Seward & Kissel Lands McDermott Atty As Litigation Leader
Seward & Kissel LLP announced Tuesday that it has added the former co-leader of McDermott Will & Schulte's investment management regulatory and enforcement practice to chair its litigation and investigations group.
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Mullen Coughlin Grows Litigation Team With E-Discovery Atty
Data-privacy-focused firm Mullen Coughlin LLC is expanding its team, bringing in as a partner an artificial intelligence, e-discovery, and privacy and security expert who most recently was with Guidepost Solutions.
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Kelley Drye Opens 3rd California Office In San Francisco
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced Monday that the firm has opened an office in San Francisco, marking its third West Coast location and first outside of Southern California.
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Top Takeaways From 2026 Mid-Law Partner Promotions
Mid-Law firms this year continued a trend of promoting smaller partnership classes amid an overall trend for consolidation within the legal industry, while women lawyers held onto minor gains in partnership ranks and promotions varied across markets around the country, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Northeast Slowdown, Midwest Gains In Mid-Law Promotions
An overall drop in the most recent partner classes at Mid-Law firms was marked by declines in Northeast and Southeast markets, while promotions rose throughout the Midwest and West Coast, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Mid-Law Promotions Reflect Slow Progress In Gender Parity
Women accounted for about 43.5% of Mid-Law partner promotions during the 2026 promotion cycle, roughly in line with the prior year and reflecting the slow pace of progress toward gender parity, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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How Firms Can Avoid The Wrong Investor As PE Eyes Legal
A common concern in many conversations about outside investment in law firms is that a private equity shop will put "revenue over ethics." Here, advisers offer five tips for law firms looking to take on outside investment on how they can avoid a mismatch.