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Ramey Takes Fight Against $162K Fee To Supreme Court
Prolific patent attorney William Ramey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to look at a case in which his client was ordered to pay the attorney fees of a rival litigant after the case was tossed for asserting expired patents, saying the case had seen the standard for attorney fee awards "rewritten."
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$226K Atty Fund Seizure Stands On Shaky Ground, Panel Told
A Connecticut attorney who successfully challenged his 90-day suspension told an appellate panel Monday that a related order forfeiting the contents of his trust account rests on an unstable legal foundation and should be relitigated.
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Insurer Wants Law Firm's Subpoena Nixed In Malpractice Suit
New Jersey state court lacks jurisdiction to unilaterally enforce a subpoena a U.S.-based law firm filed against a Canadian insurance company, the insurer has argued, seeking to avoid what it called an overly broad demand for information amid a policyholder's negligence suit against a trio of American law firms.
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Tyson & Mendes Adds 21 Attys From Rebar Kelly In Northeast
Insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP completed a large expansion of its footprint in the Northeast region of the country with the addition of nearly two dozen attorneys who moved their practices from Rebar Kelly LLC.
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Mich. Panel Backs Conversion Ruling Against Disbarred Atty
A Michigan appellate panel has said a disbarred northeastern Michigan attorney's decision not to back up her arguments sank her appeal arising from a lawsuit accusing her of converting or embezzling trust funds, affirming summary disposition against the attorney and saying she "simply failed to brief the issue."
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Hueston Hennigan To Pay Summer Bonuses Up To $35K
Trial firm Hueston Hennigan is the second boutique to announce it will dole out midyear bonuses to associates.
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Suspended Fla. Lawyer's Bankruptcy Case Thrown Out
A Florida bankruptcy court judge has dismissed the Chapter 13 case of a suspended lawyer facing state bar disciplinary charges over allegations that he defrauded dozens of clients by charging them legal fees for cases that he abandoned.
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Okla. Firm Wants Malpractice Suit Over $92M Verdict Tossed
An Oklahoma-based law firm is urging a federal court to toss a suit alleging its negligence in representing a Munich Re unit in a coverage dispute over an apartment fire is to blame for a $92 million judgment, saying the suit fails to show an actual malpractice claim.
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New NY State Bar President Talks Advocacy, AI And More
Attorney Taa Grays speaks about her goals and concerns for the legal industry as she becomes the first Black woman president of the New York State Bar Association on June 1.
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NC Prosecutors Oppose Criminal Contempt For Witness
A woman who was allegedly punched in the face by an attorney should not have been held in criminal contempt for giving too much hearsay testimony, North Carolina prosecutors told a state appeals court.
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NY Judge Doubts Nussbaum-Linked Firms Belong In Ch. 11
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday questioned whether his court was the proper venue to wind down two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum as the debtors sought to ditch an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.
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Fla. Panel Revives Firm's Suit Over Tobacco Case Referrals
A Florida state appellate court revived a law firm's complaint alleging tortious interference against a widow over a contingency fee agreement involving tobacco injury case referrals, finding that the lower court wrongly tossed the lawsuit based on extraneous information even though there was sufficient evidence to support a claim.
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Georgia Lawyer Again Seeks To DQ Judge Over Bar Referral
A Georgia attorney has launched at least the second attempt to disqualify a federal judge from presiding over a case he is handling because the judge previously referred him to the state bar, alleging ethics violations.
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Ex-Judge's Move To Firm Earns DQ In Fla. Divorce Case
A Florida appeals court ruled Friday that a Daytona Beach law firm should have been disqualified from representing a man in a divorce proceeding for failing to provide proper notice that a judge who previously oversaw the case had joined the firm as a partner.
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AI Comms Co. Wants Calif. Phone Service Suit Moved To NY
Connex One, a customer communications software company that uses AI, asked a California federal judge to dismiss or transfer a lawsuit by personal injury firm DK Law alleging it oversold the capabilities of its call center platform, delivered defective services and improperly extended the parties' contract.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.
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New NJ State Bar Prez Keeps Focus On 'Average Practitioner'
The New Jersey State Bar Association's new president, Blume Forte partner Norberto Garcia, caught up with Law360 Pulse to talk about centering small-firm attorneys and strengthening the bar as a meeting place for lawyers in his new role.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their operations as the legal industry closed out May this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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How Mentors Can Be Pivotal For Midcareer Attorneys
After associates kick off their training wheels and become established attorneys, some may be tempted to allow their mentor relationships to languish. But the need for trusted feedback doesn't lessen, executive coaches and recruiters tell Law360 Pulse.
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'Socioeconomic' Remark At Atty's Homicide Trial Vexes Judge
A prosecutor's "socioeconomic" description of the man shot to death by a former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner may have been improper, a Connecticut appellate judge said Thursday, casting some doubt on the integrity of Robert L. Fisher Jr.'s manslaughter conviction.
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Goldstein Says Bad Jury Instructions Warrant New Trial
SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein said that the prosecutors who convicted him on 12 tax and mortgage fraud charges in February are now contradicting arguments they made at the end of his trial in their attempt to deny him a bench acquittal or new trial.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Cozen O'Connor, Polsinelli PC and White & Case LLP are among the firms this month which announced relocation plans for offices around the country.
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NJ Firm Can't Sue Ariz. Atty For Defending Client, Court Told
An Arizona attorney and his law firm want out of conspiracy claims brought by a New Jersey lawyer and his firm in federal court related to an underlying contract suit in a tangled web of litigation, arguing the claims are an attempt to transform routine litigation strategy into actionable torts and that the Garden State court lacks jurisdiction.
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Litigation-Focused Legal Tech Startup Expands In US
A London-based startup aimed at providing AI tools for litigation and founded by former associates at Willkie and Patterson Belknap has raised $2.5 million in seed funding and launched a New York office as part of its U.S. expansion, the company announced Thursday.
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Court Bets On Prediction Markets Stir Insider Trading Fears
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi provide opportunities to make money on court-related wagers, raising concerns that judges, court employees or litigants could use nonpublic information to bet on the outcomes of cases or the judiciary's personnel moves.