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BCLP Can Fight Atlanta Firm's Fee Garnishing Request
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP can now appeal a trial court's ruling ordering the firm to return just over $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator, a Georgia state appellate court ruled Wednesday.
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Atty For Ex-Trump Official Accused Of Leaking Deposition
The plaintiff in a federal fraud suit against a former Trump administrative State Department official and a Philadelphia attorney wants the defendants' attorney sanctioned and tossed from the case after the attorney allegedly shared depositions marked confidential with a third-party witness.
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Ref Says Suspended Fla. Atty Needs To Take Ethics Class
An ethics referee on Tuesday recommended not reinstating a suspended Tampa attorney to the Florida Bar because he failed to complete the ethics training required by the 2021 order that suspended him for making unfounded claims of racial bias against judges and opposing counsel.
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As In-House Teams Adopt AI, Law Firm Work Expected To Dip
The integration of generative artificial intelligence into legal practice marks a pivotal shift in the industry. As in-house lawyers increasingly leverage these technologies, the volume and nature of work sought from outside counsel may change dramatically, according to a recent report.
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Feds Get Pause Of Fla. Malpractice Suit Amid Criminal Case
A Florida federal judge has put a malpractice lawsuit against a New York attorney on hold while federal prosecutors pursue a securities fraud case against the lawyer's former client in Pennsylvania.
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Patterson Earnhart Names Equity Partners, Opens Wis. Office
Native American law firm Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP has announced two new equity partners, one of whom will lead a new office in Wisconsin.
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Miami Law Firm Not Covered In Overbilling Row, Judge Says
An insurer does not have to defend a Miami law firm in a lawsuit accusing it of overbilling a client, a Florida federal judge has ruled, finding that the underlying allegations do not constitute professional services as defined by the firm's policy.
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Detroit Firm Adds 3 Attys, Including Ex-GM Software Engineer
An intellectual property law firm in Detroit has recruited a trio of patent prosecution lawyers, including a former software engineer at GM and another lawyer who is going to lead the firm's new office in St. Louis.
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Ex-Atty Can't Delay Prison Amid Pot Bribe Appeal, Judge Says
A Boston federal judge on Wednesday shot down a former Massachusetts attorney's request to put off his 24-month prison sentence while appealing his conviction for bribing a local police chief to boost his client's retail cannabis application.
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How Associates Can Handle Romance At The Office
Perhaps he maintained eye contact during the boring meeting for a bit longer than expected. Or maybe when other lawyers rolled their eyes at the corny joke, she actually laughed.
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Ex-Atty Appealing Pot Bribe Conviction Says Prison Can Wait
A former Massachusetts attorney convicted over an alleged cannabis licensing quid pro quo told a Boston federal judge Tuesday that multiple close-call legal issues warrant a delay of his 24-month prison sentence until the First Circuit decides his forthcoming appeal.
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Decades After Repping MLK Jr., This Tenn. Atty Is Still Going
As a young lawyer, Walter Bailey was on the team of attorneys who fought for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his final, fatal visit to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. More than 50 years later, Bailey still practices law — and he has no plans to stop.
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Fla. Atty Says Philly Firm Can't Sue Her In Sunshine State
A Florida attorney urged a Sunshine State federal court to throw out the counterclaims and affirmative defenses of a Philadelphia-based personal injury firm, arguing Florida law cannot be applied to their dispute over claims she was running a side business as a litigation fee expert.
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DeCotiis Expands Employment Team In NJ With New Partner
DeCotiis FitzPatrick Cole & Giblin LLP has picked up a labor and employment attorney with over 20 years of experience and additional background in litigation, corporate law and commercial real estate from Guaglardi & Meliti LLP.
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How Legal Work Can Feed Attorneys' Suicidal Thoughts
Studies show time and again that attorneys are at greater risk for suicide and suicidal ideation than peers in other industries. Law360 spoke with eight attorneys who shared their personal stories about how the legal profession encourages behavior that can lead to suicidal ideation and how they found help.
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Former Philly Administrative Judge Joins Kang Haggerty
Kang Haggerty LLC on Tuesday expanded its mediation practice in Philadelphia this week by adding a former judge who helped form the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas' commerce court program nearly 25 years ago.
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McCarter & English Grows In Miami With Levine Kellogg Atty
A former Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP litigation and alternative dispute resolution attorney has joined McCarter & English LLP as a partner in Miami, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Retailer Sues Zimmerman Reed To End Privacy 'Shakedown'
Zimmerman Reed LLP and thousands of its clients are unlawfully conspiring to "weaponize" a California wiretapping law in bringing a crush of arbitration claims against L'Occitane over its website user tracking practices, the cosmetics and home goods retailer alleged in urging a California federal court to put an end to this "shakedown."
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Flint Water Crisis Firms Agree To End Settlement Fee Dispute
Three law firms that negotiated a $626 million settlement related to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis reached a settlement of their own on Monday after McAlpine PC agreed to end claims that Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PC and Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers PC unfairly cut it out of their original co-counsel agreement.
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Investigator's Atty Wants Mogul Sanctioned In Hacking Suit
A North Carolina attorney is pressing a federal court to impose a nearly $120,000 sanction for documents demanded of him by an airline tycoon in his hacking lawsuit, arguing the production request was an "undue burden" with an "exorbitant" financial cost.
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Litigation Boutique Leader Joins Holland & Knight In Calif.
Holland & Knight LLP is strengthening its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Greenberg Gross LLP business trial attorney as partner in its Newport Beach, California, office.
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Law Firms Prioritized Nonequity Partner Growth In 2023
Even as demand lagged and expenses went up last year, law firms took an aggressive approach to expanding their non-equity partner headcounts, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global's Wealth at Work Law Firm Group.
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Colo. Personal Injury Firm Ditches TM Suit Against Texas Firm
A prominent Denver personal injury firm has dropped its suit against a Texas rival for allegedly violating a trademark territory agreement, according to an order approved last week by a Colorado state judge.
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Health Atty Rejoins Troutman Pepper After Solo Practice Stint
An attorney who specializes in representing life sciences companies in commercial and operational matters has left her solo practice to join Troutman Pepper in Philadelphia, the firm said Monday.
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Illinois Supreme Court Forms Generative AI Task Force
The Illinois Supreme Court launched a task force investigating uses of generative artificial intelligence, with a roster that includes judges, administrators and attorneys, a spokesperson at the courts has confirmed to Law360 Pulse.