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Legal Industry Adds 2,700 Jobs In February
Employment in the U.S. legal sector rebounded in February, showing a slight increase following a decline at the beginning of the year, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Class Suits Among Companies' Fastest-Growing Legal Costs
An annual survey of more than 300 large companies shows that class action spending was up to a record high in 2023, with the percentage of companies facing class action lawsuits at the highest level since the survey began 13 years ago, and total expenditures reaching nearly $4 billion.
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By The Numbers: Why Associates Stay At Their Firms
After a flood of associates left their firms in search of greener pastures as part of the "talent wars" of the early 2020s, the National Association for Law Placement wanted to know what made other early-career attorneys decide instead to stay put. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a look at how compensation, work-life balance, and a dozen other factors helped play a role.
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Ambrose Mills Adds IP Expert From Sterne Kessler In Virginia
Ambrose Mills & Lazarow PLLC, a corporate and IP boutique, has hired an intellectual property attorney from Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox LLP who focuses on patent matters and brings over a decade of experience, Ambrose Mills announced Thursday.
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Belluck & Fox Founder Appointed To NY Judicial Commission
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reappointed Joseph W. Belluck, founding partner of mesothelioma law firm Belluck & Fox LLP, as chair of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, according to a press release Thursday.
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Military Spouses Are Untapped Pool Of Attorney Talent
Service members' spouses in the legal profession present a massive well of untapped talent, though balancing a law career with their families' service to the country can be challenging, attorneys working in and with this community tell Law360 Pulse.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the beginning of March with another busy week as BigLaw firms made new hires and adjusted their practices.
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Mich. Atty Faces Arrest After Skipping Vote Tamper Hearing
A Michigan attorney accused of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election must turn herself in by the end of the day Friday or risk being arrested after failing to show up for a hearing in her criminal case Thursday.
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Mass. Atty's AI Gaffe Prompts Warning, 'Restrained' Penalty
A Massachusetts judge has put the state's legal bar on notice of the dangers of trusting artificial intelligence by sanctioning an attorney $2,000 for filing court papers that were full of realistic-sounding but fictitious case citations.
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Calif. Bar Pursues Atty Discipline Over LADWP Billing Scandal
The California State Bar announced Thursday it has filed seven disciplinary charges against a San Fernando Valley attorney accused of scheming with lawyers representing the city of Los Angeles to settle a customer billing class action favorably for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a public utility.
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Mich. Law Firm Owes Atty Fees For Unauthorized Tax Appeal
A Michigan law firm that appealed a country club's tax assessment without the club's authorization must cover the costs and attorney fees that a township incurred in litigating the case, the state's tax tribunal ruled.
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Two Calif. Estate Litigation Firms Merge, Form Vincere LLP
Two small California law firms that specialize in litigation to help beneficiaries claim money in disputes over trusts and estates have merged into a new firm called Vincere LLP.
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LA Firms Allegedly Fool Client Into Investing $2M In Bad Deals
A California businessman has sued two Los Angeles law firms for allegedly tricking him into sinking $2 million worth of ultimately bad investments into businesses that his attorneys failed to disclose they were partial owners of.
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Brafman Attys Known For Repping Big Names Open Firm
A trio of former Brafman & Associates PC lawyers with a history of representing high-profile figures like former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng have launched their own criminal defense practice in Manhattan.
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And The Oscars' Legal Questions Go To ... John Quinn
When he was the general counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Quinn Emanuel founding partner John Quinn attended the Oscars dozens of times, and he did so with a copy of the broadcast network contract tucked into his tuxedo pocket.
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Mich. Bar Tells Attys To Store Property Only When Legal
Michigan attorneys should be careful when deciding to store client property to ensure it's both legal and relevant to ongoing proceedings, according to the latest ethics guidance produced by the State Bar of Michigan's Judicial Ethics Committee.
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Equity Concerns Follow Mass Torts' March Into Bankruptcy
After decades of suffering and waiting, a group of more than 82,000 childhood sexual abuse survivors recently reached a $2.5 billion bankruptcy settlement with the Boy Scouts of America and related groups. Yet the survivors may once again be in suspense.
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Feds Look To Bar Advice-Of-Counsel Defense From Tax Trial
Federal prosecutors have sought to prevent two attorneys and an insurance agent from relying on advice-of-counsel defenses in their upcoming tax fraud trial, telling a North Carolina federal judge the trio failed to give the court an adequate heads-up about their intended defense.
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Western NY Boutique Launches With Nod To Roman Emperor
Western New York boutique Aurelian Law PLLC launched Thursday with a focus on crisis response, government investigations and high-stakes litigation.
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Film Funder Fights 'Severe' Sanction Bid in Malpractice Suit
A media investor accusing a now-defunct Chicago law firm of negligently helping him secure intellectual property rights to develop a television show has argued that an Illinois state court should reject the firm's request for sanctions and dismissal over alleged discovery violations, arguing that the firm is ignoring its own discovery failures in the case.
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Seton Hall Accused Of 'Sham' Probe Into Alleged Misconduct
Seton Hall University's ex-president has filed an amended whistleblower complaint against the school that centers on alleged misconduct by its former board chair, prominent criminal defense attorney Kevin Marino of Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC, contending that the university launched a fake investigation into accusations of sexual harassment.
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Flaster Greenberg Adds Atty From Transportation Boutique
For the second time in a week, Flaster Greenberg PC has added an attorney to its suburban Philadelphia office — this time welcoming a litigator who left his own transportation law boutique to join the firm.
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Avenatti Trial Judge Didn't Coerce Jury, 2nd Circ. Says
The Manhattan federal judge who oversaw Michael Avenatti's trial on charges he defrauded ex-client Stormy Daniels didn't act improperly when he gave the jurors an extra instruction reminding them of their duties after the panel appeared deadlocked, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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The Firms Charging Into Secondary Cities As BigLaw Retreats
While top-tier firms have recently tapered their migration to secondary legal markets, firm leaders and recruiters say these locations continue to hold appeal for midtier firms, citing advantages such as lower expenses and competitive billing rates.
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McGuireWoods Adds 2 Former Federal Prosecutors In Dallas
McGuireWoods LLP announced Wednesday that two former federal prosecutors who specialize in healthcare regulatory and compliance issues have joined the firm as partners in Dallas.