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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.
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Thompson Coe Atty Is Starting His Own Plaintiffs Firm
Houston trial lawyer Will Moye, who has defended clients such as the Houston Astros, Chevron and Ford Motor Co. against personal injury and product liability claims, announced he's switching sides and will launch his own firm representing injured plaintiffs.
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Pa. Atty Aims To Escape Litigation Funding Scheme Suit
A Pennsylvania lawyer has called on a federal court to toss a former client's claims that an attorney from the lawyer's firm improperly used his workplace injury case as collateral to secure litigation funding and then transferred the high-interest-rate loans to his legal fees.
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Texas Litigation Firm Watts Guerra Splits Up In 'Restructuring'
Texas-based mass tort and personal injury law firm Watts Guerra LLP announced that it has split into separate entities as of this week as part of "a strategic and collaborative restructuring."
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Legal Event Organizers Stress Efforts To Deter Harassment
Legal conference organizers have told Law360 Pulse that they are committed to fostering safe and inclusive events, and some changes have been made following recent accusations of sexual harassment and assault at legal events.
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Atlanta Atty Keeps $1.15M Fee Award Despite Tossing Notes
A Georgia state appellate court has upheld an award of $1.15 million in attorney fees to a solo-practice attorney, saying an Atlanta-based airport travel spa operator he did work for failed to show the trial court was wrong in finding the attorney didn't have to save notes about the legal services he provided.
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SF Atty Faces Misconduct Charges Over $1.33M In Trust Fees
A San Francisco attorney is facing disciplinary charges for allegedly overcharging a trust account client who struggled with mental health and other personal issues, the State Bar of California's Office of Chief Trial Counsel announced Friday.
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NC Court Won't Halt Immigration Atty's Disbarment
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has declined to halt the disbarment of an immigration attorney accused of misusing client funds, over the lawyer's objections that he's licensed by the New York bar and therefore can't be disciplined by Tar Heel State watchdogs.
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NJ Attorney Gets 3-Month Suspension For Misleading Ads
A New Jersey-based attorney was hit with a three-month suspension by the Supreme Court of New Jersey's Disciplinary Review Board after it found that he engaged in improper advertising by directly mailing potential clients solicitation letters featuring inaccurate and missing information.
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Feds Seek Over 5 Years For NYC Atty In $18.8M Ponzi Scheme
Federal prosecutors are seeking 5¼ to 6½ years in prison for a New York City attorney who admitted to running an $18.8 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded real estate investors, in addition to separately laundering funds from an expansive insurance fraud scheme.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw expanded its reach and big names made headlines after court. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Krieger Kim & Lewin Reshuffle As Name Partner Rejoins SDNY
Krieger Kim & Lewin LLP is changing its name and taking on a new partner as one of the former federal prosecutors who founded the boutique rejoins the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York, the firm announced Friday.
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Insurer Says Policy Won't Cover $1.3M Title Agency Defense
An insurer wants a North Carolina federal court to rule that a policy excludes defending a title insurance agency in an underlying lawsuit alleging the agency worked with an unapproved and financially questionable law firm, costing an underwriter at least $1.25 million.
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Atty In 'The Saudi Sun' Case Seeks Jury Trial Over Sanctions
A Seattle attorney accused of creating a fake newspaper called The Saudi Sun and filing it as a court exhibit is pushing back against a $268,000 sanction order, arguing to the Ninth Circuit that he should have a jury trial first.
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These Firms Are Leading In Patent Litigation Work
A Houston-based intellectual property firm filed the most patent suits over the last three years in the U.S., while a well-established boutique again took the top spot as the firm defending the most patent litigation during the same period, according to a new Lex Machina report.
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Ex-NJ Judge Suspended From Law Practice Over Groping
The New Jersey Supreme Court handed down a one-year suspension from practicing law to a former North Bergen municipal court judge who was previously permanently barred from being a judge for groping a woman and being dishonest about the incident in the judicial ethics case against him.
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Ex-Billing Manager Says NJ Firm Put Fees Over Clients
A former billing manager for the New Jersey personal injury firm Brandon J. Broderick Attorney At Law claims she was fired for insisting that the firm's clients receive the most money possible from their settlements, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court.
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Investor Wants Fla. CBD Co.'s Atty DQ'd In Fraud Suit
An investor in a Florida health goods company asked a federal judge Wednesday to disqualify an attorney from representing a company principal, saying the attorney should instead testify at trial because he knows about relevant contract negotiations.
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Meet The Attys Facing Off At High Court In Trump DQ Case
The attorneys facing off at the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can appear on Colorado's primary election ballot are both described by their colleagues as incredibly talented and smart lawyers.
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Mass. Atty Gets 2 Years For 'Corruptly' Pushing Pot Bribe Plot
A former Massachusetts attorney "violated his oath corruptly" by bribing a police chief with payments to his brother to win a local marijuana license for a client, a federal judge said Wednesday as he handed down a two-year prison term.
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Georgia Plaintiffs Boutique Expands After Big Wins
When Tedra Cannella and Rob Snyder left their Atlanta plaintiffs firm Butler Prather LLP to hang their own shingle two years ago, plaintiffs attorney Alexandra "Sachi" Cole said she wasn't the only one who took notice.
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NY-Licensed Atty Says NC Bar Lacks Power To Disbar Him
A New York-licensed immigration attorney has urged the North Carolina Court of Appeals to stay a disciplinary order disbarring him for embezzlement, saying the state bar can't discipline him because he's not licensed there.
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Third-Party Litigation Funding Rule Gets Cold Shoulder In NJ
A New Jersey Supreme Court committee has shot down a proposal to mandate disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements in civil cases, saying drafting such a rule could be difficult.