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A New Jersey federal judge is allowing class action attorney Carl J. Mayer to move forward with a lawsuit alleging his brother and cousins falsely accused the lawyer of stealing his father's money, ruling that Mayer's claims are not time-barred and that he has pleaded enough facts to support his allegations.
A Texas federal judge has agreed with a magistrate judge's recommendation in refusing to toss a suit seeking class damages over a troubled Houston law firm's allegedly illegal efforts to solicit clients in hurricane-related property damage cases.
Female and minority attorneys have made big gains in California over the past few decades, but white attorneys still make up nearly two-thirds of all lawyers in the highly diverse Golden State, according to a new report by the State Bar of California.
As associates grow into their positions, there can come a point at which they realize that mastering the art of the legal brief or the deposition is not enough: They also need to learn how to attract and retain clients.
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday declined to decertify a class of debtors alleging a law firm charged unlawfully high post-judgment interest rates, saying the defendants were confused about what was needed to show standing.
After working together in an attorney-client capacity in a “revenge porn” lawsuit in New York City, Aurore DeCarlo and Annie Seifullah eventually became law partners at C.A. Goldberg PLLC. Now they’re hanging their own shingle – Incendii Law – to focus on the kinds of cases that first brought them together.
Pierson Ferdinand LLP, the breakaway law firm launched by former FisherBroyles LLP attorneys, has picked up a pair of partners experienced in international disputes who will be based in New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami.
A California federal judge has agreed to postpone disgraced California plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi's trial to Aug. 6, setting the proceedings to begin 16 months later than originally required at the outset of the case.
New Jersey court officials gave notice to state bar members Monday that they would distribute an anonymous survey to better understand the current use of artificial intelligence within the legal profession.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart has some choice words for a colleague who chose to challenge her reelection bid rather than run for the seat he occupies now.
Locke Lord LLP announced the addition of a partner from the Boston-based real estate and commercial litigation boutique Nathanson & Goldberg PC, touting his combined litigation and transactional experience.
Fox Rothschild LLP has doubled down on its request for a gag order against an attorney pursuing a malpractice suit against the firm over allegedly mishandled immigration work, telling a New Jersey federal court that the attorney's "bombast and recklessness needs to end."
Arguing a San Antonio lawyer's widespread fraud scheme predated his relationship with the bank, Wells Fargo has asked a Texas federal judge to trim a suit launched by the attorney's former clients, who accused the bank of enabling the scheme that landed the attorney behind bars for 50 years.
An Illinois attorney argued Monday that her lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice and its immigration component's refusal to reinstate her practice before federal immigration courts belongs in D.C. federal court, where the DOJ is based, not Virginia.
After growing up in public housing, Gary Lafayette, the founder of the California-based boutique Lafayette & Kumagai LLP, went on to argue a public housing-related case before the U.S. Supreme Court. In a recent interview with Law360 Pulse as his firm merges with Sanders Roberts LLP, Lafayette shared lessons from his career so far.
Several former Genova Burns LLC partners and counsel launched a boutique firm, PEM Law, on Monday, marking the latest in a string of recent high-profile departures from the Newark, New Jersey-based firm.
A California appeals court on Friday ruled that a Los Angeles law firm cannot escape breach-of-contract damages for withdrawing from an attempted murder case, but also said its former client isn't entitled to a larger award.
A Georgia attorney who is accusing the state bar of having an "apartheid disciplinary process" that discriminates against Black lawyers asked the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to revive her discrimination suit, saying the lower court erred when it found it didn't have jurisdiction in the case.
Current and former employees of a Pennsylvania coal company earned conditional certification and did not violate soliciting rules for a collective action accusing management of violating overtime rules by not compensating time spent attending to gear before and after shifts, a federal judge ruled.
A former general counsel and chief people officer for several companies has joined boutique law firm Caldera Law in Miami to lead its new technology and innovation practice.
Litigation boutique Hamilton Wingo LLP announced Monday that it has added two experienced trial attorneys to its Dallas roster, including Brad Jackson, who worked alongside the firm's lawyers in 2022 in achieving a $7.3 billion verdict in a Texas wrongful death case — the largest such award in the country that year.
A former cannabis attorney at boutique firm Hiller PC told a New York state judge on Friday that her wage suit should stay in place in its entirety, saying that her contract existence doesn't prevent unjust enrichment claims.
A Los Angeles attorney who represented Rodney King in a civil case against the city of Los Angeles after King was severely beaten by police has been hit with federal tax evasion charges.
Disgraced attorney Tom Girardi's criminal trial could now be pushed back from May to August, after prosecutors and Girardi's defense attorneys filed a mutual request for a few more weeks of preparation in the closely watched case.
California's state bar will ask legislators for a $125 increase in its attorney licensing fees, a little less than the $150 hike it was previously considering, the state bar confirmed to Law360 on Friday.