Small Law


  • Atty Can't Retool Law School Loan Battle With Ex, Court Told

    A Florida lawyer fighting Wells Fargo, his former girlfriend, her attorney and others over a $30,000 bill for law school loans paid by his ex has failed to establish a good cause why he should be permitted to amend his complaint for the fourth time, according to a Monday filing in federal court.

  • Ex-TSA Attorney Among 3 New Lawyers At Kaplan Kirsch

    A former Transportation Security Administration attorney is among three lawyers who recently joined Kaplan Kirsch LLP, a Denver-based law firm that specializes in representing state, local and tribal government agencies on projects such as airport expansions and new rail lines.

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    3rd Circ. Again Rejects Atty's Fee Row With Pierce Bainbridge

    The Third Circuit on Monday denied Philadelphia attorney Bruce Chasan a third chance to litigate a long-running fee dispute with Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP over a client who unsuccessfully sued Microsoft over allegedly stealing his image for a video game.

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    Ballooning BigLaw Rates Create Opportunities For Mid-Law

    Some midsize, regional and boutique firms are using their lower rates to attract both clients and lateral attorneys against the backdrop of spiraling BigLaw rates, though there are definite limits to the strategy.

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    Elite Deal Partners Command Rates That Soar Above Peers

    Lawyers who orchestrate massive transactions make up the lion's share of attorneys charging top-tier rates that have broken far away from average billing rates for law firm partners in recent years, experts say.  

  • Seton Hall Flags 'Dangerous Precedent' In NJ Venue Dispute

    Seton Hall University is urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to review a decision moving a whistleblower case from its former president from Essex to Hudson County, saying letting that action stand would set a "dangerous precedent" regarding case transfers.

  • Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Jackson Lewis PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit upheld injunctions barring the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other companies.

  • Jay-Z Aims To Keep Buzbee Suit Alive After Losing Other Case

    Texas attorney Tony Buzbee's request to shut down a federal lawsuit in Alabama based on a state trial court's dismissal of a different action in California related to sexual abuse allegations connected to Sean "Diddy" Combs is a "desperate attempt to evade accountability," rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has argued.

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    Harris St. Laurent Adds Taylor & Cohen Co-Founder To NY Team

    Employment and white collar boutique Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP has added the co-founder of New York City boutique Taylor & Cohen LLP to bolster its commercial litigation practice.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as U.S. firms expanded their practice offerings with new talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Continued Education Access Is The Goal Of New DC Boutique

    Faced with the prospect of mass layoffs amid what she called the growing politicization of the U.S. Department of Education after 10-plus years at the agency, Josie Eskow Skinner said that she and two of her colleagues recently decided it was time to launch their own education-focused legal boutique.

  • Kanner & Pintaluga Seeks Sanctions Over Accident Data Suit

    Kanner & Pintaluga PA asked a Texas federal court to sanction a Houston couple and their counsel in a proposed class action accusing the firm and since-dismissed Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. of conspiring to share auto crash victims' private information, saying the claims are based on unverified and inadmissible hearsay.

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    Odell Beckham Wants Attys Sanctioned In Diddy Assault Suit

    NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. is looking to sanction attorneys representing a woman accusing him in California federal court of participating in a Bay Area gang rape alongside rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, claiming the allegations are frivolous and the attorneys willfully ignored available evidence in making them.

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    Massumi & Consoli Expands NYC Office Amid Rapid Growth

    National private equity law boutique Massumi & Consoli LLP has relocated its New York office to a substantially larger space in Midtown Manhattan overlooking Bryant Park.

  • Pa. Firm Lacked Standing To Sue Legal Malpractice Insurer

    A Philadelphia law firm that dropped its bad faith lawsuit against its insurer was not a true legal entity and never had standing to sue for coverage of a legal malpractice case that ended in a $600,000 judgment, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday.

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    Most Lawyers Feel Prepared To Meet Clients' AI Expectations

    The majority of surveyed attorneys feel ready to meet client demands regarding artificial intelligence, according to survey results released Thursday by legal professionals network Best Lawyers.

  • Texas Firm Says Rival Is Improperly Contacting Clients

    A Houston immigration firm has told a judge that its rival firm is demanding it hand over certain client files despite an ongoing lawsuit over what the former firm claims are false allegations of fraud.

  • Production Co. Says Vegas Atty Botched Basketball Deal

    A Las Vegas-based production company has hit a Las Vegas attorney with a malpractice suit for allegedly giving poor legal advice in its deal to build a basketball facility in Atlanta, which led to it being sued for over $5 million in cost overruns.

  • NC Bankruptcy Atty Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder

    A North Carolina bankruptcy attorney is facing murder charges after police said he shot and killed a 43-year-old man in a small town in the mountains over the weekend, court records show.

  • Conn. Atty Avoids Suspension Over $165K Fee Split Spat

    A Connecticut state court judge has reprimanded an attorney who was accused of pocketing a $165,000 fee that he was supposed to split with his former firm, and ordered him to pay unspecified restitution and take continuing legal education.

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    Atkinson Andelson To Add 13 Attys In Calif. Boutique Tie-Up

    California law firm Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo PLC will add 13 lawyers to its litigation and trial practice group through a consolidation with boutique firm Garrett & Tully effective Sept. 1.

  • Ex-Holland & Knight Atty Wants Another Depo From Ex-Wife

    A former Holland & Knight LLP partner battling Pennsylvania personal injury firm Fritz & Bianculli LLC in litigation stemming from an affair and his messy divorce has pushed for his ex-wife to sit for another deposition, arguing that she wrongly refused to answer relevant questions when she was first deposed.

  • Family Alleging Firm's Girardi Conflict Denied Partial Win

    A Los Angeles judge Tuesday denied a family's motion seeking judgment on declaratory relief claims in a $1.8 million malpractice lawsuit against a firm that represented it in recovering millions lost in Girardi Keese's embezzlement scandal, saying disputed facts remain in the "unusual" case.

  • Bad Citations Aren't Always Sanctionable, Wash. Atty Argues

    An attorney in Washington state vowed on Tuesday to appeal harsh sanctions an Arizona federal judge meted out Thursday over fake and misleading citations she included in an opening brief, releasing a statement arguing that the court's order "treats the mere existence of AI-hallucinated citations as an automatic violation" but "that is not what Rule 11 requires."

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    Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Pleads Not Guilty To Chicago Charges

    Former Girardi Keese attorney Keith Griffin pled not guilty Tuesday to a Chicago indictment accusing him of helping Tom Girardi violate court orders to disburse settlement funds to certain plane crash clients and concealing the theft of those funds.

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