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Bar-Takers See Accommodation Gap For Periods, Lactation
As would-be lawyers prepare to take the bar exam, testing accommodations for those who menstruate or lactate will vary by jurisdiction. In recent years, there's been a reckoning on state bar policies that affect women and transgender test-takers, but advocates say there's more to be done.
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New Group Aims To Help Attys Meet Middle Class Legal Needs
For middle-class Americans who may make too much money to qualify for legal aid services, affording an attorney to assist with civil matters like divorces and estate planning can still be a financial impossibility. The recently launched Above The Line Network, however, is on a mission to promote cost-conscious lawyering models to put legal services within economic reach for a big and underserved middle market.
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Judge Reverses Self, Says Hurricane Ad Suit Should Continue
Reversing her earlier decision, a federal magistrate judge has issued a preliminary ruling in favor of a woman who alleges that troubled Houston law firm McClenny Moseley & Associates PLLC and associated companies bombarded Louisiana hurricane victims with illegal marketing.
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Conn. Attys Agree To Arbitrate Their Twin Conversion Claims
Two Connecticut attorneys who sued each other over defamation, secretly accepting home improvement projects as payment for legal services and neglecting business responsibilities at a joint firm they agreed to dissolve in 2021, have dropped their dueling state court claims.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cunningham Bounds LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos count as children.
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3 Common Barriers As Law Firms Embrace Upward Reviews
Upward reviews, in which associates provide feedback on partners' performance as their managers, have become increasingly popular in the legal industry in recent years, but according to consultants who help implement them, the potential upsides can be muted if firms fail to avoid some common mistakes.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their practices and attorneys made moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Trump Atty Sanctioned For Filing IP Suit On Gut Feelings
A Florida federal judge has sanctioned an attorney who said he could "just know" if a product infringed his client's patents, rather than conducting a factual investigation — a move that the attorney claimed was backlash for representing former President Donald Trump elsewhere.
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US Can't Appeal Order To Give Avenatti's Tax Info To Trustee
A California federal judge declined Wednesday to allow the U.S. to appeal a bankruptcy court's decision ordering Michael Avenatti's tax returns to be released to the trustee overseeing the estate of Eagan Avenatti LLP's bankruptcy, finding the decision to be unappealable, and Avenatti himself hasn't objected to the disclosure.
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Anapol Weiss Absorbs Injury Boutique Attys, Adds Partner
Anapol Weiss has joined forces with a Philadelphia personal injury boutique and added a partner from Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC, the firm announced this week.
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Disbarred Pa. Attorney Faces Forgery, Tampering Charges
A disbarred Pennsylvania attorney now faces criminal charges for allegedly presenting fake court documents to clients with forged signatures of judges while pretending to litigate dismissed lawsuits.
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Law Firm Scolded For 'Misbegotten' ChatGPT Use In Fees Bid
A Manhattan federal judge criticized a special education-focused law firm Thursday for citing ChatGPT calculations to back up its attorney fee request of more than $100,000, calling the move "utterly and unusually unpersuasive."
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Judge Partially Tosses Suit Over Texas Beirut Bombing Suits
A Texas federal judge has partially dismissed a lawsuit between two Houston attorneys and a Maryland firm they've accused of unfairly terminating a joint venture for litigation over the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, writing that the firm can't face suit in the Lone Star State because the duo initiated and executed the representation agreement while on the East Coast.
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Judge Wary Of Sanctions Bid In 'Fabricated' Infant Death Suit
A Connecticut federal judge is worried about the possible consequences of sanctioning parties who brought what one company called a "fabricated" product liability lawsuit blaming it and Target Corp. for a baby's death, expressing concern Thursday that any factual findings could interfere with the plaintiffs' right to a jury trial.
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Former Texas Atty Gets 50 Years For 'Ponzi-Type' Client Fraud
A Texas federal judge sentenced a former San Antonio lawyer to 50 years in prison after he pled guilty to mishandling millions in client funds to support his "extravagant lifestyle," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said in a statement Wednesday.
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Unlicensed Atty Accused Of Bungling Nonprofit Registration
A Maryland-registered attorney was hit with a lawsuit in Georgia state court Wednesday accusing him of bungling a former client's nonprofit registration and practicing without being properly licensed in the Peach State.
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Mark Geragos Owes LA Times $218K In Fees Over Libel Suit
Attorney Mark Geragos must pay the Los Angeles Times $218,000 in attorney fees and costs after the paper defeated his libel suit challenging its coverage of a settlement for Armenian genocide victims, a California state judge said, rejecting Geragos' contention that the defendants "are seeking a windfall."
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Rapid Response Team Releases AI Guidance For State Courts
An artificial intelligence rapid response team created by state judiciary leaders has released interim guidance and resources to help state courts navigate AI technologies, the National Center for State Courts said Wednesday.
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Connecticut Atty To Settle Client's Suit Over Cash Mishap
A Connecticut lawyer who allegedly sent part of his client's $286,000 real estate transaction to a purported fraudster posing as that client with a fake email address has come to a "tentative settlement" to resolve the malpractice suit against him, new state court filings show.
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Bankman-Fried Gets New Attys After Waiving Crypto Conflict
A Manhattan federal judge signed off Wednesday on Sam Bankman-Fried's choice of new counsel ahead of his fraud sentencing, despite the fact that the convicted FTX founder's new team represents an indicted ex-crypto CEO whose interests may conflict with his own.
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Cochran Firm Rachets Up Fee Fight With Ex-Associate
The Cochran Firm California is escalating its ongoing dispute over attorney fees with a former associate, alleging in a new lawsuit that the now-departed lawyer lied to a managing partner about her relationship with a client with a lucrative claim.
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NY Judge Trims American Idol Singer's Suit Against NY Atty
A New York federal judge on Wednesday trimmed a suit against an attorney from a former American Idol contestant, allowing the artist to proceed only with her breach of fiduciary duty and faithless servant claims.
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Baker McKenzie Adds San Francisco Tax Pro From Boutique
Baker McKenzie has hired a state and local tax lawyer in San Francisco who joins the firm to broaden its ability to work with clients on a range of California tax matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Selendy Gay Founder Unveils 3 More Partners In Opening Firm
A co-founder of the firm now known as Selendy Gay PLLC and two former practice leaders at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP launched their new trial firm on Wednesday, announcing the hiring of three additional founding partners from Selendy Gay and LTL Attorneys LLP.
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Crypto-Friendly Atty Challenges Warren For Senate Seat
An attorney known for his pro-crypto views and criticism of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday a campaign to unseat incumbent and crypto critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the Massachusetts senatorial race.