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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.
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Justices Decline Malpractice Dispute Over $6M Settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear the appeal of a Massachusetts legal malpractice suit in which Lubin & Meyer PC was accused, and cleared by a lower court, of pressuring a family into accepting a $6 million settlement that the family claims could have been higher.
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Girardi Keese Trustee Recovers $1.8M In Fees For Exide Case
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved an agreement between the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee, a former attorney for the firm and the Mandell Law Firm to end an adversary proceeding connected to $1.8 million in attorney fees from a lawsuit over the toxic Exide battery plant in Vernon, California.
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Law Firm Wins Unredacted Deal Info In NJ Malpractice Fight
A law firm has prevailed in a discovery battle against a sibling duo suing it for malpractice in New Jersey state court with a ruling that the plaintiffs must provide unredacted info about the settlement they reached in the underlying suit that the firm allegedly mishandled for them.
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Fennemore Craig's 3rd Merger Of '24 Focuses On Tax Practice
Fennemore Craig PC announced on Tuesday it is continuing its rapid growth this year through a merger with Sacramento-based tax-focused firm Wagner Kirkman Blaine Klomparens & Youmans LLP.
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No Coverage For Firm In Haiti Malpractice Suit, Insurer Says
An insurance company has asked a Washington federal court to declare it does not have to cover a Seattle law firm facing a $31 million New York federal malpractice case stemming from its representation of a Haitian agency in a petroleum contract arbitration, arguing the firm breached the insurance agreement by lying on its application.
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FisherBroyles Continues Growth With California Tech Partner
Remote law firm FisherBroyles LLP announced that it hired a litigation attorney with over 20 years of experience focusing on technology patent matters and licensing as a partner in Palo Alto, California.
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Burr & Forman Adds Tampa Litigation Partner From Solo Shop
Burr & Forman LLP has added a commercial litigation partner in Tampa who has operated his own firm for the past six years.