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Future Of Judge-Shopping Reform Hazy After Rule Proposal
The policymaking body for U.S. courts provoked a stir last week when it proposed a rule designed to curb "judge shopping," with observers saying that the policy does address one type of the practice but that it remains to be seen if individual federal district courts will be willing to adopt even that limited reform.
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O'Toole Scrivo Construction Pros Join Murphy Schiller
Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP, which is headquartered in New Jersey, has tapped new partners Anthony D. Capasso and R. Brant Forrest to lead its construction law and litigation practice groups as the pair departs O'Toole Scrivo LLP.
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Taylor English Picks Up Corporate Ace From Fla. IP Boutique
Taylor English Duma LLP has brought on a seasoned corporate attorney who has represented prominent entertainment clients and was most recently a counsel with intellectual property firm 500law.
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2 Arbitration Bodies Donate $750K For Diversity Efforts
Two nonprofits focused on the alternative dispute resolution field — the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution Foundation and the JAMS Foundation — jointly announced on Monday a $750,000 grant to support efforts to increase diversity among arbitrators and mediators.
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Ex-Lynch Carpenter Atty Hits Firm With Whistleblower Case
A former associate for Lynch Carpenter LLP has brought a whistleblower suit in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming labor code violations, discrimination, breach of contract and retaliation after allegedly witnessing "multiple instances of unethical conduct that he believed constituted fraud and/or legal malpractice."
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Law Firm Beats COVID Vax Refuser's Religious Bias, ADA Suit
A Maryland federal judge threw out a suit from a legal secretary who said a Baltimore law firm fired her because her religious beliefs barred her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine, ruling she hadn't explained what religion she adhered to or how getting vaccinated would violate its precepts.
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Move Puerto Rico Defamation Suit To Illinois, Judge Advises
A $3 million defamation suit brought by a Chicago-based lobbyist against two Illinois attorneys belongs in the Land of Lincoln, a Puerto Rico magistrate judge determined in a report and recommendation.
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Mass. Law Firm Can't Escape Ex-Client's Data Breach Case
A small Massachusetts law firm will have to face an ex-client's proposed class action claiming it was negligent and failed to protect her and others' personal information from hackers who breached the firm's computers and stole data, a Boston federal judge has ruled.
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Seton Hall Aims To Erase Ex-President's 'Sensational' Suit
Seton Hall University has called on a New Jersey state court to throw out its former president's claims he was forced out for blowing the whistle on alleged misconduct by former board chair and prominent criminal defense attorney Kevin Marino, saying the suit is "what can best be described as gamesmanship, and at worst sheer dishonesty."
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Legal Groups Seek Update On What It Takes To Be A Lawyer
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has announced a "major update" to its 2014 survey, this time teaming up with the Law School Admission Council to tap thousands of attorneys to get an updated view of what it takes to be a successful lawyer.
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5th Circ. Revives Widows' Collections Suit Against Law Firm
The Fifth Circuit has revived a proposed class action against Louisiana law firm Shows Cali & Walsh LLP regarding its efforts to recoup grant funds awarded in connection with Hurricane Katrina, saying a reasonable jury could find the law firm violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.
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Paris-Based Boutique Leaders On Firm's Push Into DC
While a number of U.S. law firms have expanded into Europe in recent years, the Paris-based Pinna Legal has flipped the script by recruiting a White & Case LLP partner to open the international arbitration and litigation boutique's first U.S. shop in Washington, D.C.
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Pa. Firm Partner's Equity Suit Sent Back To State Court
A dispute between two firm partners is being remanded to Pennsylvania state court after a U.S. district judge ruled Friday that the case lacks the geographic diversity required to be in federal court because both attorneys remain members of the firm, despite one submitting notice of her intent to withdraw.
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How Small Law Firms Are Preparing To Embrace AI
The promise of generative artificial intelligence remains outside the gates of many small law firms, but that hasn't stopped some from using this time to evaluate and test products before securing access to this new technology.
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Lambda Legal Elects New Board Of Directors Chair
LGBTQ+-focused legal charity Lambda Legal has announced that the former vice chair of its board of directors has been elevated to the role of chair following an election by the board's members.
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The Trio Of Attys Fighting New Jersey's 'County Line' System
New Jersey's "county line" ballot system where candidates are grouped by party endorsement rather than by office — and an anti-democratic tool, some argue — has become one of this primary season's hottest issues as a battle shapes up pitting a congressman against the governor's wife for a U.S. Senate seat.
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LA Billing Scandal Atty's Estate Can't Revive Fee Dispute
The estate of an Ohio attorney who was accused of participating in a highly publicized billing settlement scandal involving the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power has lost two probate court bids to recoup fees from the late attorney's former colleagues, with an appeals panel determining the court lacked jurisdiction.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the Ides of March with another busy week as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and headcounts. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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'Perfect Storm' Caused 2023 Surge In Law Firm Leasing
U.S. law firms in 2023 took on nearly 17 million square feet of office space, an unprecedented level of leasing activity driven by major law firm moves into trophy buildings in New York City, according to a report from commercial brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield.
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Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Littler Mendelson PC kick off this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, with a win for business groups striking down the National Labor Relations Board's joint employer rule.
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What GCs Want To See From Firms' New AI Practices
As artificial intelligence practice groups pop up in law firms around the country, what do general counsel want from their external lawyers when it comes to this burgeoning technology?
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Atty Claims Privilege On Docs In Patent Suit Origin Probe
An attorney whom Delaware Judge Colm Connolly is considering referring for disciplinary action as part of a probe into third-party patent litigation control and funding turned over some documents requested by the judge on Thursday, but said others are being withheld as privileged.
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Wash. Atty Who Ducked Bar Probe Suspended For 3 Years
A Washington state attorney has agreed to a three-year suspension for suing the wrong person in a vehicle crash lawsuit, ghosting his client and an insurer involved and later trying to evade a legal malpractice judgment and disciplinary investigation, according to the Washington State Bar Association.
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Fla. High Court Denies Atty Reinstatement After Bar Objection
Florida's high court on Thursday denied the reinstatement of a Jacksonville-area attorney who was suspended after filing numerous unauthorized tobacco-related claims, saying he failed to produce "clear and convincing evidence" that he was rehabilitated after selling his firm to a longtime acquaintance under whom he was to be supervised.
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Ex-Drew Eckl Attys' Arbitration Fight To Get Appellate Review
The Georgia Court of Appeals agreed Thursday to take up a bid from former Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP partners who say that the firm they helped co-found, Burke Moore Law Group LLP, should not be beholden to arbitration with Drew Eckl in a fees dispute because of agreements they signed.