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Judge Flags Possible Conflict In Foley & Lardner Client Spat
A Texas appellate court told Foley & Lardner LLP and two of its former clients that one of its judges might have a conflict of interest precluding him from deciding the parties' dispute over the firm's alleged failure to disclose conflicts of interest.
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Troutman Adds Ex-Medallion Midstream GC To Energy Team
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has added the former general counsel of Medallion Midstream LLC — which was acquired for $2.6 billion last year — to its Dallas office, strengthening the firm's energy transactional practice with an energy attorney who has two decades of legal experience, the firm announced Monday.
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Phelps Dunbar Adds DOJ Environmental Atty In Austin
Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Monday that it has added an environmental litigator in Austin, Texas, who brings over a decade of experience as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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Legal Support Firm Blocks Some NLRB Litigation
A legal support consulting firm is likely to prove that removal protections for National Labor Relations Board members and agency judges violate the U.S. Constitution, a Texas federal judge ruled, citing a recent Fifth Circuit ruling to support blocking some board proceedings against the company.
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PierFerd Co-Founder Talks Hitting 250-Atty Milestone
A little over a year and a half after launching the firm with commitments from 130 attorneys leaving FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand LLP has reached 250 attorneys, with the founders saying the firm plans to keep growing.
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King & Spalding Health Pro Joins Holland & Knight In Houston
Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that it has added a healthcare-focused transactional partner in Houston who came aboard from King & Spalding LLP.
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Hicks Johnson Adds Arnold & Itkin Appellate Head In Houston
Hicks Johnson PLLC announced Monday that it has named a new appellate practice leader in Houston who formerly helmed the appellate group at Arnold & Itkin LLP.
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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.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Wiley Rein LLP's work on a $3.65 billion telecommunications merger and Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC's pursuit of privacy claims against a health and wellness app lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Aug. 8 to 22.
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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.
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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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Gray Reed Names New Chief Marketing Officer
Gray Reed & McGraw LLP has added a new chief marketing officer who previously served as sales operations and client strategy director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where his tenure overlapped with the law firm's new chief growth and operations officer.
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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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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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Bankruptcy Trustee Axes RICO Claims Against BakerHostetler
The trustee for the Alliance Health Liquidating Trust has agreed to drop two remaining civil racketeering claims against BakerHostetler in an adversary case stemming from the law firm's representation of a bankrupt pharmacy company in 2017.
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Texas High Court Takes Down Hurdle On Campaign Prosecutions
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that prosecutors do not need referrals from the Texas Ethics Commission to bring campaign misconduct charges, reversing its own recent decision that had thrown out a grand jury indictment against a former judicial candidate.
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Baker Donelson Adds Womble Bond Energy Ace In Houston
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Thursday that it has added a former Womble Bond Dickinson attorney to its corporate group who brings particular expertise in energy commodities.
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Trump To Get Texas Vacancy With Judge Taking Senior Status
U.S. District Judge David Godbey of the Northern District of Texas, who was at the center of a debate on judge shopping last year, will take senior status on Sept. 17, according to an update posted on the federal judiciary's website on 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.
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Wick Phillips Gains Healthcare Pro From Dallas Boutique
Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP has bolstered its healthcare practice with a partner who came aboard from Dallas healthcare law boutique Weaver Johnston & Nelson PLLC.
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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.
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Unlawful Law Practice Reforms Needed To Account For AI
State bar associations and state supreme courts have to reimagine the rules governing the unauthorized practice of law if artificial intelligence is going to help close the justice gap, according to a new paper out Wednesday.
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Tegna Offers CLO $2.5M To Remain Through Sale to Nexstar
Amid broadcast digital media company Tegna Inc.'s sale to broadcast television giant Nexstar Media Group Inc., Tegna has entered into retention agreements with its executives, including a $2.5 million deal with its chief legal officer.
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Jackson Walker Names Chief Innovation, Information Officers
Jackson Walker LLP has appointed two of its business professionals to fill the roles of chief innovation officer and chief information officer, advancing the firm's technology-driven client service.