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Insider Trading Defense May Draw On 'Varsity Blues' Playbook

By Chris Villani

After enlisting a crew of experienced attorneys, defendants charged in an insider trading case allegedly involving deal information stolen from huge law firms are preparing to use a strategy that could take some cues from the "Varsity Blues" case in the same Boston courthouse.

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    Florida Pulse

    Miami Lakes Boutique Credits Client Approach For Success

    The boutique Gastesi Lopez Mestre & Cobiella PLLC in Miami Lakes, Florida, has more than doubled its attorney headcount since launching in 2019 and recently moved into a much larger office.

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    Courts

    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The justices issued three opinions this week, one about whether investors can sue investment funds, another concerning proper venue in criminal cases, and the third involving the pursuit of legal claims undisclosed during bankruptcy proceedings. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Los Angeles jury in a bellwether trial cleared Johnson & Johnson of any liability in the deaths of three women from ovarian cancer.

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    DC Pulse

    Latham Hires Ex-Treasury Top Foreign Investment Atty In DC

    Latham & Watkins LLP has hired the former co-lead counsel for the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, where she led a team of lawyers conducting legal reviews for that agency, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    California Pulse

    Jackson Lewis Adds Gordon Rees Employment Trio In LA

    Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its offerings in the Golden State with the addition of a trio of employment litigators from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Cleary Senior Partner Sees Decision Fatigue Setting In On AI

    For Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's senior partner, the biggest obstacle to the firm's plans for artificial intelligence isn't model hallucination or vendor risk, but something far more human — decision-making fatigue.

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    Daily Litigation

    Ariz. Injury Firm Expands To Denver After $125M MSO Deal

    Arizona personal injury firm Rafi Law Group — which reportedly partnered with Fortress Investment Group on a $125 million managed services organization deal — has opened a new office in Denver, just days after the state enacted a law banning some MSOs.

  • California Pulse

    Kellogg Hansen Bests Susman Godfrey's Associate Pay Hikes

    More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.

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    Courts

    Trial Lawyers For Justice Starts Supreme Court Group In DC

    Trial Lawyers for Justice, a national law firm that represents families and victims of catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice clients and others, has hired two lawyers in Washington, D.C., to launch a practice focused on U.S. Supreme Court and appellate work, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Seyfarth Adds Longtime Baker Botts RE Leader In Houston

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP has bolstered its real estate department with a Houston-based partner who most recently served as firmwide chair of the real estate and construction practice at Baker Botts LLP, where she had worked for three decades.

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