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California Pulse
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OnlyFans Flags Bogus Citations In RICO Fraud Suit
Attorneys for a proposed class of OnlyFans subscribers alleging racketeering by the company notified a California federal judge Thursday that they would be seeking permission to fix earlier filings found to have errors created by artificial intelligence, days after the web platform's parent company notified the court of the citation errors.
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California Bar Board Of Trustees Gets 1st Nonattorney Chair
The California Supreme Court announced Thursday that for the first time ever, a nonattorney will lead the State Bar of California's Board of Trustees starting Sept. 19.
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Odell Beckham Wants Attys Sanctioned In Diddy Assault Suit
NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. is looking to sanction attorneys representing a woman accusing him in California federal court of participating in a Bay Area gang rape alongside rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, claiming the allegations are frivolous and the attorneys willfully ignored available evidence in making them.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Goodwin Real Estate Ace In SF
Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Goodwin Procter LLP real estate transactions expert as a shareholder in its San Francisco office.
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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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Loeb & Loeb Adds Allen Matkins Employment Atty In SF
Loeb & Loeb LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in an Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP employment litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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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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King & Spalding Adds 2 More Former Goodwin Litigators
Two California attorneys who were key players in the legal dispute between the Winklevoss twins and Mark Zuckerberg over the origin of Facebook are reportedly the latest intellectual property litigators to exit Goodwin Procter LLP for King & Spalding LLP.
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Atkinson Andelson To Add 13 Attys In Calif. Boutique Tie-Up
California law firm Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo PLC will add 13 lawyers to its litigation and trial practice group through a consolidation with boutique firm Garrett & Tully effective Sept. 1.
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Buchalter Lands Procopio IP Ace To Lead Medical Tech Group
Buchalter PC has added a veteran intellectual property attorney from Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP to serve as chair of its medical technology practice group, the firm announced on Wednesday.
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Family Alleging Firm's Girardi Conflict Denied Partial Win
A Los Angeles judge Tuesday denied a family's motion seeking judgment on declaratory relief claims in a $1.8 million malpractice lawsuit against a firm that represented it in recovering millions lost in Girardi Keese's embezzlement scandal, saying disputed facts remain in the "unusual" case.
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Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Pleads Not Guilty To Chicago Charges
Former Girardi Keese attorney Keith Griffin pled not guilty Tuesday to a Chicago indictment accusing him of helping Tom Girardi violate court orders to disburse settlement funds to certain plane crash clients and concealing the theft of those funds.
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Law Firm Leasing On Pace To Surpass High-Performing 2024
U.S. law firms leased 5.9 million square feet in the first six months of 2025, the most active first half since 2018, according to a report released Tuesday by real estate services company Savills.
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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Leader Joins Axinn In San Francisco
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced Tuesday that a longtime U.S. Department of Justice attorney who most recently served as civil chief of the antitrust division's San Francisco office has joined the firm as a partner.
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Buchalter Adds Ex-Alston & Bird Partner To IP Practice
Buchalter PC said Monday that it was adding H. James Abe as an intellectual property shareholder to its Los Angeles office, bringing on an attorney who previously worked at Alston & Bird LLP and has experience with commercial disputes, transactions and licensing.
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Frost Litigator Joins Carlton Fields In Los Angeles
Carlton Fields announced Monday that an experienced litigation attorney who most recently practiced at Frost LLP has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a shareholder as part of its recent focus on growing its presence in California's largest city.
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King & Spalding Brings On Goodwin Litigators In SF, DC
King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has added two intellectual property attorneys from Goodwin Procter LLP to strengthen its business litigation practice group and its capacity to handle patent and trade secrets disputes.
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LawPro.ai Raises Further Seed Funds, Launches New Tool
LawPro.ai Inc., a Los Angeles startup that provides automation software for legal tasks, has announced the additional raising of seed funding from prior investor Scopus Ventures, with the funds planned for development deployment growth for the injury claims industry.
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JAMS Brings On Former US Magistrate Judge In Calif.
Alternative dispute resolution service JAMS continues expanding its roster, announcing Monday it has added a former California federal magistrate judge as one of its neutrals.
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AccessLex Reveals New Prep Course For NextGen Exam
Nonprofit legal education organization AccessLex Institute announced Monday an updated version of its Helix Bar Review to prepare test-takers for the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, which is set to debut in July 2026.
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Weil Lands Kirkland Executive Compensation Pro In LA
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP executive benefits expert as a partner in its year-old Los Angeles office.
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Calif. Panel Trims Hunter Biden Atty's Suit Against Activist
A California appellate panel has further trimmed a suit by an attorney for Hunter Biden against an activist whom he alleges impersonated a Democratic Party fundraiser to obtain personal information about the then-president's son, allowing three of five claims to survive and sending the case back to Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Famed Trial Atty, 'Country Lawyer' Gerry Spence Dies At 96
Gerry Spence, the celebrated "country lawyer" known for his Stetson hats, plainspoken style and high-profile courtroom victories, has died after a singular career that saw him tackle tough cases while preaching a gospel of emotional honesty and vulnerability.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cozen O'Connor leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Sixth Circuit determined that an employer can only be held liable for a customer's harassment of an employee if the company intended for the misconduct to happen.
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Meet The Family Law Atty Who Is ABA's New President-Elect
As she steps into her new role as president-elect of the American Bar Association ahead of a one-year term as president that will begin next summer, Barbara J. Howard told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview that defending democracy and the rule of law remains top of mind.
Expert Analysis
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How Attys Can Guard Against Rising Settle-And-Sue Claims
Certain precautions can help lawyers avoid post-settlement malpractice claims and create a solid evidentiary defense, as settle-and-sue lawsuits rise amid pandemic-induced dispute settlements, say Bethany Kristovich and Jeremy Beecher at Munger Tolles.
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What I Learned As A Virtual Summer Associate
It is necessary in a virtual law firm summer program to think twice about asking questions you may be able to answer on your own, but this independence and other aspects of a remote internship may help to instill habits that would be useful for future full-time associates, says law student Kelley Sheehan, who interned at Patterson & Sheridan this summer.