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DLA Piper Inks $300K Deal Over Ex-Atty's Alleged Fraud
A Philadelphia judge has been asked to approve a $300,000 settlement between DLA Piper, one of its former firm partners and a Los Angeles businessman who claimed the former partner defrauded him while practicing at the firm.
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Atlanta's Bondurant Mixson Aims For 'Distinctive' Rebranding
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP has updated its brand to Bondurant to reflect what it's often called, rolling out a new website and logo, as the Atlanta-based boutique becomes the latest law firm to shorten its name in recent years.
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Miss America Dispute Turns On Dueling Fraud Claims
A real estate developer and his attorney have hit back at claims they should be sanctioned for allegedly submitting fake contracts as evidence they own the company that runs the Miss America pageant, asserting in a Florida federal court filing that their litigation opponents are the ones "engaging in fraud."
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Texas' Eastern District Tightens Sealed-Document Procedures
Chief U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the Eastern District of Texas issued new protocols Wednesday for filing sealed documents that will prohibit electronic access effective immediately, a move that comes amid escalating cyberattacks on the federal judiciary's case management system.
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Gordon Rees Brings On NJ Litigator From Litchfield Cavo
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has expanded its team in New Jersey and bolstered the firm's professional liability defense practice by hiring an attorney who worked at Litchfield Cavo LLP for a decade.
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HSF Kramer's DC Leader On Using Global Presence To Grow
Following the completion of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's merger with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in June, the recently appointed managing partner of the newly combined firm's office in Washington, D.C., is looking to leverage an expanded international platform to help boost business.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week, with a Democratic investigation into BigLaw firms' pro bono work for the federal government, and a former New York state judge leaving the bench to dodge ethics charges. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Holland & Hart Brings On Perkins Coie Commercial Litigator
Holland & Hart LLP has added a former Perkins Coie LLP partner to enhance its capacity to handle commercial litigation and advise high-net-worth individuals about a variety of matters.
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DOJ Unveils New 'Affirmative Litigation' Civil Division Branch
The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday announced its newly created "Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch," part of which will be dedicated to going after states, municipalities and private entities that impede federal immigration enforcement or profit from "false and misleading claims" about gender transition.
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Hagens Berman Not Very Contrite About AI Errors, Judge Says
A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.
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Michael Best To Combine With Denver Firm Allen Vellone
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is expanding its Denver office through a merger with 15-attorney litigation- and bankruptcy-focused firm Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor PC, the firm said Wednesday.
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Margolis Edelstein Denies Repping Insurer Claiming Malpractice
Margolis Edelstein has asked a New Jersey state court to throw out an insurance company's malpractice suit over an alleged overvaluation in a settlement, arguing it had not represented the insurer in the settlement and therefore the malpractice claim "obviously" cannot survive.
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Texas Atty Loses Appeal In Ex-Client's Fraud Suit
A Texas appellate court ruled Thursday that a Lone Star State lawyer's counterclaims against a former client suing him for fraud should be tossed under the state's free speech law, and denied the attorney's bid for dismissal under the anti-SLAPP statute because it was filed past the deadline.
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3rd Circ. Won't Revive Debt Collection Suit Against NJ Firm
The Third Circuit rejected a bid Thursday from a woman suing Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP to revive her proposed class action over allegedly unfair debt collection practices after a federal trial court ruled that she filed her suit too late.
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Knowles Gallant Adds Continuum Legal Litigator In Atlanta
Atlanta-based law firm Knowles Gallant Timmons has brought on a Continuum Legal Group LLP attorney, strengthening the firm with a litigator with more than three decades of experience.
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Antitrust Pro Back At Jenner & Block From Fish & Richardson
Jenner & Block LLP announced Thursday that it has welcomed back an antitrust attorney who had worked at intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson PC for the past year, after having previously worked at Jenner & Block for 15 years.
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Jackson Walker Reaches 2 New Deals Over Judge Romance
Jackson Walker LLP has reached two new settlements to resolve claims related to a concealed romance between a former firm attorney and a onetime bankruptcy judge, marking at least five such settlements since the scandal broke.
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Trump SPAC Ex-CEO Wins $1.5M Legal Fee Advance In Del.
Saying the court was wary of second-guessing attorney judgment in legal fee advancement billings, a Delaware magistrate in chancery has rejected most challenges to $1.5 million in fee claims by a former CEO of Donald Trump-tied blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp.
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How Law Firms Focus Their Pro Bono Efforts
When lawyers work pro bono, what services are they offering and what areas of the law are they focusing on? Here, Law360 Pulse looks at firms' 2024 pro bono priorities.
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The Law360 Pulse Pro Bono Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
Pro bono legal work is a major part of law firms' social responsibility portfolios, with firms leveraging their training and experience to help those who can't pay typical billing rates. See which firms took the lead in pro bono hours.
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These Firms Are The Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
One BigLaw firm reclaimed the top spot in the latest edition of the Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders ranking, which recognizes the 100 firms that made the greatest strides on social responsibility in 2024. Find out which firms set the pace.
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DOJ Disability Rights Atty Joins Saul Ewing In DC
A longtime attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's Disability Rights Section, has joined Saul Ewing as a counsel in Washington, D.C., after spending eight years at the agency working on related matters as a trial attorney, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Holland & Knight Launches Real Estate Dispute Team
Holland & Knight LLP announced it has formed a new real estate disputes and advocacy team, noting the group will provide counsel to clients on lease litigation matters, complex contract claims and other commercial property disputes.
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NY Judge Who Left For Anderson Kill Had Faced Ethics Case
A longtime New York judge who joined Anderson Kill last week had resigned from the bench amid ethics charges for alleged "demeaning" conduct toward his court staff and claims that he threatened retaliation against a witness and attorneys for the state's judicial ethics watchdog.
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IP Boutique Gish PLLC Adds Farella Braun Litigator In SF
The intellectual property litigation boutique Gish PLLC is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Farella Braun & Martel LLP trial attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
Expert Analysis
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.