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Creditor Says Firstbase.io Trying To 'Crater' Its Ch. 11 Plan
Firstbase.io's largest creditor is asking a New York bankruptcy judge to reject the company's request to pay nearly $802,000 to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, saying the debtor is trying to sink the creditor's proposed Chapter 11 plan under a pile of legal fees.
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Sidley Lands Ex-Acting SDNY US Attorney
Matthew Podolsky, the former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has jumped to private practice at Sidley Austin LLP.
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Plaintiff Drops Claim Against Litigation Funder And CEO
A litigation funder has been dismissed from a suit brought by a plaintiff accusing his former lawyer of conspiring to charge him inflated legal fees to cover high-interest litigation loans, according to a court filing made public Friday.
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Utah Fires Motley Rice From Opioid Case
The state of Utah has fired Motley Rice LLC from representing it in long-running litigation over the opioid crisis, a spokesperson for the Utah attorney general's office confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Friday.
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Mintz Says Ex-Client Owes $2M 'Success Fee' For Patent Work
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC says a former client is refusing to pay a nearly $2.2 million "success fee" for the firm's work on multiple patent infringement matters that generated millions of dollars in recoveries, according to a complaint filed on Friday in Massachusetts federal court.
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Reid Collins Leader Makes A Case For Being A Plaintiffs Atty
Reid Collins & Tsai LLP co-founder William T. Reid IV believes law schools don't do a good enough job of showing students all their options and instead push them toward a BigLaw career they may not find fulfilling. So he wrote a book touting the virtues of a career as a plaintiffs attorney.
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AI Offers Class Action Firms An Edge — At A Price
Generative artificial intelligence is helping smaller class action firms gain an edge over well-monied BigLaw competitors, but litigation attorneys say the advantages come with several catches.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their operations and hired C-suite executives. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Jack Nicklaus Tells Jury He Wanted 'Freedom' Back After Pact
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus told a Florida jury on Thursday that he filed for an arbitration in Miami to reclaim his intellectual property after parting ways with the company named after him, but added the chairman "did not want to give me my freedom."
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IRS Agents Lose Defamation Suit Against Hunter Biden's Atty
An attorney who defended Hunter Biden against criminal tax charges was only expressing his legal opinion when he accused Internal Revenue Service agents of illegally disclosing his client's private tax information, a D.C. federal judge ruled in dismissing the agents' complaint for defamation.
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Judge Rejects Bid To DQ Wash. Atty In Her County Bias Suit
A Seattle federal judge won't bar an attorney from representing herself in a racial discrimination lawsuit accusing a Washington county of sidelining her from hearing certain cases during her tenure as a part-time judge, rejecting the defense's claims of a conflict of interest.
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Law Firms Using 'Creative Ways' To Fund Operations
Law firms are using "creative ways" to fund their business operations under existing legal regulations, David Perla, vice chair at financial services company Burford Capital, said during a panel at the Chicago Athletic Association.
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3 Firms Seek Lead Roles In Conn. Medical Data Breach Suit
Attorneys with three plaintiffs' firms are seeking appointment as interim co-lead counsel and liaison counsel in a series of proposed class actions that they want to consolidate, over a Connecticut medical rehabilitation network accused of waiting nine months to let patients know it was hit with a cyberattack that exposed private information.
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Kendall Brill Adds Ex-Prosecutor Who Quit Over Plea Deal
Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP has added a former federal prosecutor in California who resigned earlier this year after her objection to a proposed plea deal for a convicted sheriff's deputy, the firm has announced.
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Keesal Young Litigator Moves To Frost Brown In SF
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced that an experienced litigator who spent over 20 years with Keesal Young & Logan has joined the firm's San Francisco office as a partner.
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Fox Rothschild Adds Buchanan Ingersoll Litigator In Fla.
Fox Rothschild LLP expanded its litigation capabilities in both Sarasota, Florida, with the addition of a new partner from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC who will also maintain a practice in New York.
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Justices Asked To Rethink Gellert Seitz Malpractice Ruling
Lawyers for a homebuilder are asking Delaware's Supreme Court to reconsider its decision affirming the dismissal of a legal malpractice suit against Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC over damages the builder said it suffered due to the firm's negligence handling loan-restructuring disputes, arguing that key issues have been left unresolved.
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5th Circ. Calls For Narrow Sanctions In Southwest Bias Fight
The Fifth Circuit stood by its decision to scuttle a contempt order mandating religious bias training for attorneys representing Southwest Airlines in a flight attendant's discrimination suit, but tweaked a May panel ruling to instruct a trial court to impose "narrowly tailored" sanctions.
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Netflix Keeps Win In Documentary IP Suit From Atty's Film Co.
A New Jersey federal judge this week declined to reconsider his order throwing out an attorney's copyright infringement suit against Netflix Inc. over his documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America.
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Saul Ewing Asks For End To Ex-Conrail CEO's Legal Mal Suit
Following a federal court decision upholding an $11 million arbitration award against former Conrail CEO David LeVan that stemmed from a failed Gettysburg casino project, Saul Ewing has urged a Philadelphia judge to find that LeVan is time-barred from bringing his malpractice case against the firm, in which he accused it of poorly advising him during the fallout of the collapsed deal.
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Antitrust, Gov't Enforcement Attys Join Foley & Lardner
Foley & Lardner LLP has hired the former Washington, D.C., office founder of litigation finance firm Omni Bridgeway, alongside a longtime government enforcement defense lawyer, who focuses her practice on white collar defense, trade sanctions and related matters, who both join the firm in the nation's capital.
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Lewis Brisbois Adds To Its IP Bench With Ex-GC In Del.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added a partner in its Delaware office who most recently worked in-house at health and wellness company GOLO LLC and whose private practice experience includes a stint at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
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ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations
Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.
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'Lapse In Judgment' Didn't Merit Atty DQ, Ga. Panel Rules
The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's disqualification of an attorney from a property dispute over discussions the lawyer had that initiated property damage central to the case, ruling that while the talks showed a "lapse in judgment," they did not warrant his removal.
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Boy Scouts Claimants Look To Remove Slater, Citing Probe
Alleging trial lawyer case aggregators at Slater Slater Schulman have "run amok" in the Boy Scouts sexual abuse case, a claimants group has moved for a bankruptcy court order terminating contingency fee legal service agreements with victims and a reduction in fees paid to the firm.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.