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Rising Star: Cleary's Blair Matthews
Blair West Matthews of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped Tempur Sealy International Inc. beat a high-profile government merger challenge, earning her a spot among the antitrust law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Fla. Firm Eisinger Law Names New Litigation Leader
Florida firm Eisinger Law announced Monday that its litigation department will be led by a former Thornton Law Firm PLLC attorney who also previously worked at Marshall Dennehey.
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Connecticut Justices Say Atty Due Extra $300K For ID Theft
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an attorney whose identity was stolen by scammers can receive punitive damages under the state's unfair trade practices statute in addition to a separate award of treble damages under a different law, holding that a lower court misjudged the allowable recovery.
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Arnold & Porter Expands On West Coast With K&L Gates Team
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is continuing to grow on the West Coast, announcing Monday that it has added seven lawyers from K&L Gates LLP to its newly launched Seattle office and one to its Los Angeles location.
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Conn. Firm Seeks Pause Amid Firm Breakup Arbitration
In the latest legal skirmish between former law partners Andrew Garza and Ryan McKeen following the dissolution of Connecticut Trial Firm LLC, Garza's new firm on Friday asked a Connecticut state court to pause unfair trade practices claims brought against it by McKeen's new firm, arguing that the complaint is an attempt to circumvent arbitration stays.
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Atty Seeks To End Malpractice Suit Over SEC Fraud Case
A New York lawyer is seeking a quick win on malpractice claims brought in Florida federal court by a former client who says she improperly advised him to sign a consent decree with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that resulted in a $12.1 million disgorgement judgment, arguing the client's subsequent guilty plea defeats the claims.
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Ex-Partner Of Seiden & Schein Says Firm Is Scapegoating Him
A former shareholder and director of the dissolved New York City real estate law firm Seiden & Schein PC hit back at its $25 million suit accusing him of poaching clients and employees and stealing confidential information, claiming in New York state court that the case is a "calculated" attempt to "smear" him and make him a "scapegoat."
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NJ Law Firm Anselmi & Carvelli Adds White Collar Vet
The Morristown, New Jersey-based litigation boutique Anselmi & Carvelli LLP has added a white collar trial attorney with experience representing clients in high-profile cases including the "Bridgegate" lane closure controversy and the recent bribery scandal involving former Sen. Bob Menendez.
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Boutique Bartko Pavia Brings On Former Prosecutor In SF
Bartko Pavia LLP continues growing, bringing in a former attorney with the antitrust unit of the Colorado Attorney General's Office as a partner in the boutique's San Francisco office.
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NC Atty Says Ex-Wife Has No Claim To Firm's Future Earnings
An intellectual property lawyer in North Carolina told the state's top court that his ex-wife isn't entitled to half the value of his law firm in their divorce, arguing that whatever he earns from the firm's goodwill in the future can't be divvied up as part of the marital estate.
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OptumRx Moves To DQ Motley Rice In Utah Opioid Case
Pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx has moved to disqualify Motley Rice LLC from representing the state of Utah in an opioid crisis lawsuit, claiming the firm clearly violated ethical rules by investigating OptumRx on behalf of government entities, then suing OptumRx in a private capacity.
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Rising Star: Jones Day's Justin Martin
Justin Martin of Jones Day has represented McDonald's and Google in high-profile litigation before the National Labor Relations Board in unfair labor practice cases that alleged the companies jointly employed workers with franchisees and contractors, earning him a spot among the employment practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Timothy Chen Saulsbury
Timothy Chen Saulsbury of Morrison Foerster LLP helped defeat a $900 million trade secrets suit over wearable medical device technologies and won a favorable jury verdict for Epic Games on a patent infringement claim, earning him a spot among the intellectual property lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Firms Say Lien Discharge Row Was Not Vexatious Litigation
The law firms Neubert Pepe & Monteith PC and Cuddy & Feder LLP told a Connecticut state court they should not have to face a lawsuit from a couple who claim they misused the judicial system to delay payouts from a property owner, arguing that the complaint does not sufficiently allege they engaged in vexatious litigation.
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Judge Denies Memphis Bid To Sanction Tyre Nichols' Lawyers
A Tennessee federal judge has decided not to issue sanctions against high-profile civil rights lawyers Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci over a press release that claimed a civil lawsuit against the city over the police beating death of Tyre Nichols would not bankrupt the Memphis government because the city's insurance would foot the bill.
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Latham Adds Veteran Antitrust Litigator From Cravath
A veteran Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP antitrust litigator has made the jump to Latham & Watkins LLP in New York, the firm announced Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry ended July with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new firm gigs and in-house roles across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Legal Job Sector Continued 5-Month Growth Streak In July
For the fifth straight month, the U.S. legal industry experienced job growth, adding 600 positions in July, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Widow Can't Be Spared Husband's Tax Debt, 11th Circ. Affirms
A widow is not entitled to innocent spouse relief from tax debt she shared with her husband because the underlying income belonged to her, the Eleventh Circuit said, affirming a U.S. Tax Court ruling and skirting an additional challenge to job protections for judges.
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Tyson Says Interference Claim 'Lays Bare' Burford's Greed
Tyson Foods urged an Illinois federal judge on Thursday to reject Burford Capital's bid to ditch allegations that the litigation funder improperly thwarted a near-final price-fixing settlement with Sysco Corp., arguing the counterclaim "lays bare" Burford's systematic effort to obtain a greater investment return.
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4th Circ. Says Brokers Owe Atty Fees Over Case Removal Row
A unanimous Fourth Circuit panel has affirmed a South Carolina federal judge's order requiring several financial firms to pay more than $63,000 in legal fees for improperly trying to remove a securities class action to federal court for a second time, but said they don't have to pay additional fees to cover the cost of the appeal.
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PE Firm Risking Contempt, Receiver In Del. Over Legal Bills
Noting that unpaid legal bills might already support a contempt or limited receivership order against private equity 777 Partners, a Delaware magistrate in Chancery gave the company and its counsel a Monday deadline to report still-accumulating fee advancement debts.
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Arnall Golden Hires V&E IP Litigator, 4th Hire In DC In 2025
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired a Vinson & Elkins LLP attorney, who joins the team's litigation and dispute resolution and intellectual property practices in Washington, and is the firm's fourth hire in the nation's capital in 2025, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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Drexel Ordered To Pay $546K In Fees, Costs In Equal Pay Case
A former Drexel University professor found at trial to have been paid less than her male colleagues can recoup nearly $546,000 in attorney fees and costs, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments her request was late, and was inappropriate because her lead counsel was her husband.
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6-Atty Cohen Vaughan Team Joins Goldberg Segalla In Philly
A team of six attorneys has left the recently launched Cohen Vaughan LLP to join Goldberg Segalla as they seek a better fit for their employment and civil litigation practices following the retirement of their former leader.