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Restaurant Group Alleges Ex-GC Embezzled, Shared Secrets
The former general counsel of a restaurant group behind Casa Madera in West Hollywood charged luxury items and anti-aging treatments to his company credit card in a $250,000 embezzlement scheme and released privileged company information when he was fired, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Nevada federal court.
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Fulton DA Willis Fights $17M Fee Bid In Trump Case
The Georgia district attorney who charged President Donald Trump and his allies with election interference and was later disqualified from the case protested the nearly $17 million in legal fees they recently requested, taking aim at a new state law that allows them to seek the costs.
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Inventor Says Claims Against Baker Botts Atty Should Remain
Inventor Leigh M. Rothschild and Analytical Technologies LLC are taking issue with a Florida federal judge recommending tossing some claims in their lawsuit alleging a patent attorney defamed him, arguing Rothschild's words should be considered commercial speech.
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Ga. Panel Says Jury Confusion Perhaps Caused $113M Verdict
A Georgia appellate panel threw out a $113 million judgment Thursday awarded to a construction worker who was struck by a passing car, ordering a new trial after finding that vague instructions may have caused the jury to double-count its attorney fee award.
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IP Firms Are Navigating AI Era With Range Of Guardrails
Intellectual property law firms are taking various approaches to implementing artificial intelligence into their professional routines, with some developing their own tools, others limiting what external AI platforms that lawyers can access and one firm saying it has banned attorneys from using AI to draft legal briefs.
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McCarter & English Can't Tank $22M Suit, Insurer Says
Two insurance companies have urged a Connecticut Superior Court judge to maintain a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit against McCarter & English LLP, saying document production delays don't warrant killing the case less than a month before trial.
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Ballard Spahr Enters San Francisco With Benesch Litigators
Ballard Spahr LLP announced Thursday that it has launched a San Francisco office with a four-member litigation team who came aboard from Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP.
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Former NJ AG Matthew Platkin Launches Litigation Boutique
Former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Thursday announced the launch of Platkin LLP, a litigation boutique made up of former state prosecutors looking to take on cases touching on consumer protection, the rule of law and other public interest causes.
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Meet The Attys In Snoop Dogg's Ice Cream TM Suit In Conn.
As rapper Snoop Dogg's ice cream company and Edible Arrangements head into settlement talks in Connecticut federal court to resolve a trademark dispute over their use of the word "Swizzle," the two sides will rely on IP specialists and other business attorneys from Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, and Finn Dixon & Herling LLP.
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Watchdog Defends Ex-Alex Jones Atty's Conn. Suspension
A Connecticut judge did not abuse her discretion when she suspended an attorney who formerly represented conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones in a $1.4 billion defamation case, the state's professional misconduct watchdog has told the Connecticut Supreme Court in asking the justices to skip Norman A. Pattis' appeal.
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Fla. Attys Behind $329M Tesla Verdict Launch Client-First Firm
After helping to secure a $329 million jury verdict in Florida federal court last year against Tesla over its autopilot technology, two Sunshine State attorneys have joined forces to create a new Miami law firm.
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Employment Group Of The Year: The DeRubertis Law Firm
The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured recent jury verdicts for workers in employment litigation, including nearly $35 million in a defamation suit and $27.5 million in a whistleblower case, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Beveridge & Diamond
Beveridge & Diamond PC helped San Francisco prevail in a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case over "end result" provisions regulators have often added to wastewater discharge permits, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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Foley & Lardner Adds Gray Reed Construction Pro In Dallas
Foley & Lardner LLP has boosted the manufacturing sector of its construction practice group with a Dallas-based partner who came from Gray Reed & McGraw LLP.
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Norton Rose Taps Trial Atty As New Head Of LA Office
Norton Rose Fulbright has tapped a veteran trial attorney to be the new head of its Los Angeles office.
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Ford Slams Lemon Law Attys' Bid To Escape Billing Fraud Suit
Ford Motor Co. urged a California federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit accusing three Knight Law Group LLP-affiliated attorneys of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, scoffing at the attorneys' argument that they are immunized from liability related to lemon law litigation they have pursued.
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Former In-House Atty To Colo. Court: Fees Suit Isn't Frivolous
A former in-house attorney petitioned a Colorado Court of Appeals panel Wednesday to not find "frivolous" his request for the court to reverse a lower court's decision ordering attorney fees as a sanction against the attorney and his counsel in an underlying legal malpractice lawsuit.
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CoStar Digs In On Quinn Emanuel DQ Bid In CREXi IP Suit
CoStar doubled down on its efforts to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP counsel from representing rival CREXi amid copyright infringement litigation in California federal court, reiterating that it's not bound by a conflict waiver signed by a company CoStar later acquired.
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Calif. Atty Wins $25K Fee Sanction Over AI Errors
A California federal court has ordered $25,000 in fee sanctions for a litigator representing a mobile app platform in a copyright and contract suit as reimbursement for work he said went into responding to an error-ridden motion and further resulting motion practice.
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Beasley Allen Wants Talc DQ Paused Pending High Court Appeal
Hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder risk appearing in an upcoming trial without their preferred counsel from the Beasley Allen Law Firm, unless a New Jersey state court stays an order disqualifying the firm, it said.
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Benesch Expands NY Office With Pair Of Litigators
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced the addition of two experienced New York-based litigation partners, enhancing its capabilities in areas such as white collar, finance and commercial litigation.
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Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP scored wins for several major companies over the last year, including a Second Circuit ruling for X Corp. that courts cannot compel payment of arbitration fees mid-proceeding and one for AstraZeneca in a nearly $50 million equal pay dispute, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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Morgan & Morgan, Former Aide Settle Disability, Age Bias Suit
Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA and a former firm legal assistant have settled a Florida federal lawsuit that alleged age and disability discrimination, according to a filing in the court.
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Calif. Atty Faces Possible Sanctions Over Bogus Citations
A California federal judge has ordered an attorney to show cause as to why he shouldn't face sanctions over bogus case citations in an immigration case.
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Latham Adds Kirkland, Winston & Strawn Litigators In Texas
Latham & Watkins LLP has strengthened its complex commercial litigation practice with two new partners in the Lone Star State, one arriving from Winston & Strawn LLP and the other coming aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Expert Analysis
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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.