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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE
Hall Booth Fights Malpractice Discovery Amid Appeal
By Emily Johnson
Hall Booth Smith PC and two of its attorneys on Friday asked the North Carolina appeals court to pause a legal malpractice suit against it from the court-appointed receiver for two wrongfully convicted brothers awarded millions in an underlying suit, arguing their appeal challenging jurisdiction should be handled first.
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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
CONSUMER PROTECTION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PREDICTION MARKETS
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SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR
COMPETITION
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Siser's $500K Misrepresentation Claims Survive Vinyl Dispute
By Melanie Dorsey
A Michigan federal judge on Friday pared down a vinyl manufacturer's lawsuit seeking more than $3.1 million from a distributor that allegedly stopped paying its bills and shut down, allowing misrepresentation claims tied to about $500,000 in additional shipments to proceed while dismissing unjust enrichment, conversion and corporate veil-piercing claims.
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DEALS LITIGATION
Ex-Owners Seek Legal Fees In Del. For $80M Co. Sale Suit
By Jarek Rutz
Five former owners and executives of JTI Electrical & Instrumentation LLC have sued the industrial services firm in the Delaware Chancery Court, urging it to order the company to pay legal fees they have incurred as they fight claims alleging they helped misrepresent the business's finances before its 2021 sale to affiliates of private equity firm Gemspring Capital.
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UK LITIGATION
LEGAL INDUSTRY
Judge's Job Bid Sinks Conn. Atty's Homicide Conviction
By Brian Steele
Former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. is entitled to a new manslaughter trial because the presiding judge at his original trial "created an appearance of a lack of impartiality" when he did not disclose to the parties that he had applied for an oversight job with the state prosecutor's office, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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Roundup
Balancing The Scales: Diminished Capacity, Sentencing Rules
By Orlando Lorenzo
The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned 25 years of state precedent by reviving the diminished capacity defense, and the justices in Pennsylvania said the Legislature is out of time to craft new sentencing guidelines for second-degree murder. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
By Sue Reisinger
A California federal judge told Meta that its in-house attorney was absolutely wrong about what constitutes attorney-client privilege and should take an ethics course. And a bipartisan group of 128 ex-judges have asked the Florida Bar to investigate Homeland Security's general counsel for his attacks on sitting judges. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
By Kevin Penton
Eversheds Sutherland, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after Maryland's tax court held that the state's first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act.
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