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Ex-Atty Not Covered In $750K Law Firm Purchase Dispute
An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a disbarred attorney, who is currently serving a 90-month sentence for embezzling funds from his clients and law firm, in an underlying suit claiming he owes more than $750,000 for the purchase of a firm, an Illinois federal court ruled.
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Ex-Media Exec Launches Counter Fees Bid In Severance Fight
A former media executive is pushing back on Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's demand for more than $500,000 in legal fees, arguing that a New Jersey federal court should instead award him more than $600,000 in fees because he is actually the prevailing party in a suit against his former employer over severance pay.
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Democracy Forward Adds High-Profile Former DOJ Atty
A former top attorney in the Justice Department's Office of Immigration Litigation, who was fired in April after telling a court the deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García was made in error, has joined Democracy Forward as a senior counsel, the group announced Tuesday.
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Mayer Brown Attys Bear Witness To Immersive Depo Training
For over two decades, Mayer Brown LLP has hosted a skills workshop for U.S. litigation and intellectual property associates designed to immerse them into the real-life world of depositions.
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Haynes Boone Trial Academy Sets Up Associates For The Win
A pair of Haynes Boone associates this month notched a nearly $1 million verdict for a pro bono client in a civil fraud case in Texas state court — an accomplishment they credit to the rigorous preparation they went through as members of the firm's new trial academy.
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Gordon Rees Adds Healthcare Litigator, Ex-DEI Leader In SF
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is expanding its California team, bringing in a healthcare litigator who recently was the director of diversity, equity and inclusion in the San Franciso City Attorney's office.
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AI Jury Simulator Says Fired Co-Founder Stole Trade Secrets
Artificial intelligence jury simulator Juries.ai sued its recently fired co-founder, claiming he has refused to hand over control of a number of the company's accounts or return its source code and other confidential information, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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6th Circ. Largely Shoots Down Ohio Derailment Atty Fee Fight
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday largely refused to revive Morgan & Morgan's bid to halt the allocation of attorney fees from a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment disaster, but remanded it for a look into the firm's individual allocation amount.
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$255K In Fees To Google For 'Frivolous' Ramey Case Upheld
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a California judge's decision that a client of embattled intellectual property firm Ramey LLP must pay nearly $255,000 in fees and sanctions for bringing a "frivolous" patent suit against Google, finding the award to be "entirely proper."
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4th Circ. OKs Fees In Health Co. Workers' OT Suit
A healthcare company must pay $410,000 in attorney fees and costs in overtime suits filed by nearly a dozen former employees, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, upholding a lower court's calculations after initially rejecting them.
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Holtec Can Pursue Suit Over Alleged Scheme Involving Ex-GC
Holtec International prevailed over motions to dismiss its lawsuit in New Jersey state court accusing its former general counsel and others of running an embezzlement scheme that cost the company over $700,000.
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DOJ Official Sues Over Firing For Epstein Talk On Hinge 'Date'
A longtime official at the U.S. Department of Justice who was fired after he was secretly recorded discussing the Epstein files has sued the agency and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in D.C. federal court.
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How GCs Are Turning Litigation Into Strategic Profit Tool
For most general counsel, litigation has meant playing defense to guard their corporations against outside threats. In 2025, however, a growing number have been taking on roles as quarterbacks seeking to score large policy or financial victories for their companies.
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Husch Blackwell Blasts Ex-Firm Atty's ERISA Suit
A former Husch Blackwell LLP partner's claim that the firm violated federal law by withholding monthly retirement account contributions misidentified the funds in question as participant contributions, when they were, in fact, contributions from the firm's year-end profit-sharing program.
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Fla. Law Student Expelled For Antisemitic Post To Be Reenrolled
A Florida federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of a law school student who was expelled after he was investigated over antisemitic posts on social media, saying the university didn't prove his speech "constituted a true threat."
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MVP: Hogan Lovells' Matt Eisler
Matt Eisler of Hogan Lovells helped the PGA Tour garner $3 billion in investments from a consortium of sports owners, among many other deals, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.
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MVP: Dechert's Brenda R. Sharton
Brenda R. Sharton of Dechert LLP successfully defended popular menstrual tracking app Flo Health at trial in one of the largest consumer class actions ever in terms of damages claimed — in excess of $38 billion — earning her a spot among one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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MVP: King & Spalding's Cory Hohnbaum
Cory Hohnbaum of King & Spalding LLP helped Boehringer Ingelheim beat $25 million in claims that the pharmaceutical company's heartburn medication caused prostate cancer, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: Weil's Arianna Scavetti
Arianna Scavetti of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has secured wins for clients like PepsiCo Inc. and KeVita Inc., getting claims about plastic waste, ultra-processed ingredients and prebiotics dismissed, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Product Liability MVPs.
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Fla. Atty Launches Firm Focused On Water Accident Cases
A Florida attorney has launched a new firm focused on catastrophic water-related accidents after having spent more than 35 years litigating such cases, including drowning, boating, maritime and personal watercraft defect claims.
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MSG Seeks To Boot Atty From Ex-Exec's Bias, Retaliation Suit
A Reavis Page Jump LLP attorney representing a former Madison Square Garden security executive in a discrimination suit is too enmeshed in the facts of the case, MSG said, urging a New York federal court to kick the lawyer and firm off the suit if it's not outright dismissed.
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Ex-Admin Of Norfolk Southern Deal Denies Disobeying Court
The former administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement over the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said it had been following a federal court's plan of distribution, not defying it, when it paid personal injury claimants based on a starting amount of $25,000 each.
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Texas Law Firm, Atty Reach Tentative Deal In Age Bias Suit
An attorney who sued a Houston-based law firm alleging she was fired in retaliation for having complained about age discrimination has reached "a tentative agreement" to resolve the matter, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.
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Beverly Hills Law Firm Heads East With NYC Office
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP has expanded beyond its Beverly Hills roots for the first time in its 70-year history to New York City, with a Rosenberg & Estis PC litigator set to lead its new location.
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Chartwell Adds Insurance Pro From Texas In-House Role
Chartwell Law Offices LLP has fortified its national insurance defense practice with a partner in Dallas who came aboard from an in-house position at Tokio Marine Group.
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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.