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Ex-Mich. Cop Wins $58M In Malicious Prosecution Suit
A Michigan federal jury Tuesday awarded over $58 million to a former police officer who filed a malicious prosecution suit against a state trooper and since-disbarred assistant attorney general for pursuing charges based on discredited allegations he sexually assaulted his daughter, which were later dropped by the state attorney general.
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Goldman Sachs Objector's $517K Fee Bid Slashed To $50K
A Delaware vice chancellor has slashed an objector's counsel fee and expense request from $517,000 to $50,000 as part of a settlement in a derivative suit against Goldman Sachs directors, and awarded the plaintiffs their sought-after $612,500 in fees.
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DC Circ. Sides With DOJ On Ga. Voting Law Doc Disclosure
A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday largely reversed a trial court's holding that the U.S. Department of Justice must disclose most communications with private co-litigants in lawsuits challenging a controversial Georgia voting law, finding the communications qualify as exempt "intra-agency" communications under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Insurer Obstructed $116M In Funding Claims, Court Told
A company that invested in a personal injury law firm's docket of cases alleges in a lawsuit removed to North Carolina federal court that its insurer "intentionally obstructed" its recovery of more than $116 million in coverage under policies insuring that investment.
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Gordon Rees Names New Leaders For Northern California
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is shaking up its management team, announcing Tuesday it has tapped two veteran employment attorneys to become the co-managing partners of its six Northern California offices, starting in February.
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Rising Star: Benesch's Meegan Brooks
Meegan Brooks of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has helped her retail clients fend off millions of dollars in potential liability by convincing judges to toss cases claiming Ulta and Peet's Coffee pushed illegal nondisparagement agreements and by shutting down claims that Aeropostale hosted deceptive sales, earning her a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Truist Wants Out Of Law Firm's $94K Wire Scam Suit
Truist Financial Corp. has asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss a law firm's suit over a botched real estate wire transfer, arguing in a dismissal motion that the firm named the wrong entity in its complaint, but that even if the correct Truist had been named, the claims must fail as a matter of law.
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Dykema Brings On Another Pair Of Ex-Prosecutors In Dallas
Dykema Gossett PLLC has hired two more former prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas to bolster its government investigations and corporate compliance practice group.
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Deal Unveiled In Schnader Harrison ERISA Case After Delays
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP will pay $675,000 to settle a proposed ERISA class action from a former nonequity partner who claimed the firm improperly used her and others' retirement contributions to prop itself up as it faced financial trouble, according to a motion filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.
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Md. Judges Say DOJ Habeas Suit Wreaks 'Havoc' On Judiciary
The Maryland federal bench again moved to throw out the Trump administration's "disruptive affront" challenging a standing order that temporarily paused the removal of noncitizen detainees who filed habeas petitions, arguing Monday that the executive branch's suit fails to state a claim and "wreaks unprecedented havoc on the Judiciary."
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Atty Apologizes For Citation Error In IP Dispute
A New York attorney who became one of many accused of using generative artificial intelligence for a brief after a federal judge found citations to nonexistent cases apologized Tuesday for a mistake in a more recent brief flagged for a false citation.
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Longtime Greenberg Traurig Atty Joins Vedder Price In LA
Vedder Price PC announced Tuesday that an experienced litigator focused on complex commercial and class action matters has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a shareholder from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Ogletree Adds PE Firm's Associate GC As Utah Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added the former associate general counsel for private equity and venture capital firm Fifth Partners as a shareholder in its Salt Lake City office.
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Kirkland Grows New Philly Office With Mass Tort Specialist
Kirkland & Ellis LLP continued growing its Philadelphia office months after entering the market with the recent addition of a litigator specializing in representing pharmaceutical and medical device companies in liability cases.
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Ex-Judges, DAs Blast DOJ Suit Over ICE Courthouse Arrests
New York district attorneys, legal aid groups, law professors and retired judges have expressed support for a state law that blocks federal immigration officials from making arrests near courthouses, calling it essential to a functioning justice system and urging the dismissal of a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit challenging the law.
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Insurer Pushes 11th Circ. To Avoid Malpractice Coverage
An insurance company has told the Eleventh Circuit it should not have to foot the bill to defend its client against a federal malpractice suit in Atlanta, arguing its policy contains a carveout for claims involving "conversion, improper comingling, or misappropriation," and asking the appellate court to review an earlier dismissal de novo.
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Philly Lawyer Accuses Rival Firm Of Misusing 'We Win' TM
A Philadelphia-based personal injury lawyer claims a rival firm has been using his trademark protected phrase, "We Win or It's Free," to market its services without his authorization for more than four years, according to a recent federal court complaint.
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Pa. Guilty Plea Means Nothing To Malpractice Case, Atty Says
An ex-chief financial officer suing his former attorney for allegedly coercing him into a consent agreement that landed him with an over $12 million judgment has urged a Florida federal court to keep his malpractice case against the attorney on track.
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3 Firms Get $600K In Fees After DialAmerica Data Breach Deal
A Connecticut federal judge has awarded $600,000 in fees to attorneys with three law firms — Markovits Stock & Demarco LLC, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC and Federman & Sherwood — that secured a settlement worth more than $2.3 million with DialAmerica Marketing Inc. after a data breach.
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Morgan & Morgan Wins Bid To Arbitrate Malpractice Claims
A Georgia federal judge has granted Morgan & Morgan's request to send a former client's malpractice claims into arbitration, ruling that an arbitration agreement between the parties is enforceable.
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ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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Potomac Law Group Hires 20-Year Civil Rights Atty In DC
Potomac Law Group has hired a former government attorney who has helped investigate violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and who has worked to litigate education-related civil rights violations for more than two decades, the firm announced Monday.
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5th Circ. Backs Mexican Banks' Subpoena For Fraud Case
The Fifth Circuit on Monday refused to revive a Mexican businessman's motion to quash a subpoena stemming from major Mexican financial institutions' efforts to obtain discovery as they pursue claims that the businessman absconded with $32 million in loans, saying it detected "no error" in a lower court's denial.
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Ohio Justice's Suit Over Partisan Label Rule Moves Forward
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner's challenge to a state law requiring judicial candidates to list their political party affiliations on general election ballots will go on after a federal judge ruled the justice sufficiently alleged that her First Amendment rights were violated.
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Posner Accuser Wants Roberts To Pick Judges For Wage Case
The pro se plaintiff seeking to revive wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has filed an opposed motion asking the circuit's chief judge to request U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts assign out-of-circuit judges to preside over the case, arguing the circuit judges cannot be impartial.