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DA Looks To Stifle Subpoena In NC Digital Court Class Claims
A local district attorney is seeking to quash a subpoena in a proposed class action alleging glitches in North Carolina's electronic court system led to scores of individuals being wrongfully arrested or detained, calling the request "overly broad" and "unduly burdensome."
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Procopio Hires Ex-Perkins Coie IP Attorney As Partner In Calif.
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP announced on Thursday it has hired a former Perkins Coie intellectual property veteran to join the firm's Del Mar Heights, California, office as a partner.
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Attys For Former Delaware Gov. Reunite To Launch Boutique
Two attorneys who worked for the office of former Delaware Gov. Jack A. Markell have launched a boutique firm focused on corporate, business and government law, as well as regulatory and healthcare advisory matters.
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How Koskoff Attys Won $15.1M For Blinded Patient
Two Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC attorneys blended expert testimony with personal anecdotes and photographs to convince a Connecticut jury last month to award $15.1 million in damages to an elderly client who was blinded when an antiseptic solution dripped into her eye during brain surgery.
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IP Rights Group Urges Against Litigation Funding Disclosure
An inventor rights advocacy group has told a federal courts rules committee that requiring the disclosure of who is funding civil litigation would put independent inventors at a disadvantage when trying to enforce patents against a larger company.
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New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy
The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond traditional healthcare providers and highlights the division's growing dominance within the U.S. Department of Justice, experts say.
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Buzbee Faces $970K Fee Bid In Dismissed Conspiracy Cases
A Mississippi lawyer is asking a Texas state court to award her more than $970,000 in fees after defeating claims that she and her law firm conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.
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Sheppard Mullin Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
A former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP paralegal launched a proposed class action against the firm in California federal court on Wednesday over a cyberattack it had in August, in which she says at least 1,000 people's names and Social Security numbers were stolen.
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Foley & Lardner Adds Ex-DOJ Antitrust Official In DC Office
A former assistant chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division moved back recently into the private sector and joined Foley & Lardner LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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Fla. Court Vacates $5 Law Firm Sales In Litigation Funder Suit
A Florida state court vacated an order allowing a discount sale of an attorney's $20 million worth of shares in three law firms to a litigation funder seeking to collect on an out-of-state judgment, saying the auction notice wasn't issued properly.
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Longtime NJ Judge Looks Back Before Private Practice Return
Following nearly two decades on the New Jersey Superior Court, the former chief judge of its Appellate Division will join local firm Szaferman Lakind Blumstein & Blader PC as of counsel, the firm has announced.
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DLA Piper Taps 2 O'Melveny Lawyers For Leadership Roles
DLA Piper has hired two O'Melveny & Myers LLP lawyers as the new leaders in two D.C.-based intellectual property groups, one of whom was the leader of his prior firm's International Trade Commission litigation group.
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Davis Goldman Adds Veteran Class Action Lawyer In Florida
Davis Goldman PLLC has added a veteran attorney with decades of experience in complex litigation, class actions, insurance disputes, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases to its Plantation, Florida, office.
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Benefits Co. Wants Sanctions For 'Frivolous' TCPA Suit
A Florida-based dental insurance carrier has asked a Michigan federal judge to sanction a dental practice and its attorneys at Bock Hatch & Oppenheim LLC and Shenkan Injury Lawyers, saying they pursued a baseless junk fax class action for years that resulted in millions of dollars in defense costs.
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Linklaters Adds Atty To Lead Latin American Arbitration
Linklaters has announced it hired a Paul Hastings LLP international counsel and former White & Case attorney to lead its Latin American arbitration team.
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Cornell Defendant Seeks To Nix James As Special Prosecutor
One of the seven men accused of drugging and raping a fellow Cornell University student at a fraternity home has asked a New York state court to void Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.
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Scheduling 'Cascade' Hangs Over Amazon's FTC, Calif. Trials
Amazon.com sparred with the Federal Trade Commission in a Washington federal court filing over whether to stick to a late March trial kickoff, or whether the multiple trials against the company in 2027 must be pushed back because a California state judge has called a January start unrealistic.
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Model Accuses Baldoni's Atty Of Perry Death Smear Campaign
A Los Angeles woman has accused prominent entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman and several public relations professionals in California state court of participating in an online smear campaign that falsely linked her to the death of actor Matthew Perry, claiming the campaign was part of a broader network of anonymous websites targeting critics and adversaries of the defendants and their clients.
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Ga. Atty Wants Ex-Firm's Nearly $100K Arbitration Win Erased
A Georgia attorney has asked a Georgia federal judge to vacate a nearly $100,000 arbitration award in favor of her former firm in a retaliation and harassment suit, arguing the arbitrator exceeded his powers in handing down the decision.
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Omni Bridgeway Raises $1B For New Litigation Funding
Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has raised a new $1 billion fund from mostly repeat investors, with plans to deploy the money broadly across countries and case types while avoiding debt leverage.
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FIFA Seeks Dismissal Over Unpaid AI Citation Sanctions
FIFA has told a Puerto Rico federal judge that a law firm has "not paid a single dollar" of a sanction levied over a year ago for error-riddled, allegedly artificial intelligence-generated court filings in an antitrust suit filed by a shuttered soccer league.
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Ex-Workers' Comp Judge Joins Laffey Bucci To Lead Practice
Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan has launched a dedicated workers' compensation practice with the addition of a new partner who spent 15 years as a workers' compensation judge in Pennsylvania.
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Mandelbaum Barrett Grows In NJ With Real Estate Atty, Litigator
Mandelbaum Barrett PC has expanded its litigation and real estate capabilities with the addition of a new of counsel from his own private practice.
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Yetter Coleman Litigator Joins León Cosgrove In Houston
Litigation boutique León Cosgrove Jiménez LLP has added a partner in Houston from Yetter Coleman LLP who brings more than a decade of experience handling energy and construction matters.
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'Outlandish' Errors Not AI Hallucinations, Attys Tell CIT
Three attorneys defended the errors they made in a brief to the U.S. Court of International Trade as simple mistakes and not the product of artificial intelligence hallucinations, arguing they shouldn't be subject to sanctions.
Expert Analysis
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.