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Holland & Knight Adds Ballard Spahr Litigator In Philly
A former U.S. attorney with expertise on anti-money laundering and complex tax matters recently moved his litigation practice to Holland & Knight after nine years with Ballard Spahr LLP.
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Hausfeld Adds Litigator In Philly
Plaintiffs' firm Hausfeld LLP has recently expanded its antitrust resources with the addition of an attorney specializing in class action and multijurisdictional litigation who moved her practice after more than nine years with Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador LLC.
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Baker Botts Lands DLA Piper Atty To Head Litigation In SF
Baker Botts LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor, most recently with DLA Piper, to serve as chair of litigation for the firm's San Francisco office.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing
New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.
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Judge Backs Thomson Reuters In 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use
Tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence, a Delaware federal court said Tuesday in a highly anticipated opinion that is the first to rule on whether infringement in AI training is protected by fair use.
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Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites
Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group expressed "great embarrassment" Monday when they told the Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard that the pretrial motions they filed did, indeed, contain case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence.
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GenapSys Can't Claw Back Some Docs From Paul Hastings
A California judge ruled that GenapSys Inc. can claw back some documents it inadvertently released during discovery in a legal malpractice suit against Paul Hastings LLP, but that some documents discussed during depositions cannot be clawed back because attorneys for GenapSys did not lodge proper objections during the proceedings.
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Judge Newman Tells DC Circ. Her Suspension Flouts The Law
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman again urged the D.C. Circuit on Monday to end the suspension her colleagues imposed on her amid a probe of her fitness to serve as a judge, arguing that her suspension is effectively indefinite and violates the U.S. Constitution.
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Atty Accused Of Impeding Model In Fla. NFL Player Injury Suit
An OnlyFans model has urged a Florida state court to prevent an attorney for a Miami Dolphins wide receiver from attending a second deposition of the football player, saying the lawyer hasn't lawfully appeared in the case and is improperly interfering in the personal injury lawsuit.
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Morgan Lewis Adds 5 Knobbe Martens IP Attys On West Coast
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a team of five Knobbe Martens IP litigators as partners in its West Coast offices.
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Experts Sound Alarm After Musk, Vance Float Ignoring Judges
Attorneys and constitutional experts say the warning lights "are blinking red" after Vice President JD Vance and Trump confidante Elon Musk took to social media to attack the independence of the judiciary over the weekend.
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Attys Shouldn't Be Sanctioned For Press Briefing, Parents Say
The parents of a Black man police fatally shot in 2022 urged a Georgia federal judge not to sanction their Claiborne Firm PC attorneys for a holding a press conference that the city of Savannah says attempted to sway the jury that will hear the police officer's case.
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Black EEOC Atty Says Telework Bid Earned Her Cold Shoulder
A Black U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission attorney sued the agency in Texas federal court, alleging that she was passed over for promotions and a senior leader training program after requesting a disability accommodation and calling out a colleague for "white privilege."
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Partner Sues Partner In Dispute Over Houston Firm
Co-founding partners Don Foty and David Hodges of Hodges & Foty LLP have filed competing claims against each other in Texas state court, with Foty accusing Hodges of blocking his access to firm accounts and Hodges alleging that while he was caring for his sick mother, Foty "hatched a plan" to steal the firm.
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Former Palm GC's Racial Bias Claim Should End, Judge Says
A New York federal judge has recommended dismissing a race discrimination claim brought by an ex-general counsel for The Palm steakhouse chain's owner while allowing her retaliation and breach of contract claims to proceed to arbitration, concluding that the company's onetime top lawyer had not shown the restaurant had "discriminatory intent."
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Ex-SEC Atty's Bias Case Not Holding, Despite Deal Talks
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Friday to delay the upcoming trial in a lawsuit filed by a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who sued the agency for racial and age discrimination, despite a letter to the court saying that the parties are making progress toward a settlement.
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NJ Attys Agree To End Libel Suit Over Father's Money
Prominent class action attorney Carl J. Mayer has settled a defamation lawsuit against his brother and two cousins that claimed the trio falsely accused Mayer of stealing money from his elderly father, leading to a drop-off in referrals from other attorneys.
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BCLP Received Improper OK To Challenge Ga. Fee Ruling
A Georgia state appeals court said Monday that it improperly gave Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP the green light to appeal a trial court ruling ordering the firm to return more than $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator.
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Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Fenwick
Fenwick & West LLP leveraged its broad experience with complex health tech and science to guide large biotech clients through major acquisitions and secured a significant Federal Circuit win for a life sciences client, earning the firm a nod as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback
Keller Rohrback won final approval of a $725 million settlement in a case accusing Facebook of harvesting millions of users' data, and a year later, sought preliminary approval of a $30 million settlement in security breach litigation against 23andMe, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Gupta Wessler
Gupta Wessler LLP had one of the most impactful years in its 12-year history in 2024, representing transportation workers, victims of sexual assault by Uber drivers and homebuyers, as well as taking home two unanimous wins in the U.S. Supreme Court against Bank of America and preparing to argue for another in 2025, landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Wiggin Hires Trump Classified Docs DOJ Atty
Wiggin and Dana LLP has hired a career U.S. Department of Justice litigator, who most-recently helped bring a case against President Donald Trump for allegedly retaining classified national security documents at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing government investigators.
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Fox Rothschild Brings On Saul Ewing Litigators In Florida
Fox Rothschild LLP has added two former Saul Ewing LLP partners to expand its litigation capabilities in Florida.
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Ex-Missouri Governor GC Joins Armstrong Teasdale
Armstrong Teasdale LLP has announced that the general counsel to former Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has been brought aboard the firm's Jefferson City, Missouri, office as counsel in the firm's litigation group.
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Recently Retired NJ Justice Joins Archer & Greiner
Mid-Atlantic firm Archer & Greiner PC announced Monday that a recently retired New Jersey Supreme Court justice who's spent decades in state government has joined the firm as a business litigation of counsel.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.