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Beck Redden Beats Disbarred Atty's Texas Malpractice Suit
A Texas federal judge granted Beck Redden LLP's request to end a malpractice suit against it from a disbarred attorney and former firm client who alleged the firm waived his right to a jury trial.
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Wisconsin Bar Tweaks Diversity Definition Amid Bias Suit
The State Bar of Wisconsin has erased a legal challenge related to its diversity clerkship program following a revision of its definition of diversity, though the federal case will continue over dues collections.
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IP Firm Sues Florida Attorney For Using Soundalike Name
Georgia-based intellectual property firm Bekiares Eliezer LLP has sued an attorney in Florida federal court, alleging he marketed his services with a name similar to its "Founders Legal" brand.
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Wiggin And Dana Adds More IP Attys In New York
Three intellectual property attorneys from litigation boutique LTL Attorneys LLP have joined Connecticut-based firm Wiggin and Dana LLP in its New York office, joining an LTL Attorneys partner who moved to Wiggin and Dana last month.
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Why Texas Litigation Boutique Is Growing In The Garden State
A similar philosophy about practicing in the mass tort space has led longtime New Jersey litigator Asim Badaruzzaman to helm Dallas-based Sbaiti & Company PLLC's new shop in the Garden State.
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Healthcare Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP's recent work securing wins for corporate healthcare defendants, including a jury trial victory in opioid litigation brought by family members of individuals addicted to prescription drugs, has earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's Healthcare Groups of the Year.
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AI Assistant Offers 'Second Brain' To Small Plaintiffs Firms
The legal tech startup Eve is specifically targeting plaintiffs firms with its new AI-native law firm program, using artificial intelligence trained by lawyers and customized to a firm’s caseload. The first firm to pilot the program, Frontier Law Center, says the comprehensive AI assistant has been a game changer.
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Judge Punts 'Warning Shot' Condo Sale Bid In Giuliani Ch. 11
A New York bankruptcy judge held off on deciding if Rudy Giuliani must sell his Florida condo Thursday, cautioning attorneys for the former New York City mayor that the official committee of unsecured creditors might take more extreme steps in the Chapter 11 case if its concerns over Giuliani's expenses aren't addressed.
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Depo Conflicts Mean Pretrial Win In Malpractice Suit, Attys Say
A Texas state court judge on Thursday said he needed to more closely review the prior deposition of a man who claimed his Houston-area property was flooded by Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda before deciding whether to grant a pretrial win to a law firm the man accused of botching his damage claim.
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Louisiana Nurses' Attys Sanctioned Over Missed Depositions
Nurses who abruptly canceled or gave inconsistent testimony at their depositions must pay the hospital they accused of underpaying them nearly $10,000 in sanctions for their lack of cooperation, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Thursday.
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NY AG Wants Trump Insurer To Guarantee $175M Bond
New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a Manhattan judge Thursday to make sure the California insurer that agreed to post Donald Trump's $175 million bond in his civil business fraud case can actually pay.
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GRSM50 Accused Of Letting Detroit Hotel Hide Evidence
Former workers at an upscale Detroit hotel suing over their firings urged a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday to sanction the club and disqualify its attorneys at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, alleging it is likely they helped withhold documents and try to intimidate witnesses.
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Judge Recuses Herself From Cartel Case Over Exxon Stock
A Nevada federal judge has recused herself from a batch of antitrust lawsuits claiming U.S. shale oil producers colluded with OPEC to drive up prices at the pump, citing her ownership of a "significant" amount of Exxon Mobil Corp. stock.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty's Defamation Injunction Bid Meets Skepticism
The Florida federal judge overseeing a $150 million defamation case between an ex-Greenberg Traurig LLP partner and a social media personality accused of mounting a harassment campaign against him declined, for now, to issue an injunction against alleged cyberstalking and indicated the petition may be better suited for state court.
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McElroy Deutsch Construction Pro Joins Peckar & Abramson
Peckar & Abramson PC added a McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP construction law partner of nearly 30 years this week with a specialty in heavy civil construction and public works.
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W.Va. Plaintiff Drops Telemarketing Claim Against Fla. Firm
A West Virginia woman who alleged in a putative class action that law firms had bombarded her and others with unwanted legal advertising phone calls has announced a joint dismissal with one of the firms involved.
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Ex-Manager Wants Sills Cummis Atty Depo In Musician Row
The former manager for Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Nile Rodgers asked a New Jersey state court Thursday to depose a Sills Cummis & Gross PC attorney in a suit accusing the firm of overbilling him in a contract dispute against the musician.
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The Attys Suing Over Human Trafficking At Qatar World Cup
Attorneys at Washington, D.C.-based litigation boutique Sparacino PLLC are seeking to use their experience handling terrorism-related cases to pursue a human trafficking suit on behalf of Filipino workers who were allegedly misled and forced to work in inhumane conditions while building soccer stadiums for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
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HK Lender Gets $8M Arbitral Awards Against Fla. Atty OK'd
A Florida federal court has ruled to confirm and enforce international arbitral awards totaling more than $8 million against a Florida attorney and his longtime client, finding the pair should have opposed the awards favoring a Hong Kong-based lender no more than three months after the case wrapped up in 2019.
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Pierson Ferdinand Brings On Morgan Lewis Litigator In Philly
Newly formed Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a high-stakes employment litigator to its Philadelphia office from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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CNN Sues DOJ For Biden's Special Counsel Interview Tapes
CNN has hit the U.S. Department of Justice with an open-records suit seeking all audio and video recordings of President Joe Biden's five-hour interview with special counsel Robert Hur last October, saying in D.C. federal court Thursday that they "will help the public evaluate Hur's decision not to charge Biden and to close the investigation into classified documents found at Biden's former office and private residence."
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Ex-CEO Reaches Legal Fee Agreement With Trump-Tied SPAC
A Delaware vice chancellor has signed off on an agreement between Donald Trump-tied Digital World Acquisition Corp. and its former CEO to have the venture pay his legal costs related to federal probes and litigation in multiple states.
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Tyson & Mendes Adds Hartline Barger Litigator In Houston
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced this week that it has added a litigation partner in Houston with extensive defense experience who came aboard from Hartline Barger LLP.
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McGlinchey Stafford Litigator To Helm Fort Lauderdale Office
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC has tapped a finance-focused litigator with nearly a decade at the firm to lead in South Florida.
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Halloran & Sage Appoints Atty To Litigation Leadership Roles
Connecticut-based Halloran & Sage LLP has made changes to the leadership of its litigation team, appointing a partner as chair of its commercial litigation practice.