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Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Crowell & Moring LLP's appeal for its $30 million rent dispute with a D.C. office landlord that refused to grant a coronavirus-related rent abatement.
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Debevoise Appoints Commercial Litigation Group Co-Leaders
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP promoted two litigators to be co-chairs of its commercial litigation practice, the firm has announced.
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Conn. Firms Settle $1.3M Fee Split Suit
Just ahead of a trial that was scheduled to start next week, two Connecticut law firms have resolved their dispute over how to split $4 million in legal fees stemming from a $12 million child abuse settlement against the state's Department of Children and Families.
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Bernstein Litowitz Touts 'Precedent-Setting' Misconduct Win
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP helped beat eXp World Holdings Inc. officers' bid to have the Delaware Chancery Court toss shareholder claims related to widespread allegations of sexual misconduct at the real estate services company, in what a firm attorney called a "precedent-setting" result.
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Ga. Gov. Hopeful Wants 11th Circ.'s Take On Cash Limits
Georgia Secretary of State and gubernatorial hopeful Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday he would ask the Eleventh Circuit to review a federal judge's decision from the day before shooting down yet another challenge to a state law allowing a rival in the race to rake in unlimited campaign cash.
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Kaufman Dolowich Adds Corporate Attorney In Delaware
Kaufman Dolowich LLP recently added a corporate attorney to its Wilmington, Delaware, office who previously worked as in-house counsel for a telecommunications company, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Thursday.
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Smith Gambrell Launches In Houston With Gray Reed Litigator
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP announced Thursday that it has planted its flag in Houston, its second Lone Star State location after Austin, with an energy-focused litigator who joins from Gray Reed & McGraw LLP.
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Ex-Civil Rights Chief For Mass. District Returns To Seyfarth
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has hired the first and only chief of the Civil Rights Unit at the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office, bringing back a former associate who stayed in touch through the firm's alumni program.
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$3.1M Legal Fee At Heart Of Latest Feud In Citgo Sale Saga
A dispute over who should pay a more than $3 million bill incurred by special master Robert Pincus as he fended off a disqualification bid has become another flash point in long-running litigation aimed at auctioning off Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt.
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Wrong Standard Sunk Benesch Ex-Client's Suit, 7th Circ. Told
A former Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP client urged the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday to revive her malpractice suit claiming the firm botched her potential trade secrets theft case, arguing a lower court held her to too high a pleading standard in tossing her case.
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Trade Secret Filings Hit Record High In 2025, Report Finds
Trade secret litigation reached an all-time high in 2025, with more than 1,500 federal cases filed for the first time ever, according to a new report by legal analytics firm Lex Machina, which also highlights trends about damages, the busiest courts and the law firms most frequently involved.
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Expert Fights Dismissal Of Jan. 6 Report Copyright Case
A jury bias researcher who has accused an attorney of copying and reusing a report to help three Jan. 6 insurrection defendants get their trials moved has urged a D.C. federal court not to dismiss her copyright lawsuit, saying that wholesale reuse of her work is not fair use.
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Sanctions Motion Allowed In Barratry Suit, Texas Court Says
A Texas appeals court has kept intact a motion for sanctions against a man who accused a law firm of barratry, saying Wednesday the motion was based on "ancillary conduct" and therefore not subject to the state's anti-SLAPP law.
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Atty Who Sued Blank Rome Lawyers Ordered To Pay Fees
A Pennsylvania federal judge has adopted a special master's recommendation that a lawyer who lost her malicious prosecution case against several Blank Rome LLP attorneys and an aviation parts company should pay fees covering the defendants' bid to sanction her over alleged deposition conduct.
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Reciprocal Discipline Unfair After 'Ambush,' Atty Tells 4th Circ.
A solo practitioner in North Carolina whose law license was suspended for alleged tax crimes and trust account problems told the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday not to reciprocate the punishment, arguing his due process rights were violated and the underlying facts don't support disciplining him.
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Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's tax practice guided several major cases and deals this past year, including representing drugmaker Amgen Inc. in one of the largest transfer pricing cases litigated last year, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Tax Groups of the Year.
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Robins Kaplan Takes Aim At Benicar MDL Fees Suit In NJ
Robins Kaplan LLP told a New Jersey federal court Wednesday that a suit over fees the firm collected in multidistrict litigation over blood pressure medication should be thrown out, saying it "parrot[s]" claims from earlier suits that were already dismissed.
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Lambda Legal Taps Ex-Reuters Atty To Head Legal, Advocacy
Lambda Legal, the civil rights nonprofit that advocates for LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV, on Wednesday named a former deputy general counsel for WeWork and compliance leader at Reuters to head its legal department, effective Feb. 9.
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Ex-DOJ Atty, UGA VP Joins Miller & Martin In Atlanta
Miller & Martin PLLC announced that an attorney who previously served as vice president of government relations at the University of Georgia and Civil Division chief for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia has joined the firm's Atlanta office.
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False Claims Expert Moves Philly Practice To Holland & Knight
Increased activity in litigation involving health care law and the False Claims Act has prompted a Philadelphia attorney to move her practice to Holland & Knight LLP after nearly 20 years at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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Longtime DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Duane Morris
A veteran antitrust litigator at the U.S. Department of Justice left the federal government to join Duane Morris LLP as a partner, the firm has announced.
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NJ Atty Calls Fla. Bar's High Fees Unconstitutional
A New Jersey lawyer urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to revive his suit accusing the Florida Board of Bar Examiners of violating the dormant commerce clause by charging out-of-state attorneys disproportionately high fees to sit for the Florida bar exam.
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Carter Ledyard Taps Litigator As Next Managing Partner
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP announced Tuesday that it has chosen an employment litigator who joined the firm in 2023 to lead the firm.
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Brown Sims Names 1st New Leader In 25 Years
Insurance defense firm Brown Sims PC has elected a Houston-based shareholder to serve as the firm's president, its first change in the top leadership role in a quarter century.
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Gibson Dunn Mentor Program Sets Up Attys For Success
January is National Mentoring Month. Law360 heard from attorneys who are in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s firmwide mentorship program about its top benefits.
Expert Analysis
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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.