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Spencer Fane Hires Transactions, Banking Partners In D.C.
Spencer Fane LLP has hired two attorneys in Washington, D.C., who focus their practices on consumer financial matters, financial services and compliance-related issues, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Patent Firm Rebrands, Names New Managing Partner
Fabricant LLP has a new name and a new managing partner, the patent litigation boutique announced Wednesday.
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Firm Probed In $4B LA Sex Abuse Deal Hit With UPL Charges
A co-founder of the Los Angeles personal injury firm facing investigation for its involvement in a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement against Los Angeles County was hit with disciplinary charges by the California State Bar, alleging the firm illegally practiced law outside the state.
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La. Personal Injury Firm Faces Class Action Over Data Breach
Blake Jones Law Firm LLC, a personal injury firm operating out of New Orleans, has been hit by a proposed class action lawsuit in Kentucky federal court over its response to a data breach last year.
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5th Circ. Revives J&J Sales Rep's Wage Dispute
A Texas federal court did not take into consideration relevant factors to determine whether a former Johnson & Johnson sales representative's failure to retain local counsel in his wage and hour suit represented excusable neglect, the Fifth Circuit ruled on Tuesday.
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Former Conn. Prosecutor Can Stay On Generic-Drug Case
Connecticut's former assistant attorney general can continue to represent insurers Humana and Molina Healthcare Inc. in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of generic drugs, after the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the case agreed Monday with a report that the attorney has no information that had not already been shared.
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Vedder Adds Experienced Trial Atty In San Francisco
The Vedder law firm, formerly known as Vedder Price PC, has hired an experienced trial attorney to join the firm's San Francisco office from litigation boutique Putterman Yu Wang LLP, Vedder announced Monday.
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J&J Opposes Beasley Allen Reinstatement Bid In NJ Talc Fight
Johnson & Johnson is urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to not take the "extraordinary step" of intervening in an appellate panel ruling that disqualified Beasley Allen from representing hundreds of women in product liability litigation against the pharmaceutical giant after the Georgia-based firm "knowingly collaborated" with a former Johnson & Johnson outside counsel.
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Dechert Lands Ex-Microsoft, Google Atty In San Francisco
Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that it has added an attorney who has held in-house posts at Microsoft and Google to bolster its cyber, privacy and AI practice and help clients navigate risks and challenges in an ever-evolving technology landscape.
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Judge Nixed Over MAGA Op-Ed Seeks Reinstatement
A retired Illinois state trial court judge pursuing First Amendment claims against the state Supreme Court after his right-wing opinion column resulted in his removal from a temporary judgeship has moved for immediate reinstatement to the Cook County Circuit Court.
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Sidley Hires Career Kirkland Government Contracts Attorney
Sidley Austin LLP has hired a Kirkland & Ellis LLP government contracts lawyer, who is joining the team as a partner in Washington, D.C., to work on government contracts and national security matters.
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Ex-Assistant US Atty Joins BakerHostetler In Orlando
A former assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida will now serve as a partner at BakerHostetler, the firm where he got his start as an associate.
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Ex-Program Head Says Rutgers Fired Him For Whistleblowing
A former assistant dean and director of the Minority Student Program at Rutgers Law School is alleging in New Jersey federal court that he was fired after he complained about unlawful discrimination and financial misappropriation in the workplace.
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DLA Piper Can't Rep Itself At Bias Trial, Fired Atty Says
DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.
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Stone Hilton Adds Litigator From Texas Governor's Office
Austin, Texas-based litigation boutique Stone Hilton PLLC has expanded its roster with a partner who previously served as deputy general counsel for Gov. Greg Abbott and who also brings federal government experience to his first private sector role.
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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous
A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.
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Judge OKs Sanctions In $500M Miss America Ownership Fight
A Florida federal judge Monday sanctioned a businessman and his attorney for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using the documents to put the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Reed Smith, Greenberg Traurig Fight Gas Feud Sanctions
Both Reed Smith LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP provided nothing more than "zealous advocacy" for their respective clients amid an international petroleum shipping dispute between Eletson Holdings and Levona Holdings Ltd., the two law firms have argued in separate opposition briefs fighting sanctions motions stemming from the matter.
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Rhodium Ex-Directors, Attys Rebuke Ch. 11 Sanctions Bid
Barnes & Thornburg LLP and former board members for cryptocurrency miner Rhodium Encore LLC balked at Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP's bid for sanctions in Rhodium's Chapter 11 case, saying they had done nothing wrong in initially contesting a nearly $9 million fee.
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5th Circ. Says Atty's Flaky Handling Justifies Axing Bias Suit
A trial court was right to toss a suit from a former correctional facility employee who said he was passed over for promotion because he's Black and was fired when he complained, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, faulting his lawyer for ignoring her duty to pursue his case.
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Ga. County DA Sidelined In Election Case Legal Fee Fight
The Fulton County district attorney's office cannot fight President Donald Trump and his co-defendants' bid for millions of dollars in legal fees incurred defending a now-dropped election interference case, a Georgia judge ruled Monday, saying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office had been "'wholly disqualified'" by an appeals court.
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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit
A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.
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Einhorn Barbarito Brings On 6 Donnelly Minter Litigators In NJ
Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC added a team of six attorneys from the firm formerly known as Donnelly Minter & Kelly LLC effective Monday, including a new co-chair for its commercial litigation and ethics practices.
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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.
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Kirkland Adds Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Leader In New York
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, who most recently helped oversee corporate enforcement matters, cases dealing with foreign bribery, fraud, sanctions and more, the firm announced on Monday.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.