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Haight Brown San Diego Office Head Joins Hanson Bridgett
The former appellate practice head and San Diego office managing partner at Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP has joined Hanson Bridgett LLP as a partner as part of its recent expansion into the market.
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Quintairos Prieto Adds Nearly 60 Attys From Midwest Firm
Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has announced the largest expansion in the firm's history, with the addition of nearly 60 attorneys from Midwest firm Kopka Pinkus Dolin and four new offices in Michigan and Indiana.
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Eckert Seamans Hit With Class Suit Over Data Breach
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has been hit with a data privacy class action in Pennsylvania federal court on behalf of about 9,400 Wheeling Jesuit University alumni the firm once represented, alleging the firm failed to protect their personal information when its computer network was breached.
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Gfeller Laurie Grows Sports Practice With Colorado Office
Connecticut-based litigation firm Gfeller Laurie LLP announced Tuesday it had expanded its sports and recreation practice group with the addition of three new attorneys who will be based out of the firm's first-ever office in Colorado.
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Duane Morris Grows Trial Team With Construction Litigator
Duane Morris LLP is continuing to grow its trial practice group, announcing Tuesday that it has hired a former Harris Winick Harris LLP attorney who specializes in construction litigation.
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Mass. Appellate Court Upholds Atty's $1M Fee Win
An attorney's $1.17 million judgment against a former client for unpaid legal fees was affirmed Tuesday by a Massachusetts intermediate appellate court, which also found that the client had waited too long to lodge a legal malpractice claim.
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Munsch Hardt Starts Mediation Practice With Ex-CEO At Helm
Texas law firm Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has launched a mediation practice with a former firm CEO and litigation practice group leader at the helm.
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Willkie Adds Int'l Arbitration Pro From Boies Schiller In DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has strengthened its international arbitration offerings in the nation's capital with an attorney from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
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Law Firm, Ex-Client Want La. Malpractice Fight Moved To NJ
A doctor pursuing malpractice claims against New Jersey firm Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC in New Orleans federal court has agreed to take the fight up north, with the two sides filing a joint motion to transfer the venue to the District of New Jersey.
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Ex-Supreme Court Clerk, AG Counselor Joins Haynes Boone
Haynes Boone announced Tuesday that it has added a partner who has clerked for two U.S. Supreme Court justices and served as counselor to the U.S. attorney general.
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Roundup Judge Threatens Sanctions For Unpaid Plaintiff Fees
The California federal judge presiding over multidistrict personal injury litigation over Monsanto's Roundup weed killer has threatened to sanction 37 plaintiffs' firms that have not held back a percentage of their recovery fees for a common benefit fund.
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Inventor Sanctioned In Water Meter Patent Case
A Delaware federal judge has sanctioned an attorney and president of a company that sued utility meter reading company Mueller Systems for patent infringement, blocking him from reading any material in the case designated for attorneys' eyes only.
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GWG Bondholders Seek Trustee Removal Over Ethics Scandal
Bondholders of former life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. on Monday said the lawyer winding down the company and a bankruptcy judge must step down from the Chapter 11 case over their connections to a romance scandal in Southern District of Texas' bankruptcy court.
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Judge Newman Contests Suspension Renewal At DC Circ.
The Federal Circuit's recent recommendation to continue U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension makes clear her colleagues are looking to permanently remove her, the judge's attorney told the D.C. Circuit Monday.
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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, insurance brokerage and risk management giant Marsh & McLennan Cos. sought injunctive relief in a new suit accusing U.S. affiliates of London-based Howden Holdings Ltd. of a poaching scheme that involved over 100 M&M employees resigning on July 21.
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Public Justice Leader Asks 'What Would Gerson Smoger Do?'
Gerson Smoger runs a small plaintiffs firm where, over the decades, he has helped secure millions in damages in toxic tort cases around the country – all while writing numerous amicus briefs and serving on multiple nonprofit boards. The trial lawyers' organization Public Justice recently honored Smoger for his accomplishments and service.
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Mississippi Judge Won't Explain TRO Errors In Suit Over DEI
A Mississippi federal judge won't explain how his decision pausing enforcement of a state law barring diversity, equity and inclusion in public schools contained nonexistent allegations, wrongly identified plaintiffs and defendants and quoted terms that don't appear in the legislative text, ruling that the court isn't obligated to do so.
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Ga. Lawyer Sues Opposing Counsel For Insulting Email
A Georgia lawyer has launched a defamation lawsuit in state court against opposing counsel in a passport dispute for sending an email that called him a liar and the "epitome of antiquated false male dominance."
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Office Snapshot: Vartabedian Hester Expands In Fort Worth
Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at Texas litigation boutique Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP's Fort Worth location, where the firm recently increased its office space to accommodate its growing presence in the city.
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Taylor Duma Brings On Litigator From Fla. Boutique
Taylor Duma LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Monday that it is bringing in a family law expert who ran her own firm as a partner in its Miami office.
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CFO Looks To Jettison Widow's Fight Over Founder's Assets
The chief financial officer of a company behind a college athletics database has argued in an early exit bid that he has no connection to the state of North Carolina, where he's been accused in a civil lawsuit of driving the company's founder to take his own life amid allegations of embezzlement.
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Womble Bond Adds 20 Attys From Shuttering Nashville Firm
Womble Bond Dickinson announced Monday that it has strengthened its presence in Nashville, Tennessee, by bringing on 20 attorneys from boutique law firm Neal & Harwell PLC, which will cease operations Aug. 31.
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DOJ Fights Md. Judges' Bid To Ax Suit Over Habeas Orders
The Department of Justice is standing by its lawsuit challenging a standing order in the District of Maryland that temporarily blocks the deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions, saying a recent dismissal bid misses the mark because "even a small delay" is "irreparable harm to sovereign interests."
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Rising Star: Keker's Bailey Heaps
Bailey Heaps of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP helped two chemistry professors defeat a lawsuit centering on the commercialization of a scientific breakthrough and won an $80 million verdict in a dispute over a milestone payment, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: McDermott's Chris Braham
Chris Braham of McDermott Will & Emery LLP helped Circle K defeat a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that went to a California appellate court and helped Darden Restaurants survive an advocacy organization's discrimination suit, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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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.