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3rd Circ. Unsure Miss. Law Saves Kavanaugh Classmate's Suit
Weighing whether New York or Mississippi law controls a libel lawsuit that Justice Brett Kavanaugh's former classmate filed against The Huffington Post could be moot if neither state's law offers an extension for refiling claims dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction, a Third Circuit panel suggested Tuesday.
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Ogletree Adds Shareholder In Detroit From Miller Canfield
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added a labor and employment partner from Michigan firm Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC to its Detroit office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Judge Rips 2nd Circ.'s 'Erroneous' Ruling In Sears Lease Spat
A New York federal district judge ruled that Sears Holdings Corp.'s lease for the Mall of America in Minneapolis should be returned to the bankrupt retail chain's liquidating trustee, saying that the decision gives "scant comfort" as it removed from the books "an obviously outlier ruling" by the Second Circuit.
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Prepetition Waivers Sway Invitae Judge On Kirkland Hire
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge approved the retention of Kirkland & Ellis LLP as bankruptcy counsel for debtor Invitae Corp. Tuesday, the same day he approved a $239 million sale of its assets to Labcorp.
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Calif. Panel Says Court Could Undo Order Disqualifying Attys
A California trial court correctly reconsidered its earlier ruling on a truck body manufacturer's bid to disqualify a workers' side firm from a wage and hour suit, a state appellate panel said, ruling that a temporary missing document led the court in the wrong direction.
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Ferguson Braswell Adds 4 Attys In Calif.
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC, which now goes by the name FBFK Law Firm, is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in four new attorneys — three of whom come from Hall Griffin LLP — to join its Orange County office.
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Texas Law Firm's Claims Partly Tossed In Click-To-Call Ad Suit
A Texas federal judge has partially dismissed a Houston-based personal injury outfit's claims against a legal referral service it accuses of buying internet keywords that infringe the firm's trademarks in a "click-to-call" scheme meant to steal clients and business from the firm, finding some of the allegations were "conclusory" and that others were unsupported by the facts.
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NC Firm Beats Appeal In Fee Fight With Fla. Client
A North Carolina state appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's denial of a motion to dismiss a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by Raleigh-based law firm Wilson Ratledge PLLC, agreeing the fee dispute with two Florida-based companies falls under the state court's jurisdiction.
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Fla. Court Mulls Bid To Unmask DeSantis' Judicial Advisers
An anonymous Florida resident urged a state appeals court on Tuesday to reverse the dismissal of a petition to force Gov. Ron DeSantis to turn over information about the conservative advisers he consults to vet judicial nominees, arguing that the governor can't use executive privilege to hide from a public records request.
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Fisher Phillips Adds Ex-Lyons HR GC To Employment Group
Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has brought on the former general counsel and senior vice president of human resources for professional employer organization Lyons HR to its Atlanta office, strengthening its professional employer organization and staffing practice.
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Pashman Stein Sued For Malpractice Over Firm Breakup Work
A New Jersey intellectual property attorney facing claims from Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC that he owes $88,000 in unpaid legal fees denied those allegations and countered with his own claims that Pashman Stein committed malpractice in representing him in the breakup of his old firm.
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7th Circ. Ruling Imperils Anonymity In NCAA, Netflix Cases
Anonymous plaintiffs suing the NCAA and Netflix in separate cases in Indiana federal court must explain why they should be allowed to keep their identities hidden following a recent Seventh Circuit ruling that established "a stringent standard" relating to anonymity, a magistrate judge has ruled.
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8th Circ. Seems Unwilling To Revive Ex-Lockheed Atty's Suit
The Eighth Circuit appeared likely Tuesday to uphold the dismissal of a Black former Lockheed Martin in-house attorney's race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, questioning whether a lesser sanction would've adequately punished misstatements to the trial court about her current high-paying job.
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Margolis Edelstein Gets Rehearing In Del. Malpractice Case
Delaware's Supreme Court has granted Margolis Edelstein's bid for a rehearing by the full five-justice court of an April ruling that revived an insurer's malpractice suit claiming its incompetence caused the insurer to have to settle a case for $1.2 million.
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Chase Aims To Sink Florida Law Firm's $100K Wire Theft Suit
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Florida law firm, saying it is not responsible for the $100,000 payment that a client mistakenly transferred to a fraudster instead of the firm's account at the bank.
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Amazon Blasts Writer's Ownership Claim Over New 'Road House'
Amazon Studios and others involved in the 2024 remake of 1989's "Road House" movie told a California federal court that the writer behind the original film who is suing for copyright infringement does not own the rights to the script for the original.
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Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Susman's Brook, Shackelford
Susman Godfrey LLP attorneys Davida Brook and Stephen Shackelford Jr. learned very early on in their working relationship that they needed to trust each other. That concept, they say, has been foundational to their success as defamation attorneys, and those who have worked alongside them say everyone else has reason to trust them, too.
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Texas Boutique Brown Fox Adds Gibson Dunn Litigation Ace
Boutique business law firm Brown Fox PLLC has added a litigation partner in Dallas who recently practiced with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and who previously served as a judicial law clerk for a U.S. appellate court.
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Norton Rose Taps Longtime Atty To Lead Austin, Texas, Office
A Norton Rose Fulbright litigator who has worked at the firm since 1996 has been named partner-in-charge of its Austin, Texas, office.
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Law Firm Must Face COVID Test-Kit Fraud Suit, NJ Court Told
A medical supply business has urged a New Jersey federal court to reject a Texas law firm's bid to walk away from or transfer a more than $2.45 million lawsuit alleging it took part in a scheme to dupe the company into paying for COVID-19 test kits that were never delivered.
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Attys Denied $10M Fees As Family Dollar Deal Is Approved
A Tennessee federal judge has given final approval to a settlement to end consumer claims stemming from a rodent infestation at a Family Dollar Stores Inc. warehouse, but denied a bid by class counsel for $10 million in fees.
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Bloch & White Adds Civil Rights Atty From 'Ghost Gun' Case
Bloch & White LLP has hired "one of the winningest trial attorneys" in the Eastern District of New York's history as counsel, the firm said Monday.
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Sidley Brings On Wilson Sonsini Employment Pro In Palo Alto
Sidley Austin LLP has boosted its labor and employment practice with a partner joining from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC who boasts more than a decade of experience handling employment-related matters in Silicon Valley.
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Workday Defeats In-House Atty's Bias Suit, For Now
A California magistrate judge on Monday dismissed, for now, a lawsuit by a Workday Inc. in-house attorney who accused the company of discriminatory and retaliatory behavior, which included pay inequities and calling the police to conduct an unnecessary wellness check at his house when he was hospitalized.
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DeSantis, Ousted Fla. Atty Clash Over Reinstatement Powers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and ousted prosecutor Andrew Warren have offered dueling takes over whether federal courts have jurisdiction to reinstate suspended state officers in competing briefs filed with the Eleventh Circuit.