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Wiley Data Breach Class Action Dropped As 2 Sides Confer
A Florida resident pursuing negligence and unjust-enrichment claims against Wiley Rein LLP over a data breach voluntarily dismissed his proposed class action on Friday while leaving the door open to refile, one day after the firm told the D.C. federal court that the two sides were "conferring" on next steps.
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Trump Admin Moves Toward Nixing ABA's Accreditor Status
The Department of Education has made a preliminary finding that the American Bar Association is not in compliance with the department's regulations and standards as an accreditor of law schools, a move that comes as the ABA seeks to modify or repeal standards related to diversity, equity and inclusion in an attempt to preserve its accreditor status.
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Clifford Chance Adds Covington Special Litigation Consultant
Clifford Chance LLP has hired a former Covington & Burling LLP special legal consultant who is taking his international arbitration-focused practice to the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Andrew Robb
Andrew Robb of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped secure the setting aside of an $847 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of his client Verizon, eliminating one of the largest patent verdicts in recent years, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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McKool Smith To Match Milbank Associate Pay Scale In 2027
McKool Smith will raise its 2027 salaries for associates to match the pay scale announced in June by Milbank LLP, the firm has announced.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
One of the final weeks of summer brought with it multiple large lateral group moves in the legal industry, as well as a lawsuit over a state bar's law firm advertising rule. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Army Immunity Ends Defrauded Families' Malpractice Claims
A New Jersey federal judge tossed legal malpractice claims against attorney Natalie Khawam Case and the law firm she founded, finding that a group of Gold Star families could not show that their underlying allegations against the U.S. Army would have survived the Federal Tort Claims Act's limits on suing the government.
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Ashurst Perkins Adds DOJ National Security Atty In Chicago
A former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division has joined Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP as a partner in its complex litigation practice in Chicago after more than 12 years in public service.
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Uber Gets Greenlight On Most Fraud Claims Against LA Firms
A California federal judge Wednesday largely rejected two Los Angeles personal injury firms' attempts to ditch Uber's suit claiming it's being targeted by a scheme involving fraudulent personal injury claims, finding Uber has plausibly alleged that the firms schemed with a surgeon to rack up medical costs.
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Jay-Z Appeals Buzbee Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit
Music mogul Jay-Z's counsel fought uphill Thursday to convince a California state appeals court to revive claims that Texas attorney Tony Buzbee defamed and extorted him by roping him into a sexual abuse suit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, arguing in court that a trial court erroneously read evidence in Buzbee's favor.
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Podhurst, Ex-Client Take Malpractice Fight To Lion Air Judge
The Illinois federal judge handling consolidated wrongful death litigation over Lion Air Flight 610's crash agreed on Thursday to take on malpractice claims a widow recently lodged against Podhurst Orseck PA for allegedly failing to communicate about her $4 million settlement over the 2018 tragedy.
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TikTok's Ex-Legal Head Made Racist Comments, Suit Says
TikTok and its former head of global legal operations have been accused in a California state court lawsuit of harassment and discrimination based on race and sex by a former legal department employee who claims the executive subjected her and other nonwhite colleagues to an "unrelenting campaign of harassment."
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LSU Gets Damages Sliced In Attys' Pay Bias Suit
A Louisiana federal judge has slashed the damages awarded to two former in-house attorneys who won a retaliation verdict against their university employer over gender pay equity complaints, cutting each award from $750,000 to $280,000 while rejecting bids for a new trial or outright dismissal.
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Meet The Attys In Cars.com $88M Earnout Suit In Chancery
Bass Berry & Sims PLC and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP attorneys are counsel for a representative for former DealerClub Inc.'s stockholders in a Delaware Chancery Court suit accusing Reed Smith LLP-represented Cars.com of deliberately undermining the automotive wholesale auction platform after Cars.com acquired DealerClub.
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Texas Judge Avoids Recusal In Jerry Jones Sex Assault Case
A Texas state court judge has rejected a recusal motion filed by a woman who is accusing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of sexual assault, finding that the woman failed to produce evidence showing that the judge overseeing the case breached any ethics rules.
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CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ
Property listing company Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. has moved to dismiss its own Ninth Circuit mandamus petition, which challenged a lower court's disqualification of CREXi's counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, from a legal battle against rival CoStar.
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Fidelity Says Deal Doesn't Bar $920K Atty Malpractice Claim
Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. is fighting a Connecticut attorney's bid for summary judgment in a malpractice case over a $2.5 million mortgage refinancing loan, saying neither the statute of limitations nor a prior settlement to which the insurer is not a party bar the suit.
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What To Know About The Hacker Group Targeting Law Firms
Law firm attacks by the hacker collective Silent Ransom Group increased this month following an uptick in April, with Mayer Brown LLP among the latest targets.
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Camp Mystic Fights Families' Bids To Remand Flooding Suits
Camp Mystic is urging a Texas federal court to reject bids to return wrongful death lawsuits over flooding fatalities there last summer to state court, saying federal law is clear that personal injury and wrongful death claims should be decided in the same forum as the camp's pending Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Disbarred Atty Can't Keep Alive Suit Against NJ Ethics Officials
The Third Circuit has refused to revive a disbarred attorney's suit against two New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics lawyers, finding a district judge who recused herself from the case did not enter any substantive orders after granting the motion to recuse.
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Mich. Panel Rejects $2.5M Malpractice Suit Over Bank Debt
An attorney failed to show a law firm and two lawyers derailed his efforts to settle a PNC Bank debt and caused him to ultimately pay more than $2.5 million, a Michigan appellate court has ruled, upholding the dismissal of his malpractice suit.
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$117.5M Comcast Breach Deal Finalized, Attys Net Lower Fee
A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted final approval to a historic $117.5 million settlement stemming from a data breach that affected 31 million customers, although he cut approximately $7 million from the class counsel's fee request.
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Carmody Escapes Most Claims By Irish Mogul's Ex
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP has escaped all but a sole malpractice claim in a 2024 lawsuit by Gayle Killilea Dunne, the ex-wife of Irish real estate developer Sean Dunne, whose $942 million bankruptcy has played out in Connecticut federal court dockets dating back to 2013.
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Rising Star: Tyz Law Group's Ciara McHale
Ciara McHale of Tyz Law Group PC helped Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. win a $17.7 million copyright verdict, plus high praise from the judge, and secured a complete defense victory for Fandom in a case involving Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests — earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Orrick's Nicholas Poli
Nicholas Poli of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has successfully represented UBS, financial institutions and other lenders in significant litigation, co-leading a bench trial where a judge ultimately turned nine-figure claims against his clients into a nine-figure victory, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Ways To Build Client Relationships
Today's general counsel expect outside lawyers to show interest, relevance and value long before there is a live matter to address, including by engaging with attorneys at every level of the company and dispensing free advice thoughtfully, says Andrew Dick at The L Suite.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Start Early In Your Career
Having the courage to embark on your legal business development strategy early in your career allows you to sooner reap the rewards of a strong network, which in turn can increase the momentum of referrals over the course of your career, says Kristin Housh at Sheppard Mullin.
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Enthusiasm Is Legal Leadership Differentiator In AI Era
As the legal profession navigates changes driven by artificial intelligence and broader pressures, leaders should consider behavioral research-backed strategies to translate enthusiasm into tangible results for team performance, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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Weighing Opportunities, Risks Of PE Investment In Law Firms
Though law firms and private equity firms appear to be strange bedfellows, such combinations may offer opportunities for ailing midsize firms — which must be weighed against risks to culture, brand and growth prospects, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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3 Forces Reshaping The Legal Buyer-Seller Relationship
This year's Buying Legal Council Conference highlighted three emerging forces in how buyers and sellers operate in the legal ecosystem — artificial intelligence, data and preferred panels — and organizations would be well advised to combine them into an integrated framework for transparency, performance and collaboration, says Matthew Prinn at RFP Advisory Group.
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5 Steps For GCs To Drive Generative AI Experimentation
As legal departments face mounting pressure to do more with less, general counsel should lead a structured process for adopting generative artificial intelligence tools to transform productivity, manage risk and align with enterprise priorities, says Maesea McCalpin at Gartner.
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How Attys Can DIY Their Own System For Professional Growth
Amid law firm layoffs of business development staff, lawyers cannot depend solely on their firms to foster their professional growth, and must instead create their own initiatives for building community, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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The Augmented Lawyer: In-House, Outside Counsel AI Collabs
As artificial intelligence changes the dynamic between in-house and outside counsel, both internal and external legal teams must thoughtfully reimagine how to mutually leverage AI tools to collaborate and deliver successful outcomes, say Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law and Diane Honda at Redis.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Adjust To In-House After BigLaw?
Sirisha Gummaregula at QuisLex offers advice on navigating the challenges that come with taking on an in-house counsel role after leaving law firm life, including learning your company's business goals and leading with empathy and collaboration.
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Adapting Legal Thought Leadership To An AI World
As potential clients with legal questions increasingly rely on summaries generated by artificial intelligence, attorneys must rethink their content strategy to make sure AI chatbots and search overviews cite their thought leadership, say Ioana Good and Adrien Maines at Promova and Nancy Myrland at Myrland Marketing.
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10 Practical Tips For Attorneys Navigating High-Profile Cases
Complex corporate litigation now often unfolds under the glare of a parallel trial in the court of public opinion, requiring attorneys to adopt a cohesive strategy for legal filings, leadership communications and narrative control, says Monica Smith at Integer PR.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Tailor Your Personal Style
In an industry where competition for clients is fierce, a thoughtful approach to personal style can give you the confidence to walk into any room and own it, the magnetism to make connections that matter, and the tools to highlight your deeper professional values, says Leslie Berkoff at Moritt Hock.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Tips For Landing The Client Pitch
In today’s competitive legal market, successful attorneys treat the pitch process with general counsel like the beginning of a relationship, not a one-off sale — showing up with curiosity, commercial awareness and the ability to engage in a meaningful way from the start, says Andrew Dick at The L Suite.
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Making Legal Cents: Strategy That Stays In Motion
Instead of lurching between year-end strategic planning season and springtime panic mode, firms need a framework that helps them identify what clients and the market need throughout the year, and then actually adjust course, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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