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Ex-Judge Pushes Back Against NJ's Stance On Her Conduct
A former workers' compensation judge has pushed back in her suit over her removal after the state of New Jersey said her conduct around discovery raises safety concerns of individuals she has targeted, telling a state court it's New Jersey that has engaged in harassing conduct.
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Litigation Funder Can't Escape Crash Loans Suit, Court Told
A married couple suing a litigation funding firm and multiple law firms, alleging they steered the couple into high-interest loans, told a New Jersey state court that they adequately pled fraud and urged the court not to dismiss their case against the funder.
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Barley Snyder Adds Food, Agribusiness Specialist In Pa.
Barley Snyder has expanded its Philadelphia-area office with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in the food and agriculture industry who moved her practice after nearly seven years with Stewart Smith.
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Holland & Knight Litigator Jumps To Jackson Walker In Austin
Jackson Walker LLP has bolstered its international and cross-border litigation offerings with a partner in Austin, Texas, who came aboard from Holland & Knight LLP.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Susman Godfrey's handling of patent suits against Amazon and Vedder Price's work on the sale of a portfolio company to GE Aerospace lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 27 to July 11.
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Schulte Roth Can't Claw Back $38M In Rent From SL Green
A New York state court judge ruled that Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP can't claw back $38 million in rent paid to landlord SL Green Realty during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, finding that a Y2K era rent abatement clause is only applicable if the landlord fails to provide service.
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Reed Smith Names New Legal Personnel, Litigation Leaders
Reed Smith LLP tapped a new global head of legal personnel as well as a new chair of litigation and dispute resolution.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry continued July with another busy week as attorneys took on new roles and firms expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Cozen's E-Discovery Expert Talks About Her New ABA Book
A former teacher turned litigator turned e-discovery expert for Cozen O'Connor recently wrote the American Bar Association's book on handling electronic discovery. Nicole Marie Gill spoke to Law360 Pulse about the project and why learning the ropes of e-discovery is so important for early-career attorneys.
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Meet The Judge Putting Brakes On Birthright Citizenship EO
The New Hampshire federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order Thursday is a fair, respectful, prepared and "fearless" jurist who works hard to get decisions right, according to attorneys who know him.
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Meet Newsom's Attys In Del. Suit Against Fox Over Trump Call
In his Delaware defamation case against Fox News, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned to attorneys who helped secure a $787.5 million settlement between the network and Dominion Voting Systems and who lead a group behind complaints against attorneys over 2020 election-related claims.
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K&L Gates Class Action Litigator Jumps To Shook Hardy In SF
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP is boosting its litigation team with the addition of a K&L Gates LLP class action defense attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office, the firm has announced.
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Ga. Atty Avoids Sanctions In Suit Over Fatal Police Shooting
A Georgia federal judge has rejected Savannah officials' bid to sanction attorneys suing for civil rights violations in the 2022 shooting death of a Black man by a police officer who's facing murder charges, finding Wednesday that an attorney's comments to the media weren't made in bad faith — but warned counsel to "tread carefully."
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Former Texas Solicitor General Returns To Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has welcomed back an Austin, Texas-based lawyer who left the firm nearly two years ago to serve as the Lone Star State's solicitor general.
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Students Say Fee Concerns Unfounded In Aid-Fixing Case
Attorneys for students accusing elite universities of conspiring to limit financial aid told an Illinois federal court there's no need for the schools to look into ethical concerns raised about attorney fees by a "disgruntled" associate for one of the firms representing the proposed class.
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Morgan & Morgan Expands With Jersey Shore Office
Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA, the largest personal injury firm in the country, is growing its presence in New Jersey with an office in Wall Township at the Jersey Shore, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Atty From Ballard Spahr In Del.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has hired an attorney in Delaware from Ballard Spahr LLP to bolster its capacity to handle corporate governance disputes, fiduciary duty claims and other matters in the state's Chancery Court and other venues.
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Class Action Firm Lynch Carpenter Names 1st Woman Leader
Pittsburgh-based Lynch Carpenter has promoted recently one of its top class action litigators to lead the plaintiff's firm as the managing partner of operations.
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Phillips Lytle Welcomes Back Veteran Federal Litigator
Phillips Lytle announced Wednesday that a veteran of the federal government has left the public sector to join its litigation practice as special counsel, where the firm says he will advise on regulatory compliance, public policy and matters involving government agencies.
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Another Atty Sanctioned For Allegedly Hallucinated Case Law
A Florida judge on Wednesday issued a blistering order against an attorney who became the latest of many to face sanctions over filings with case law suspected of being hallucinated by generative artificial intelligence, ordering him to take AI ethics courses and repay opposing counsel's fees.
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'Cookie-Cutter' Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Settled
Weeks after personal injury law firm Simon & Simon PC was chastised by a Pennsylvania federal judge for letting paralegals file a "cookie-cutter" slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart, the plaintiff's counsel have notified the court that a deal was reached ending the claims.
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Wilson Elser Lands 8-Atty Insurance Team From Bullivant
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired eight attorneys from Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, in a move to bolster its insurance and reinsurance coverage practice in the Pacific Northwest.
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Law Firm Sues Over 'Spartan Law' Trademark Dispute
A Georgia law firm has filed suit against a California attorney who purports to own the trademark for "Spartan Law" in association with legal services, alleging that he threatened to sue the firm for trademark infringement despite it not being liable for any.
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Quinn Emanuel Says 'Spite' Behind Unpaid $30M Legal Tab
The new owners of a business that was forced by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys to honor a merger agreement are refusing to pay a $30 million legal bill "out of spite," the firm has alleged in Massachusetts state court.
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ABA Says Unlawful Discriminatory Jury Selection Breaks Rule
Lawyers may not knowingly engage in unlawful juror discrimination under the cover of "legitimate advocacy," the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility said in a formal opinion released Wednesday, finding that doing so violates prospective jurors' equal protection rights.