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Sisters Band Together To Launch Pa. Personal Injury Firm
Pittsburgh has a reputation for a close-knit legal community, but it doesn't get much closer than the trio of siblings who recently launched a new personal injury firm in the city's suburbs after previously practicing together for nearly five years at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.
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Feds Seek To Toss DOJ Official's Suit Over Epstein-Talk Firing
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a D.C. federal court to ax a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former DOJ official who was fired after he was surreptitiously filmed talking about Jeffrey Epstein on what he thought was a date, saying district courts don't have jurisdiction and the matter belongs in front of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Firm Seeks Contempt Order In Mich. Atty Retaliation Suit
An ongoing discovery fight has intensified between a metro Detroit law firm and a former associate pursuing sexual harassment claims against her ex-boss and mentor, with the firm asking a Michigan federal court to hold the attorney's new law partner in contempt for allegedly defying a subpoena and withholding documents related to their new firm.
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Chancery OKs Atty Exit Over 'Irreparably Broken' Relationship
The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday granted a motion allowing counsel for an educational software company co-founder's ex-wife and her affiliated family limited partnership to withdraw from a stockholder dispute involving the educational software company, while giving the partnership two weeks to secure new representation or face default.
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Hecht Partners Absorbs 11-Atty Florida Class Action Firm
New York-headquartered litigation boutique Hecht Partners LLP announced Thursday that it is expanding into Florida and Minnesota after adding 11 attorneys and seven staff members by absorbing class action firm George Feldman McDonald PLLC.
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Connell Foley Enters Delaware As Part Of 'Organic' Growth
Connell Foley LLP's expansion into Delaware is a key strategic move that came about organically with the hiring of a team from FBT Gibbons LLP to launch a new bankruptcy and restructuring practice group, leaders of the mid-Atlantic firm told Law360 Pulse this week.
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Levona Wants Permanent Injunction In Eletson Gas Spat
Levona Holdings urged a New York district court to permanently bar the former majority shareholders of Eletson Gas from exercising any control over the company or interfering with Levona's ownership of the preferred interests in the company, several weeks after the federal court vacated a $102 million arbitration award in the feud.
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6th Circ. Says All Of Paralegal's Bias Suit Is Arbitration-Exempt
The Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Adams and Reese LLP can't send a fired paralegal's sex harassment and disability bias suit to arbitration, ruling that a law that bars mandatory out-of-court resolutions for sexual harassment cases applies to the entirety of her lawsuit.
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Florida Co. Blames Holland & Hart For $21M Judgment
A Florida-based company claimed in Colorado federal court Wednesday that a Holland & Hart LLP attorney was negligent in representing it in a lawsuit from the city of Fort Collins that eventually ended in a more than $21 million judgment against the company.
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Cat Cover Story In Ginsburg Health Hack Gives Judge Pause
A Fourth Circuit jurist on Wednesday seemed fixated on the feline excuse a former hospital transplant coordinator gave FBI agents when he was questioned in 2019 about accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records.
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Axinn Adds 3 Former Federal Antitrust Litigators In DC And SF
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP continues adding antitrust attorneys, announcing Wednesday that three former government attorneys are joining the firm as partners — one in San Francisco and two in Washington, D.C.
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Hagens Berman Fights Fee Demand Amid Misconduct Claims
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has blasted as premature a bid from drugmakers in Pennsylvania federal court calling for the firm to cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability actions over the morning sickness drug thalidomide.
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Builders Lose Bids To Toss NJ Town's Suit, DQ Counsel
A New Jersey state judge refused to dismiss a municipality's challenge to a neighboring borough's controversial waterfront development and declined to disqualify O'Toole Scrivo LLC as plaintiffs' counsel, finding that the defendants failed to show an ethical conflict.
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5th Circ. Revives Texas Judge's Suit Over Same-Sex Weddings
The Fifth Circuit has cleared the way for a Texas state judge to seek damages in a lawsuit against the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct over whether judges can refuse to conduct same-sex weddings on religious grounds while agreeing to conduct marriages for heterosexual couples, sending the case back to the trial court.
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Estate Documents Firm Accuses Rivals Of Trade Secrets Theft
Probate technology company Estate Documents Pro LLC filed a complaint in Arizona federal court alleging that former customers out of Texas misappropriated its software to launch a rival estate planning business.
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Foley & Lardner Wants 'Scattershot' Malpractice Suit Tossed
Foley & Lardner LLP is urging the Delaware Superior Court to toss a malpractice suit accusing the firm of negligence in representing an officer of a now-defunct food recycling company in a Chancery Court case that led to a $1.6 million judgment, saying it "suffers from basic pleading defects."
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Holtec Wants Stay Lifted In NJ Over Alleged Ex-GC Scheme
Holtec International asked a New Jersey state court this week to lift a stay holding it back from pursuing fraud claims against its former general counsel and others for allegedly embezzling more than $700,000 from the company.
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Ousted Conn. Public Defender To Appeal Bias Suit Loss
Connecticut's ousted chief public defender has indicated that she will seek to revive her recently dismissed discrimination lawsuit challenging her ejection from the role in 2024.
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Atty Accused Of Insinuating Murder In NJ Food Biz Dispute
The widow of a New Jersey businessman asked a federal judge to sanction a plaintiff and his attorney in a contract‑based payout dispute, arguing they crossed a bright legal and ethical line by insinuating without evidence that she played a role in her husband's death.
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Judge Won't Toss Copyright Suit Against Proud Boys Attorney
A Florida federal judge refused Wednesday to dismiss a copyright infringement suit that alleges a criminal defense attorney used an expert witness report without authorization while representing a member of the far-right Proud Boys group fighting charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
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Steptoe Hires Commercial And Antitrust Litigator In DC
Steptoe LLP has hired an antitrust and commercial litigator, who focuses his practice on pharmaceutical antitrust class action matters, trade secret disputes, multidistrict litigation and more, the firm has announced.
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Patterson Belknap Adds Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Maurene Comey
Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who handled some of the nation's highest-profile cases before she was fired by the Trump administration, has joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Alston & Bird Litigator Jumps To LA Boutique Rushing McCarl
Los Angeles-based business litigation boutique Rushing McCarl LLP is adding to its ranks, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in an Alston & Bird LLP litigator as a partner.
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9th Circ. Grants Atty Fee Appeal In Eye Drop Pricing Suit
District courts cannot reduce fee awards to attorneys based on a firm's size, the Ninth Circuit ruled in a published opinion Tuesday, sending a case back to a California federal court to recalculate attorney fees awarded to a "small" firm that represented wholesalers in a Robinson-Patman Act suit against eye drop manufacturers.
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Munchkin Can't Arbitrate Ex-GC's 'War On Families' Suit
Baby products brand Munchkin Inc. lost its bid to arbitrate its former general counsel's suit alleging he was fired for complaining about the company's "war on families," after a California judge ruled a sexual harassment claim added in an amended version of his suit exempted him from mandatory arbitration.
Expert Analysis
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Roundup
Biz Development Tip Of The Month
This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases
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Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.
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Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025
Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Best Practices For Implementing Firm Revenue Cycle Roles
Law firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.
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Tips For Constructing Your Small-Law Exit Strategy
By initiating planning and processes to evaluate personal retirement goals and firm value early, longtime solo practitioners and small-firm owners can unlock a range of possibilities and potential buyers, setting up for a profitable exit and a rewarding transition, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.
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Tips For Persuasive Briefs Beyond The Argument Section
When crafting an appellate brief, the focus for most lawyers is the argument section, but other sections also offer strategic opportunities to shape the court's perception of the case and favorably frame the issues, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
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Ask A Mentor: Is Secondment A Good Career Move?
Kate Driscoll at Morrison Foerster suggests six questions to help candidates evaluate whether a secondment will benefit their career.
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3 Trends Reshaping Chief Marketing Officer Appointments
Recent approaches to hiring chief marketing officers demonstrate how firms are reimagining their marketing and business development frameworks to stay competitive and responsive to evolving client needs, says Murray Coffey at M Coffey.
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Talking Mental Health: Working As A Mom Of An Autistic Son
Sarah Kovit Hanna at Assurant discusses how she balances the demands of her in-house role and the support needs of her son, who was diagnosed with autism, as a single mom, and reflects on how the legal industry can better support caretakers of family members who have special needs.