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5th Circ. Says Atty Fee In Architecture IP Case Wasn't Explained
The Fifth Circuit has vacated a $500,000 attorney fee award granted to the legal team representing a realty firm that was accused of infringing copyrighted designs for a senior living facility, finding that a federal judge had not explained the calculation behind that amount.
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Spencer Fane Adds Quarles & Brady Labor Practice Pro
Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has hired the former leader of Quarles & Brady LLP's Washington, D.C., labor and employment group as a partner who will work on defamation cases, class action matters and more, according to an announcement on Monday.
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Class Attys Allege Lead Counsel Is Hoarding $75M Sutter Fees
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP has urged a California federal magistrate judge to enforce the $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million deal resolving a decade-long antitrust fight, arguing lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP "unilaterally" and "arbitrarily" cut SWCK's fees by nearly $800,000 while boosting its own.
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Social Media Cases Atty In Hot Water Over Courthouse Filming
A Los Angeles judge on Friday ripped into an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether suit alleging Meta and Google's social media platforms harm childrens' mental health, stripping the attorney of his seat on the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.
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Epstein's Advisers Ink $35M Deal With Sex Trafficking Victims
A class of victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme has asked a New York federal judge to grant the first OK in a settlement reached with Epstein's lawyer and accountant, who allegedly aided him in the scheme.
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DuPont Atty's Clerkship Leads Judge To Reconsider Recusal
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday said he would reconsider a decision not to step away from a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances lawsuit after his former law clerk appeared for several DuPont-related defendants and his daughter landed a job at a firm that represents fellow defendant 3M.
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Beasley Allen Can't Pause NJ Talc DQ Order, Judge Rules
The Beasley Allen Law Firm can't delay an order disqualifying it from representing hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder while it seeks review from the New Jersey Supreme Court, a state judge ruled on Friday.
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FBT Gibbons Adds Trusts & Estates Litigator In SoCal
Recently formed firm FBT Gibbons LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a trusts and estates litigator who previously ran his own firm as a partner in its Newport Beach, California, office.
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'Scare Tactics Work' But Hope Persists For Legal Industry DEI
The suspension of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program is the latest indication that political threats against BigLaw are working, as the Trump administration targets DEI programs, observers say. Still, some supporters of legal industry diversity initiatives predict law firms will continue to pursue inclusive hiring practices — even if they don't talk about it publicly.
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Attys Regret Unnoticed ChatGPT Errors In Conn. Court Filings
Attorneys ordered to explain errors in two January Connecticut Supreme Court briefs said ChatGPT altered legal arguments that counsel did not notice when they asked the artificial intelligence software to help limit duplicate passages, meet word count rules and format the filings.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden
With more than 100 practicing attorneys across the globe, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's securities practice continues to dominate, securing a $48 million settlement in an event-driven litigation, as well as a unanimous defense verdict in a multibillion-dollar class action jury trial, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley
Sidley Austin LLP attorneys helped a leading fuel industry trade group prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court, secured an appellate win in California for a scrap metal recycling facility, and successfully resolved a pro bono case on behalf of a U.S. Navy sailor accused of Clean Air Act violations, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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2nd Circ. Backs $286K For Childish Gambino's Attys
The Second Circuit has approved a $286,000 attorney fee award granted to lawyers representing rapper Childish Gambino and his record label in a case from another rapper who alleged part of the hit song "This Is America" was lifted from one of his tracks.
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Boies Schiller Partner Faces Possible Sanctions For AI Errors
A Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner must explain why he should not face monetary sanctions for filing a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors amid his representation of women who allege the Church of Scientology harassed them for reporting convicted actor Danny Masterson's sexual assaults.
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Seyfarth's Houston Leader Aims To Wield Power Of Innovation
At just under 50 attorneys, Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Houston office is among the firm's smaller shops, but new office leader Suzanna Bonham said it can still "pack a punch."
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms hired new talent and named new leaders across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fabiani Cohen Escapes Fired Black Atty's Discrimination Suit
A New York federal judge tossed a Black attorney's case claiming Fabiani Cohen & Hall LLP subjected her to racist harassment and fired her after she sued, backing a magistrate judge's conclusion that the alleged mistreatment wasn't severe enough and her case lacked evidence of prejudice.
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Burford Capital Targeted For Docs In German Funding Feud
A German entity is accusing Burford Capital LLC of improperly trying to dodge information requests in a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation by citing an underlying arbitration clause, despite being a nonsignatory and the Third Circuit shutting down the arbitration bid last year.
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Washington Justices' Input Sought On Prosecutorial Immunity
A Seattle federal judge said he intends to send a certified question to the Washington Supreme Court as part of a lawyer's racial discrimination suit against Snohomish County judges and prosecutors, giving parties a week to weigh in on what exactly the question should be.
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Del. Chancery Court Saw Record Number Of Filings In 2025
Delaware's nationally important Chancery Court saw a record number of case filings in 2025 and has relied on the state's Superior Court to help ease its judges' caseload, the First State's chief justice told legislators on Thursday.
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Ill. Justices Face Judge's Suit Over Removal For MAGA Op-Ed
A retired Illinois state judge who had published a MAGA-leaning opinion column, then was temporarily reinstated to the bench amid a judge shortage, has sued the justices of the state Supreme Court, alleging they deprived him of due process in ordering his removal.
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Doc Fight Delays Trial In $22M McCarter & English Loan Suit
The delayed disclosure of thousands of documents has created "a lot of prejudice" against McCarter & English as it fights a $22.5 million professional malpractice lawsuit, and the impending trial must be pushed back again, a Connecticut state judge said Thursday.
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Ex-LA Atty Faces Possible Suspension Over Billing Scandal
A California Bar Court said that former Los Angeles chief deputy city attorney James Patrick Clark should be suspended from practicing law for at least two years due to his role in a high-profile customer billing scandal.
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11th Circ. Upholds Atty Sanctions, Recusal Denial In CBD Row
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a ruling that rejected a former franchisee for a CBD company's argument that a magistrate judge should have recused herself from a case stemming from his efforts to open a retail store in Florida as well as a decision sanctioning his attorney over duplicative court filings.
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Kluger Kaplan Starts Appellate Group With Ex-Fed. Prosecutor
Litigation firm Kluger Kaplan Silverman Katzen & Levine PL has launched its own dedicated appellate practice with the addition of a lawyer from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Expert Analysis
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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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.