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Law School Admission Council Pushes To Toss Antitrust Suit
The Law School Admission Council is continuing its push to toss a proposed class action accusing it of fixing application fees with its member schools, saying in a Pennsylvania federal court filing last week that the applicant's opposition to its dismissal motion "entirely fails to engage with the incoherence at the core of his case."
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Kelley Uustal Adds Jan. 6 Prosecutor Suing Over Firing
A former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has joined Florida boutique firm Kelley Uustal, the firm confirmed Monday.
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Porzio Bromberg Wants Doctor's Malpractice Suit Tossed
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC has asked the New Jersey federal court to dismiss a Louisiana doctor's lawsuit accusing the firm and one of its attorneys of legal malpractice, arguing the physician lacks standing to pursue individual claims on a bankruptcy-related matter.
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Panel Slashes Mich. Law Firm's Damages In Embezzling Case
A Michigan state appeals court on Friday published a ruling that a Detroit personal injury and civil rights law firm is not entitled to treble damages or legal fees as part of a civil judgment against a former office manager the firm claims embezzled tens of thousands of dollars.
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Lewis Brisbois Brings On 4 Litigators From Shuttered Firm
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has brought on the former president and three other litigators from the now-shuttered Bullivant Houser Bailey PC in Portland, Oregon, after that firm saw a series of attorney departures to other firms before closing its doors earlier this month.
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Ex-Berger Singerman Clients Seek Early Malpractice Suit Win
A pair of resort companies asked a Florida state judge for partial summary judgment in their suit accusing business firm Berger Singerman LLP of legal malpractice for mishandling their hurricane damage insurance suit, arguing that existing evidence already backs their claims.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Potter Anderson's representation of Pfizer in a suit against Novo Nordisk and Burr & Forman's work on a $500 million joint partnership lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 31 to Nov. 14
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court took on four cases this week, mulling a prison inmate's forced haircut, immunity for a private prison operator accused of forced labor, and what can be considered when weighing a prisoner's compassionate release. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Ex-Senior Federal Prosecutor Joins Torridon Law In DC
A former federal prosecutor who previously served as the U.S. Department of Justice's national opioid coordinator has left the public sector to join Torridon Law PLLC's Washington, D.C., office.
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Vaccine Suit Plaintiffs Say Disbarred Atty Is Doing Legal Work
Fired city workers suing Ann Arbor for not granting them religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate have told a Michigan federal judge that the discovery master appointed in the case has offloaded the majority of her work to a disbarred attorney the plaintiffs say is improperly doing legal work as a paralegal.
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MVP: Reese Marketos' Andrew Wirmani
Andrew Wirmani of Reese Marketos LLP's healthcare practice helped shepherd a record False Claims Act win against Janssen Products and secured a $100 million settlement with nursing home pharmacy services provider PharMerica, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.
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Northern NY US Atty To Defend DOJ In Maurene Comey Suit
The U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of New York has agreed to defend the U.S. Department of Justice against a lawsuit from former FBI Director James Comey's daughter over what she calls her illegal firing, that office informed a New York federal judge this week.
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Fla. Court Nixes $120K Fee Award In Soured Real Estate Deal
A Florida appeals court on Friday reversed an award of $120,000 in attorney fees for the business partner of a real estate lawyer after an agreement to buy and operate an Orlando office building fell apart.
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Keesal Young Fights Stradley Ronon Bid To Ax Poaching Suit
Claiming that scheming and collusion is an "everyday" occurrence should not absolve a law firm from civil liability for poaching attorneys, California firm Keesal Young & Logan has told the Los Angeles County Superior Court, saying Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP should not escape its suit on claims that its lawyer recruitment is normal.
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Manning Kass Hit With Age Bias Suit In Calif.
Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP is facing an age bias lawsuit in California state court alleging a firm leader has made ageist comments at employees over 40 and is trying to drive those workers out of the firm.
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NJ Law Firm Blume Forte Wins Bid To Arbitrate Bias Claims
A former staffer at Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari PC had her disability discrimination suit against the firm sent to arbitration this week, with a New Jersey state court judge ruling she could not avoid an arbitration agreement because she did not recall signing it.
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Richards Layton Seeks $36M In Home-Health Poaching Case
Richards Layton & Finger PA asked the Delaware Chancery Court to award $36.04 million in attorneys' fees and expenses following a poaching case involving home health and hospice companies, arguing that the defendants' pervasive bad-faith conduct requires full fee-shifting under the court's 2024 posttrial ruling.
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Buchalter Won't Be Sanctioned For 'Hallucinated' AI Citations
An Oregon federal judge has decided not to sanction Buchalter PC and other counsel representing an environmental nonprofit in a trademark infringement dispute for submitting "hallucinated" case citations generated by an artificial intelligence tool, saying he is satisfied with "remedial actions" already done or to be taken.
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Ex-CFPB Atty Joins Duane Morris' DC Trial Practice
Duane Morris LLP has hired a senior litigation counsel from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who for more than three years in the agency's enforcement division litigated matters related to mortgage fraud, small-dollar lending and a range of related matters.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Longtime Gibson Dunn Litigator Joins Signature Resolution
The alternative dispute resolution service Signature Resolution is bringing in a retired Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP trial attorney to join its panel of neutrals.
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Weil, Akin Defend Fee Requests In Steward Health Bankruptcy
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, representing Steward Health Care in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, representing the hospital operator's committee of unsecured creditors, defended their respective professional fee requests that add up to over $304 million in response to Massachusetts' objections.
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Jenner & Block Resolves $8M Fee Fight With Sierra Leone
Jenner & Block LLP and its former client Sierra Leone have resolved their fight over unpaid legal fees and allegedly fraudulent overbilling in the nation's underlying dispute with its iron ore mining concessionaire Gerald International Ltd., according to a minute order issued Thursday in D.C. federal court.
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Anthropic Judge Rips Opt-Out Law Firm As 'Quick Buck' Ploy
A California federal judge on Thursday blasted Arizona law firm ClaimsHero Holdings LLC for encouraging authors to opt out of Anthropic PBC's $1.5 billion deal to end copyright infringement claims, saying it looks like the firm is "trying to trick people" for a "quick buck."
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Rumble Cites Judge's Longtime Friendship With Google VP
Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal should the Ninth Circuit revive its antitrust lawsuit against Google, citing a yearslong friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief that involved the judge officiating at her wedding and their ongoing participation in a fantasy football league.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Maximize My Pro Bono Impact?
Debbie Berman at Jenner & Block offers advice on how attorneys can make a meaningful impact on their communities through pro bono work while enhancing their professional development through strengthened client-facing skills, hands-on experience and more.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Law Firm Marketer
Liz Bard Lindley at Jaffe PR shares how she went from a family law associate who helped write industry articles to a savvy legal public relations and marketing professional, and offers takeaways for any attorney who might not feel at home in their law practice and is considering alternative career paths.
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The Case For Keeping The Gas On Deputy GC Compensation
In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.