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MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Jeroen van Kwawegen
Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has helped to secure hundreds of millions in settlements of shareholder suits against Banco Santander, Walmart, WarnerMedia and others, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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MVP: A&O Shearman's Adam Hakki
A&O Shearman's Adam Hakki beat back investor derivative claims against Bank of America, helped douse securities litigation against Norfolk Southern's underwriters and freed PayPal from a high-dollar stock fraud suit, earning a place as one of the 2025 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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MVP: Sidley's Sally Wagner Partin
Sally Wagner Partin of Sidley Austin LLP represented Stryker Corp. in its $4.9 billion acquisition of the maker of medical technology used to remove blood clots without the need for clot-dissolving drugs, earning her a spot as one the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis
John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan PA helped Google account holders secure a $425 million jury verdict over the tech giant's allegedly secret tracking of their app activity and notched several multimillion-dollar settlements for consumers affected by data breaches at companies such as MGM Resorts and insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, earning him a place among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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DOJ Top Enviro Atty Joins Pillsbury In DC
The former assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division has come aboard Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Monday.
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Whiteford Wins Remand Of Bankruptcy Fees Dispute
A dispute over nearly $600,000 in legal fees between Whiteford Taylor & Preston and a former client will be litigated at the state level after a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday remanded the case to Allegheny County court.
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Fla. Trial Firm Rafferty Domnick Expands To Jacksonville
National trial firm Rafferty Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa announced Monday that it has expanded into Jacksonville, Florida, with the addition of a father-and-daughter attorney duo from Terrell Hogan Law.
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Paul Hastings Adds Winston & Strawn Litigation Duo In Dallas
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a pair of seasoned litigators in Dallas who came aboard from Winston & Strawn LLP.
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Cyber Co. Says Mich. Atty's Recusal Bid Based On Speculation
A Michigan attorney's attempt to have a judge recuse from a payment dispute launched by a cybersecurity firm "is a waste of the court's time," the company has said, because her bid is based on speculation over the judge's work in a federal prosecutor's office.
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Databricks Attys Warned Not To Coach IP Suit Witnesses
A California federal magistrate judge on Wednesday warned attorneys representing Databricks in a group of writers' copyright lawsuit over AI training that they cannot discuss deposition testimony with witnesses during breaks other than for privilege reasons, but she rejected the writers' accusation that defense counsel had improperly coached witnesses.
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Keesal Young Poaching Suit Against Stradley Ronon Trimmed
A California state judge cleared Keesal Young & Logan to pursue most of its lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young crossed the line when it recruited 10 former Keesal Young attorneys, finding that claims such as inducing breach of contract could move forward, in part, because of conversations among the attorneys.
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How Choosing A Side Helped These Insurance Attys Win Big
A handful of attorneys in insurance recovery law had been following Robin Cohen from law firm to law firm for decades before she and longtime partners Kenneth Frenchman, Adam Ziffer and Keith McKenna finally decided four years ago it was time to open their own shop.
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Split 6th Circ. Shields Baker Donelson, Not City Councilman
In a published opinion, the Sixth Circuit has found that Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC is shielded by qualified immunity as outside counsel for the city of Nashville in litigation over the law firm's firing of a city election commission chair and member of the firm.
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11th Circ. Denies Trump Bid To Revive Clinton, DNC RICO Suit
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of President Donald Trump's amended lawsuit alleging a racketeering conspiracy between Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee to derail his 2016 campaign with false accusations of Russian collusion, saying the complaint didn't state any claims.
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MVP: Singleton Schreiber's Brett Schreiber
Brett Schreiber of Singleton Schreiber LLP won a $329 million verdict in a headline-grabbing suit against Tesla over a fatal crash in the Florida Keys, the first case to find Tesla's autopilot system defective, a win that secured him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Product Liability MVPs.
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MVP: Reese Marketos' Pete Marketos And Josh Russ
Pete Marketos and Josh Russ of Reese Marketos LLP won a $1.64 billion award in a False Claims Act case against Janssen Products — thought to be the largest judgment ever in a qui tam case that went to trial — earning them spots as two of the 2025 Law360 Trial MVPs.
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Disbarred Atty Can't Avoid Judgment In Theft Suit
A disbarred Philadelphia attorney accused of stealing from his former firm is stuck with a default judgment against him in the resulting lawsuit, as a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that his delay in responding to the litigation was inexcusable.
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DOJ Says Ex-Employees Can't Challenge Firings In Fed. Court
The government says a D.C. federal court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate a lawsuit filed by a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and two other ex-Department of Justice employees, alleging they were unlawfully fired.
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Hall Booth Bulks Up In Georgia With 15 Atty Hires
Georgia-based Hall Booth Smith PC announced the addition of 15 new attorneys across its home state, including an experienced litigator who has spent over 25 years working on a wide range of liability, employment and medical malpractice matters.
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Kelley Uustal's New Leader Talks Tech In 'Next Era' At Firm
As Manny Serra kicks off his tenure as managing partner of Florida trial boutique Kelley Uustal, he is aiming to combine the firm's litigation prowess with the immense potential of using "big data."
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Foley & Lardner Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Chancery Loss
Foley & Lardner LLP has been sued in Delaware Superior Court by three officers of a now-defunct food recycling company who say the firm was negligent when representing them in a Chancery Court case that led to a $1.6 million judgment against them and another officer.
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Ex-Atty Not Covered In $750K Law Firm Purchase Dispute
An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a disbarred attorney, who is currently serving a 90-month sentence for embezzling funds from his clients and law firm, in an underlying suit claiming he owes more than $750,000 for the purchase of a firm, an Illinois federal court ruled.
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Ex-Media Exec Launches Counter Fees Bid In Severance Fight
A former media executive is pushing back on Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's demand for more than $500,000 in legal fees, arguing that a New Jersey federal court should instead award him more than $600,000 in fees because he is actually the prevailing party in a suit against his former employer over severance pay.
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Democracy Forward Adds High-Profile Former DOJ Atty
A former top attorney in the Justice Department's Office of Immigration Litigation, who was fired in April after telling a court the deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García was made in error, has joined Democracy Forward as a senior counsel, the group announced Tuesday.
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Mayer Brown Attys Bear Witness To Immersive Depo Training
For over two decades, Mayer Brown LLP has hosted a skills workshop for U.S. litigation and intellectual property associates designed to immerse them into the real-life world of depositions.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.