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Sealy Slams Worker's $2.7M Fee Request After $5M Verdict
Mattress brand Sealy Inc. is urging a Washington federal judge to slash a worker's bid for nearly $3 million in legal fees and expenses after a jury awarded her $5 million in an employment discrimination trial in February, arguing the plaintiff's lawyers have overbilled and proposed exorbitant rates.
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Clark Hill Says No Conflict Exists In Health Noncompete Fight
Clark Hill PLC urged a New Jersey federal court to deny a disqualification bid from a health consulting company in litigation against one of its former employees, arguing that there is no conflict under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Beasley Allen Says NJ Justices Review Of Talc DQ 'Essential'
Beasley Allen urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to disqualify it from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, arguing that the court's immediate review of the interlocutory order is "essential."
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Judicial Conference Backs Latest Judge Newman Suspension
The federal judiciary on Tuesday upheld the latest extension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension and the decision not to transfer her case to another circuit, finding neither to be unconstitutional.
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Jones Day Consumer Protect Atty Joins Goodwin's OC Office
Goodwin Procter LLP is already expanding its newly opened Orange County office, bringing in another Jones Day consumer protection litigator as a partner in the office located in Newport Beach, California.
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Reed Smith's Silence On Depo 'Speaks Volumes,' Ex-Atty Says
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for underpaying her based on her gender criticized the firm for its "inexcusable delay and attempted meandering" in seeking to resume deposing her years after her last deposition date.
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Ex-NRA Head Faces Sanctions Bid For Throwing Water At Atty
The National Rifle Association asked a Florida federal judge to dismiss a suit from a former association president as a sanction because the former leader cursed at and threw water from her glass at the association's counsel when she was deposed this month.
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Simpson Thacher Hires Arb. Atty With Latin America Focus
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has hired the former leader of Linklaters LLP's Latin American arbitration team, who spent almost 12 years with the firm and who has also practiced at the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
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Canadian Nonprofit, Legal AI Settle Data Misappropriation Suit
Artificial intelligence-powered legal research startup Caseway reached a settlement with the nonprofit Canadian Legal Information Institute that resolves claims from 2024 that the startup misappropriated information from the nonprofit's website, according to an announcement.
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Mich. Panel Revives Kewadin Casinos Malpractice Suit
Michigan appellate judges have reinstated a legal malpractice action the Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority brought against Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, which the organization's tribe had hired as counsel for a failed attempt to open two casinos, ruling the case is not barred by tribal sovereign immunity.
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Skadden Adds Mayer Brown Class Action Trio In DC, Palo Alto
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three partners from Mayer Brown LLP to strengthen its capacity to handle class actions, multidistrict litigation, appellate and other matters.
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Out-Of-State Counsel's Fake Citations Cost Oregon Atty $14K
An Oregon federal judge sanctioned an attorney about $14,000 after he failed to catch fake citations in a motion filed by out-of-state counsel he had associated with, saying Monday that the attorney "failed to meaningfully participate in the case."
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McGinnis Lochridge Adds Trial Lawyer In Dallas
Texas-based McGinnis Lochridge announced Tuesday that it has boosted its litigation bench with a partner who came aboard from Dallas firm Burke Bogdanowicz PLLC.
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Civil Rights Attys Sanctioned After Admitting AI Errors
A Utah federal judge sanctioned two solo practitioners Monday who represent a disabled teenager's parents in their civil rights lawsuit against a school district for filing a brief with two artificial intelligence-generated errors, ordering them to complete ethics training but declining additional fee sanctions, because they "sincerely" accepted their responsibility.
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Atty, New Firm Face DQ Bid In Fight Over Arbitration Fees
A woman being sued by a Chinese law firm in Washington federal court as it looks to get paid for its arbitration services seeks to disqualify the firm's U.S.-based counsel, saying her lawyer went to work for the American firm but didn't disclose that she had been involved in the case.
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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard
Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation.
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Nursing Home Atty Fees Axed Over Lack Of Proximate Cause
A New Jersey appellate panel has ruled that an estate can't recover attorney fees under the state statute governing nursing home residents' rights because the jury in an underlying wrongful‑death and negligence trial found no damages tied to any statutory violation.
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ND Law Firm Can't Justify Equitable Tolling, IRS Tells 8th Circ.
A North Dakota law firm that got the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its day-late levy challenge has failed to prove that it deserved equitable tolling of its statute of limitations, the IRS told the Eighth Circuit on Monday.
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Attys Split Over Mandatory Hyperlinks To Curb Fake AI Cases
A new legal requirement to hyperlink case law is drawing support from legal professionals as a counter to artificial intelligence-generated fake cases in court submissions, but some aren't sure that it is enough to solve the problem and worry that it will be an added burden on lawyers.
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Law Firm Refiles 'Beer Law Center' TM Suit In Colorado
A law firm that uses the "Beer Law Center" trademark refiled an infringement suit in Colorado federal court against a firm that dubbed itself "Beer Law HQ," suing after a case in North Carolina was dismissed over a lack of ties to the state.
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Attys For City Of New Orleans Sanctioned For AI Use
A Louisiana federal judge has sanctioned attorneys for the city of New Orleans over misuse of artificial intelligence that resulted in hallucinated case citations in a pro se civil rights case.
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Ex-Md. Attorney General Joins Greenberg Traurig In DC
Former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler and his longtime colleague from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP have moved their practices to Greenberg Traurig LLP, where Gansler will co-chair its nationwide state attorneys general practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit
Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.
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Judge Sanctions Atlanta Media Co. For Lack Of Counsel
A Georgia federal judge on Monday imposed sanctions on an Atlanta media company for failing to hire legal representation in a suit over alleged infringement of social media content, and also struck counterclaims lodged by the company because they were submitted without counsel.
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Akin Brings On Munger Tolles Employment Ace In LA
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a former Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner in Los Angeles to bolster its capacity to handle labor and employment matters.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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.