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Trump Fights Jack Smith Subpoena In $10B BBC Suit
President Donald Trump on Monday slammed the British Broadcasting Corp.'s subpoena to Jack Smith, who brought election interference and classified document-hoarding charges against the president, saying the former special counsel's testimony is "entirely irrelevant" to the $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the broadcaster's documentary on the 2021 U.S. Capital attack.
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Rogoff Tells 9th Circ. Firing Furthers 'Evil' Framers Opposed
Roger Rogoff urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower judge's order reinstating him as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, asserting in a filing Friday that he's entitled to keep the court-appointed U.S. attorney position until President Donald Trump fills the role with a Senate-confirmed nominee.
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Watchdog Advises Not Expanding Jackson Walker Fee Case
The U.S. Trustee's Office has told a Texas bankruptcy court it should not add another case to the watchdog's nearly three-year-old fee clawback litigation against Jackson Walker LLP, saying prepetition bankruptcy work by a former partner whose undisclosed romance with a bankruptcy judge kicked off an ethics scandal was "troubling" but distinct from 33 other cases.
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Jackson Lewis Hires Calif. DOJ Atty With Employment Chops
An attorney who has decades of experience representing employees in wage-and-hour class actions and Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions against major companies and most recently served as supervising deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice has joined Jackson Lewis PC.
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Insurers Want Unadmitted Report Axed From McCarter Brief
A pair of insurers urged a Connecticut state judge Monday to order McCarter & English LLP to file a substituted post-trial brief in a more than $20 million malpractice case over commercial loan transactions, arguing the firm improperly quoted a report never admitted into evidence at trial this summer.
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Nelson Mullins Adds 3 Tax, Litigation Attys In Atlanta, Houston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP bolstered its national tax controversy and litigation practice with three attorneys in Atlanta and Houston.
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Apple Taps Meta Veteran As Litigation Chief In Legal Shake-Up
Nearly eight months after becoming Apple Inc.'s general counsel, Jennifer Newstead continues to reshape the legal team under her vision, this time bringing in a familiar face.
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Wilson Elser Says Unsuccessful Strategy Isn't Malpractice
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has asked a New Jersey state judge for summary judgment in a malpractice suit, arguing a former client is unable to provide proof of his claims that the firm's actions prevented him from collecting on a judgment of more than $1 million.
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Paul Hastings Adds 3 Litigators In Calif. From Sheppard Mullin
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has added three partners in California from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP to bolster its litigation practice and capacity to handle consumer class actions and other matters.
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Longtime Susman Litigator Joins Kirkland In Texas
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Monday that an experienced litigation attorney who's spent over 20 years with Susman Godfrey LLP, including a stint on its executive committee, will join the firm's offices in Houston and Austin, Texas.
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Conn. Exoneree's Attys Seek $7.5M Fee For $38M Verdict
Lawyers who won a $38 million jury verdict for a man exonerated of murder have asked a Connecticut federal judge to force the city of New Haven to pay nearly $7.5 million in costs and fees, arguing it took considerable time to unravel evidence of "astonishingly vast" police misconduct.
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Wood Smith, Charlesbank Capital Ink Pioneering MSO Deal
Insurance defense firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman has inked a deal to take investment from middle market investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners via a managed services organization, according to an announcement Monday, the largest U.S. firm to announce such a move.
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Troutman Adds 3 Faegre Drinker Insurance Litigators In Philly
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has continued its growth in the Northeast with the recent addition of three attorneys who moved their insurance litigation practices to Troutman's Philadelphia office from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
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Class Counsel Seeks $12M Fee In Polyurethane Pricing Case
Attorneys from Hartley LLP, Hausfeld LLP and Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP are seeking nearly $12.6 million in fees and $6.7 million in expenses for settling four cases in a multidistrict litigation alleging chemical companies conspired to fix the prices of key ingredients for polyurethane, counsel have told a Pennsylvania federal court.
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Florida Law Firm Seeks Toss Of Bank's $134M BP Oil Spill Suit
A Florida law firm urged an Ohio federal court to toss a bank holding company's $134 million malpractice suit over litigation tied to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, arguing the claims are time-barred and the company did not qualify for economic damages in the oil spill litigation.
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Fed. Judiciary Seems Stuck On Litigation Funding Disclosure
Litigation funders can breathe a sigh of relief, as a panel studying whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should be changed to tighten disclosure requirements declined to make a recommendation ahead of a meeting this week.
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DOJ Or Trump: Judge Asks Who Is Deciding Golf Course Plan
Trump administration lawyers continued to insist at a hearing Monday there is no final plan to remake East Potomac Golf Course, and they changed their tune about whether one would require environmental review, despite new social media posts from the president announcing that work on the overhaul would begin "immediately."
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Court Denies Gov't Bid To DQ Susman Godfrey In ABA's Suit
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's executive orders against multiple major law firms.
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Justices Remand 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded a Third Circuit decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds a bid by litigation funder Burford Capital to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation.
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'Pig Butchering' Scams Are Rampant. This Atty Reps Victims.
Scammers are stealing billions of dollars a year through investment fraud. New Orleans-based attorney Marshal Hoda is building a legal practice that aims to recover money for victims. His team faces ruthless criminals, technical challenges, and the stress of working with emotionally devastated clients.
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Meet The Candidates Seeking A Texas Supreme Court Seat
Four justices on the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court will defend their seats from Democratic challengers in November, making for a closely watched contest on a bench that's made controversial moves this year.
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Patterson Belknap Leader On Firm's Approach To Litigation
While many midsize firms across the country have in recent years been focusing on growing their geographic reach with new outposts and lateral hires, New York-based Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP has bucked the trend by remaining a one-office operation and primarily promoting from within.
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Google Users' $85M Fee Ask Stalls Over 'Utterly Lacking' Bill
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected an $85 million attorney fee request following a $700 million settlement in a consumer-led case against Google, ruling that counsel's submitted billing records are "utterly lacking in information demonstrating what work was done and for what purpose," while granting leave to amend the request.
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Ex-Legal Tech Co. Exec Says Pregnancy Got Her Fired
A legal technology company abruptly fired its director of partnerships after it learned she was pregnant, and has since withheld a nearly $40,000 bonus, according to a lawsuit lodged in New Jersey state court.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The justices heard just two arguments in this holiday-shortened week, one over how to apply a 1980s law concerning video rentals in the internet age and another over how much deference judges must give to agency commentary on sentencing guidelines. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
Expert Analysis
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.