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Fla. Atty Suspended Over Bogus Cases After Possible AI Use
A Florida federal judge on Friday suspended an attorney from practicing law in the Middle District of Florida for one year after he fabricated cases listed on court documents, saying they may have resulted from his use of artificial intelligence.
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Legal Industry Adds 2,700 Jobs In February
Employment in the U.S. legal sector rebounded in February, showing a slight increase following a decline at the beginning of the year, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Latitude Legal Expands To Tampa With Ex-Bradley Arant Atty
Legal staffing company Latitude Legal is growing in Florida with a new Tampa office led by a former Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorney.
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By The Numbers: Why Associates Stay At Their Firms
After a flood of associates left their firms in search of greener pastures as part of the "talent wars" of the early 2020s, the National Association for Law Placement wanted to know what made other early-career attorneys decide instead to stay put. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a look at how compensation, work-life balance, and a dozen other factors helped play a role.
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Cybersecurity Co. Promotes Attys To GC, Chief People Officer
Florida-based cybersecurity company ReliaQuest announced it has promoted two of its in-house attorneys to general counsel and chief people officer.
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Military Spouses Are Untapped Pool Of Attorney Talent
Service members' spouses in the legal profession present a massive well of untapped talent, though balancing a law career with their families' service to the country can be challenging, attorneys working in and with this community tell Law360 Pulse.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the beginning of March with another busy week as BigLaw firms made new hires and adjusted their practices.
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Jurors In NY Trump Trial Will Be Anonymous Except To Parties
A New York state judge ruled Thursday that jurors in Donald Trump's criminal hush-money case will remain anonymous to the public, but said the former president, the Manhattan district attorney and their counsel and consultants would know the jurors' names and addresses.
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Bradley Arant Adds Insurance Atty From Barnes & Thornburg
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has strengthened its policyholder insurance coverage team by adding a former Barnes & Thornburg LLP partner based in Atlanta and Tampa, Florida, who has recovered more than $500 million for clients over the past three years, the firm announced Wednesday.
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And The Oscars' Legal Questions Go To ... John Quinn
When he was the general counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Quinn Emanuel founding partner John Quinn attended the Oscars dozens of times, and he did so with a copy of the broadcast network contract tucked into his tuxedo pocket.
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Equity Concerns Follow Mass Torts' March Into Bankruptcy
After decades of suffering and waiting, a group of more than 82,000 childhood sexual abuse survivors recently reached a $2.5 billion bankruptcy settlement with the Boy Scouts of America and related groups. Yet the survivors may once again be in suspense.
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Akerman Cannabis Atty Jumps To Saul Ewing In Fla.
Saul Ewing LLP has added a former Akerman LLP partner with experience as general counsel for a cannabis operator, strengthening its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office, the firm announced Thursday.
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Legal Sales Platform Propense.ai Raises $3M
Propense.ai, which provides software that identifies cross-selling opportunities for professional services companies, has announced a seed funding round of $3 million as it moves into production from an invite-only beta test.
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Cozen O'Connor's New Miami Leader Talks Fixing Problems
When Jason Domark's kids ask him what lawyers do, he tells them that "we help people fix their problems." Now Domark is planning to take that approach to his new role as managing partner of Cozen O'Connor's Miami office.
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Latham Passes Skadden As Busiest Securities Defense Firm
Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.
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Trump Mocks Hush Money Case As 'Deluded Fantasy'
Counsel for former President Donald Trump has branded the hush money charges against him as a "deluded fantasy," arguing that the Manhattan district attorney is framing the New York state court case as a conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election despite it being a "narrow business records case."
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Rimon Adds Shook Hardy And Cozen Litigators In Fla. And NJ
Rimon Law has announced the addition of four new attorneys experienced in international arbitration, employment, corporate law and trust and estates, including a partner from Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP in Florida and another partner from Cozen O'Connor in New Jersey.
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The Firms Charging Into Secondary Cities As BigLaw Retreats
While top-tier firms have recently tapered their migration to secondary legal markets, firm leaders and recruiters say these locations continue to hold appeal for midtier firms, citing advantages such as lower expenses and competitive billing rates.
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Ball Janik Expands To Fort Lauderdale With Construction Pro
Ball Janik LLP has entered the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, market with a new office that will be led by a construction defect attorney from Angius & Terry LLP.
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Where E-Discovery Generative AI Efforts Currently Stand
More e-discovery companies are announcing new capabilities that harness the power of generative artificial intelligence, but I'm hearing confusion among some law firm leaders about the immediate availability of the tools in a more crowded legal tech market.
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Oro Negro Bondholders Want Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned
Bondholders in Mexican oil and gas company Perforadora Oro Negro asked a Florida judge on Tuesday to sanction Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for continuing to represent the company's founders in a $30 million dispute despite a disqualification order.
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DA Defends Cohen's Credibility In Trump Hush Money Case
The Manhattan district attorney has told a New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that the presidential candidate's former attorney Michael Cohen will tell the truth at trial, despite his past perjury.
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Fla. Attorney Asks 11th Circuit To Toss Extortion Conviction
A former criminal defense attorney on Tuesday asked the Eleventh Circuit to overturn his conviction for extorting a client for cash, arguing that the instructions sent to the jury on the Hobbs Act charge were improper.
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Bloomin' Brands CLO's Comp Rose To $1.3M In '23
Bloomin' Brands' chief legal officer saw her compensation increase slightly to $1.34 million in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed by the Florida-based company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week.
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DLA Piper Adds Merck SVP As New Life Sciences Sector Chair
An experienced in-house attorney with a longtime passion for life sciences and medicine has left her position as a C-suite executive at biopharmaceutical giant Merck to join DLA Piper as the chair of its life sciences sector.