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Lawyer's Email To Stranger Opened His Path To Be GC
In 1999, a young law firm associate in Wichita wrote an off-the-cuff email to a fellow law school alumnus he didn't know, but who had become general counsel of a golf company in Arizona.
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Giuliani Can Contest $148M Fine But Not With His Own Money
A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday allowed Rudy Giuliani to seek a new trial for $148 million in damages he was ordered to pay for defaming two Georgia poll workers, but said the former mayor can't use money from his bankruptcy estate to pay his legal bills.
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Georgia Attorney Disbarred For Court Lies, Hiding Money
The Supreme Court of Georgia has stripped an Atlanta-area attorney of her license to practice in the Peach State, ruling the drastic move was appropriate after the lawyer's years of lies to a state court regarding the location of $80,000 tied up in a contract dispute.
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Fox Rothschild AI Chief Talks 'Terrifying' Deepfakes, Biased AI
Mark McCreary, the chief artificial intelligence and information security officer at Fox Rothschild, leads his firm's internal AI strategy and provides counsel to other law firms trying to bushwhack their path through the often murky AI legal landscape, rife with hallucinated case law citations and disturbingly real deepfakes.
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Ga. Judge Tapped For Appeals Seat Vacated In Ethics Scandal
Superior Court Judge J. Wade Padgett has been tapped to fill the Georgia state appellate seat previously held by Christian Coomer, who was removed from the bench over allegations he took advantage of an elderly client and misused campaign funds.
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Tucker Ellis Hires 7 Attys To Launch Offices In Atlanta, NJ
Tucker Ellis LLP has opened two new offices in Georgia and New Jersey, hiring a team of Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP attorneys and the firm's longtime former co-managing partner in Atlanta, as well as a pair of health and life sciences partners in Morristown, the firm announced Tuesday.
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An Atty's Path From BigLaw To Solo Practice To Legal Tech
Attorney Eddie Nasser joined the legal technology startup Paxton AI on Jan. 29 as the company's legal product lead, leaving the practice of law behind to help with the legal tool he once used.
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Is BigLaw Ready To Talk About Its Bullying Problem?
The legal community exploded into debate recently after a Black associate's lawsuit accusing her former BigLaw employer of discrimination excerpted an excoriating email from a partner that some online deemed unacceptable and bullying, and others said was simply a fact of BigLaw life.
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Giuliani's Retrial Bid Stuck In Fight Over Representation
Rudy Giuliani has still not sought a new trial in his $148 million defamation case, even though a New York bankruptcy judge said nearly a month ago that he would sign off on the request, as his case has become mired in spats over disclosures and who will pay for the former mayor's special counsel.
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Atlanta Atty In YSL RICO Case Arrested On Gang Charges
An Atlanta defense attorney for a man originally charged as a co-defendant in the racketeering case against rapper Young Thug was arrested Friday on charges that she tipped off a suspect about an arrest warrant against him in an unrelated shooting, the Atlanta Police Department confirmed.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
King & Spalding LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury awarded mobile game platform Skillz $42.9 million in a patent infringement fight against rival AviaGames.
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Baker Donelson's Atlanta Chief Talks Growing Along With City
Law360 Pulse caught up with Ivy Cadle, Baker Donelson’s new managing shareholder in Atlanta, to discuss his plans to take advantage of the city's economic growth and his path to becoming a firm leader.
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Carlton Fields Taps 12 For Shareholder Roles Across 7 Offices
Carlton Fields has elected 12 attorneys as shareholders in seven separate offices to work on a range of legal matters, the firm announced Thursday.
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Fulton DA DQ Hearing Wraps With Fight Over Privilege
The evidentiary hearing in Georgia over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis should be removed from the case against former President Donald Trump and his allies has concluded for the time being, a judge said Friday after nearly seven hours of testimony.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as attorneys made moves and grappled with the implications of artificial intelligence. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Law Class Of 2023 Gave $104M In Pro Bono Legal Services
Members of the law class of 2023 volunteered more than 3,289,714 hours in legal services as part of their education last year, giving a total of over $104.6 million worth of their time, according to a recent survey by the nonprofit Association of American Law Schools.
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Report Shows Women Making Progress On BigLaw Deals
Female attorneys increasingly appear on the teams that negotiate the big deals law firms love to tout, and they're on track to continue "advancing up the team ladder and gaining power" even as law firms step back from some diversity programs in response to litigation challenges from conservative groups, according to a new report.
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Arnall Golden Continues Atlanta Growth With Partner Duo Hire
Atlanta-based Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired a pair of experienced technology partners as part of its continued focus from last year on growing out its hometown office.
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Perkins Coie Matches Cravath On Associate Salaries
Perkins Coie LLP confirmed on Thursday that it will meet the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP for associate salary increases this year, but there is a caveat for midlevel and senior associates.
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Trump Prosecutor Blasts DQ Bid: 'Contrary To Democracy'
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis delivered fiery testimony Thursday during a hearing seeking to have her office removed from the election interference case of Donald Trump and his allies, forcefully denying an improper relationship with a special prosecutor tapped for the high-profile case.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Real Estate Experts From DLA Piper
Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on two seasoned DLA Piper construction law experts as its newest shareholders, adding them to the firm's Atlanta office in what Greenberg Traurig called a "strategic move to enhance its full-service, industry-leading real estate capabilities."
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Trump Gets March 25 Trial Date In NY Hush Money Case
The Manhattan district attorney's hush money case against Donald Trump is on track to be the first of the former president's four criminal matters to go to trial, after a state judge on Thursday denied his motion to dismiss the charges and confirmed a March 25 date for jury selection.
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BCLP Can Fight Atlanta Firm's Fee Garnishing Request
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP can now appeal a trial court's ruling ordering the firm to return just over $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator, a Georgia state appellate court ruled Wednesday.
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AI Use Among 'New Criteria' Differentiating Outside Counsel
While top corporate lawyers have a keen interest in how outside counsel will use generative artificial intelligence, many are in the dark about their law firms' views and strategies on the technology, according to a new report.
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Construction Contract Co. Document Crunch Raises $9M
Document Crunch, a contract software company servicing the construction industry, announced Tuesday the raising of $9 million in a Series A funding round to scale its product and expand its team.