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Tech Partner Takes Reins Of New AI Team At Phillips Lytle
Phillips Lytle this week became one of the latest firms to unveil a dedicated team focused on artificial intelligence, with a partner experienced in technology and business matters poised to lead that group of seven attorneys overall.
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ABA Gives Advice To Avoid Atty Conflict Hitting Whole Firm
An American Bar Association ethics opinion released Wednesday offers new guidance on when a lawyer's conflict of interest after meeting with a prospective client should be considered to impact the whole firm and how lawyers can try to avoid sparking that whole-firm conflict.
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Familiar Face Helps Morris Manning Restock Bankruptcy Team
A former Burr & Forman LLP partner experienced in bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters has returned to Morris Manning & Martin LLP's Atlanta office, just as Morris Manning lost a group of bankruptcy attorneys to Barnes & Thornburg LLP.
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US Chamber's Litigation Funding Concerns Spur 2 State Laws
Amid concerns from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about third-party litigation funding, including from potentially hostile foreign entities, state legislatures in Indiana and West Virginia have recently passed bills imposing restrictions on the practice.
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Future Of Judge-Shopping Reform Hazy After Rule Proposal
The policymaking body for U.S. courts provoked a stir last week when it proposed a rule designed to curb "judge shopping," with observers saying that the policy does address one type of the practice but that it remains to be seen if individual federal district courts will be willing to adopt even that limited reform.
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Leech Tishman Tells 6th Circ. Time Ran Out On Fraud Suit
A former Leech Tishman attorney was not party to a tolling agreement between his law firm and investors caught in a Ponzi scheme he allegedly should have warned them away from, so the firm should escape vicarious liability once the time limit expired for the investors to sue him, counsel for the firm told the Sixth Circuit Tuesday.
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Taylor English Picks Up Corporate Ace From Fla. IP Boutique
Taylor English Duma LLP has brought on a seasoned corporate attorney who has represented prominent entertainment clients and was most recently a counsel with intellectual property firm 500law.
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Miller Canfield Names IP Litigator As Next CEO
Michigan-based firm Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC has named a co-head of both its litigation and intellectual property practices as its next CEO, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Michael Best Strategies Adds Ex-Capitol Hill Chief Of Staff
Michael Best Strategies LLC, the lobbying arm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, has hired a former congressional staffer who most recently helped lead the office of Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts, the group announced Tuesday.
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2 Arbitration Bodies Donate $750K For Diversity Efforts
Two nonprofits focused on the alternative dispute resolution field — the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution Foundation and the JAMS Foundation — jointly announced on Monday a $750,000 grant to support efforts to increase diversity among arbitrators and mediators.
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Philly Atty Moves Toxic Tort Practice To Marshall Dennehey
A litigator who has specialized in representing clients in toxic tort matters has moved her practice to Marshall Dennehey's Philadelphia office after more than five years at Goldberg Segalla LLP.
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McGlinchey Stafford Opens Seattle Office With 3 Attorneys
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC has opened a downtown Seattle office managed by member Heidi Urness, who is co-chair of the firm's cannabis practice group.
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Kirkland Wants To Escape Suit Over Ex-Judge's Relationship
Kirkland & Ellis LLP wants to bring down the hammer on a racketeering lawsuit claiming the firm "conspired" to profit from a Texas bankruptcy judge's secret romance scandal, saying the "flimsy" suit should be dismissed, and both the plaintiff and his attorneys at Bandas Law Firm PC should be sanctioned for filing it.
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Rise In Civil Case Filings Mostly Driven By MDLs In 4 Districts
The number of civil lawsuits filed in federal court grew significantly in 2023, but much of that growth was deceptive, as it was driven by a small number of mass torts in just a handful of individual districts.
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5 Women Attys Named Influential Legal Tech Leaders
Leaders from Crowell & Moring LLP, Gilbert & Tobin and Gowling WLG were among the five honored Monday by the International Legal Technology Association as part of its 2024 list of Influential Women in Legal Technology.
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Legal Groups Seek Update On What It Takes To Be A Lawyer
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has announced a "major update" to its 2014 survey, this time teaming up with the Law School Admission Council to tap thousands of attorneys to get an updated view of what it takes to be a successful lawyer.
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Shutts & Bowen Launches Alcohol Industry Practice Group
Florida business law firm Shutts & Bowen LLP has brought on a team of experienced alcohol industry attorneys to help launch an alcohol and regulatory practice, including the co-founders of South Florida boutique alcohol regulation firm Spiritus Law, the firm announced Monday.
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Benesch Gains Former Kirkland Corporate Partner In Chicago
A Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner who's spent his entire career with the firm has joined Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP in Chicago to work with its corporate and securities practice group, the firm recently announced.
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Barnes & Thornburg Lands Morris Manning Bankruptcy Team
Barnes & Thornburg LLP picked up a former Morris Manning & Martin LLP bankruptcy group in Atlanta, the firm announced Monday.
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Office Snapshot: Hinshaw's Commitment To Coral Gables, Fla.
With Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP's recent move to The Plaza Coral Gables building in South Florida, the firm has shown its area clients that it isn't going anywhere.
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Segal McCambridge Adds Husband-And-Wife Litigation Duo
Scott and Diane Pompei Emery were "an item" when they first started working together in 2009. Now, after 15-years of marriage and working together as a husband-and-wife business litigation team, they're leaving the firm where their relationship grew into a partnership to join Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. as shareholders.
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Lambda Legal Elects New Board Of Directors Chair
LGBTQ+-focused legal charity Lambda Legal has announced that the former vice chair of its board of directors has been elevated to the role of chair following an election by the board's members.
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Carlton Fields Gains Litigation Pro In LA From Boutique Shop
Carlton Fields has strengthened its national mass tort and product liability practice with the addition of Stephen Beke, a Los Angeles-based senior counsel who arrived from boutique litigation firm Doyle Law APC.
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Vedder Price Adds Dorsey & Whitney Finance Pro In Dallas
An experienced finance attorney has joined Vedder Price PC's Dallas office after spending seven years at Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
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Former Trail Blazers GC Joins Schwabe Williamson In Portland
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC has hired the former general counsel for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, who is slated to help lead a newly created practice subgroup focused on sports and entertainment clients, the firm announced Wednesday.