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McCathern Shokouhi Merges With Dallas Boutique
McCathern Shokouhi Evans PLLC has merged with Dallas boutique firm Richardson Koudelka LLP, adding partners to both its litigation and corporate benches.
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Mich. Panel OKs Fine For Atty's Gender-Based Slur At Judge
A Michigan appellate panel has affirmed a $7,500 fine for a lawyer who called a judge a vulgar term during a virtual hearing, rejecting the lawyer's defense that he thought he had closed out of the video call when he made the remark.
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Ex-Burnham Law Atty Claims Pregnancy Bias Behind Demotions
A Colorado law firm is under fire from one of its former attorneys who claims her pregnancy led to her receiving two demotions at the firm and eventually being forced out entirely.
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Fla. Judge Shuts Down Firm's Fee Fight With Film Producer
A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed a long-running suit by a Miami law firm against a Hollywood producer after finding the firm had abandoned its opportunity to pursue its claim over allegedly unpaid attorney fees by waiting two years to find successor counsel after its last attorney withdrew.
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MG+M Absorbs 9-Atty Calif. Litigation Firm Berkes Crane
National litigation and trial firm Manning Gross & Massenburg LLP is expanding its ranks in California, announcing Wednesday it is bringing aboard nine attorneys from shuttering Los Angeles-based trial boutique Berkes Crane Santana & Spangler LLP.
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Ga. Law Firm Looks To Ax Bank's Malpractice Suit Over Fraud
Stanley Esrey & Buckley LLP has urged a Georgia state appeals court to dismiss claims from a bank accusing it of legal malpractice and negligence, arguing that it did not cause the bank to lose more than $8 million through bogus loan transactions.
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Napoli Shkolnik Beats Atty's Abandoned Bias Suit
The former head of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC's personal injury group has lost the bias lawsuit she filed against the firm on procedural grounds, with a federal judge in Manhattan finding the lawyer presented "literally no admissible evidence" backing up her racial discrimination claims.
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Atty Asks 3rd Circ. For New Trial In Malicious-Litigation Case
A lawyer who lost her malicious-litigation lawsuit against three Blank Rome LLP attorneys and an aviation parts company has asked the Third Circuit to review a Pennsylvania federal judge's ruling that she was not entitled to a new trial.
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Legal Tech's New Law Firm Experiment Faces Old Challenges
After years of selling software, some legal technology companies have bought or launched their own law firms or stepped further into providing legal services. What will be worth watching is whether these new firms learned from the lessons of the previous generation of would-be law firms, which mostly ended up in the tech graveyard.
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Murdaugh's Banker Sentenced To 60 Months After Guilty Plea
The onetime bank CEO who pled guilty in South Carolina federal court to helping ex-lawyer and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal client money has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, the same amount specified in his plea deal.
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Del. Justices Won't Revive Gellert Seitz Malpractice Case
The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a homebuilder's bid to revive its legal malpractice suit against Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC over damages the builder said it suffered due to the firm's negligence in loan restructuring disputes with a bank.
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In-House Counsel Numbers Grow Much Faster Than Outside
A report from the Association of Corporate Counsel released Tuesday highlights "a dramatic and consistent rise in the number of in-house lawyers" in the U.S., showing that their numbers have nearly doubled since 2008.
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Ford Says 'Reckoning' At Hand For Lemon Law Firms
The Ford Motor Co. has urged a Los Angeles federal judge to keep alive a racketeering lawsuit alleging three law firms specializing in California's lemon law engaged in a "death-by-a-thousand-cuts" fraudulent billing scheme to bleed the automaker dry, arguing the firms' immunity claims don't hold up.
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NJ Law Firm Defeats Suit Over Boardwalk Pier Investment
A New Jersey law firm won summary judgment in federal court over malpractice claims by a couple suing over a failed investment in an Atlantic City boardwalk project.
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Texas Law Firm Sues Staff Over Accessing Zoom Transcript
A Texas state judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking three Tessmer Law Firm employees from accessing the firm's records and electronic systems, on the same day the San Antonio firm launched a suit accusing the workers of having improperly accessed the transcript of a confidential Zoom meeting and later tampered with firm files.
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Seton Hall Whistleblower Case Is Returned To Essex County
A New Jersey state trial court has moved a contentious whistleblower case between Seton Hall University and the school's former president back to Essex County after it was transferred to Hudson County to avoid a potential conflict of interest.
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Robinson & Cole Adds Six-Atty Team From Norris George
Robinson & Cole LLP has added several members of Norris George & Ostrow PLLC, with two name partners from the boutique firm, which focuses on tax-exempt municipal bonds and loans transactions, joining in Washington, D.C.
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Conn. Law Firm Says It's Too Small To Face Bias Suit
The Connecticut law firm Vargas Chapman Woods LLC is asking a federal judge to toss a former paralegal's harassment and retaliation case, arguing that it is not covered by Title VII because it does not have at least 15 employees.
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Fla. Lawyer Charged With Battery While Facing Suspension
A Florida lawyer accused of scamming dozens of clients and facing emergency suspension was arrested Monday night on a domestic violence charge, a development that could hasten bar disciplinary action against him.
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Ex-US Atty To Bring 'Formidable' Defense To Comey Charges
Faced with a blockbuster indictment alleging he lied to Congress, former FBI Director James Comey has turned to his longtime friend and famous tough-on-corruption ex-prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to fight the charges.
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Brown Rudnick Duo Who Sued Pornhub Launch New Firm
Two longtime litigators who sued the owners of pornographic website Pornhub over allegations of multiple videos showing underage sex and nonconsensual sex acts are now launching their own boutique firm.
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Atty Behind Bogus Cites 'Tremendously Wrong,' Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge ruled Monday that an attorney for four women suing comedian Katt Williams violated a federal civil procedure rule by filing briefs including erroneous citations suspected to be generated by artificial intelligence, even as the lawyer claimed it was "the first time I've ever heard of" said rule.
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Legal Network Meritas Names New Legal Tech Program Head
International law firm network Meritas said Monday it has chosen a former training and support manager at Chicago-based Goldberg Kohn Ltd. to be the new head of its legal technology program.
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Va. Immigration Firm Accuses Ex-CFO Of Diverting Funds
A Virginia-based immigration law firm accused its former chief financial officer Monday of exploiting her access to firm finances by rerouting funds to businesses she controls and charging the firm for Uber rides, Amazon Prime and hotels.
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Legal Employers Turn To Perks To Attract Candidates
As legal leaders worry about meeting candidates' compensation expectations going into 2026, enhanced benefits and perks such as bonuses, work-life balance and retirement planning play an increasingly important role in helping them remain competitive, according to a new report released Monday.