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'Kentucky Hammer' Tries To Control Attys, PI Market, Suit Says
The principal attorney of personal injury firm Isaacs & Isaacs PCS, who advertises as the "Kentucky Hammer," has been accused by a former attorney at the firm of bullying his employees into signing unfavorable contracts and attempting to monopolize the local personal injury market.
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Blank Rome Awarded Trimmed Fee In Malicious Litigation Suit
A Pennsylvania lawyer who refused to answer deposition questions in her unsuccessful malicious litigation suit against three Blank Rome LLP lawyers and an aircraft parts company must pay them more than $95,000 in fees, though a federal judge knocked off some "duplicative and excessive charges" from the amount sought.
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Quinn Emanuel, Texas Boutique Match Milbank Associate Pay
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Texas-based litigation boutique are the latest firms to match Milbank LLP's pay hikes for associates, with annual increases of $10,000 to $20,000 that top off at $455,000.
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Colo. Firm Accused Of Giving Bad Immigration Filing Advice
A Colorado personal injury law firm gave faulty legal advice to two clients regarding the filing of their immigration documents and caused them to lose their ability to lawfully work in the United States, the former clients alleged in Colorado state court.
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Lin Wood Pushes To Erase $11M Trial Win For Ex-Partners
Former prominent conservative litigator L. Lin Wood is urging the Georgia Court of Appeals to overturn a roughly $11 million award that an Atlanta jury determined he owes his ex-law partners relating to the 2020 breakup of their firm.
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Atty Can't Shake $120M Verdict In RICO, Defamation Dispute
An Alabama federal judge refused to disturb a $120 million verdict against a former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner, ruling there was enough evidence at trial for a jury to find the attorney liable on Drummond Co.'s racketeering and defamation claims.
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Rocade Capital Buys LFG To Create Combined $2B Lit Funder
Rocade Capital LLC has acquired fellow litigation funder Law Finance Group LLC, creating a combined platform that has deployed more than $2.3 billion and specializes in $10 million to $50 million deals, including post-judgment financing, portfolio deals and lending to plaintiff's firms.
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Goldstein Cites Addiction To Avoid Time, DOJ Seeks 8 Years
Federal prosecutors recommended a 97-month prison sentence for convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, telling a Maryland federal court he has bilked the government out of more than $9.5 million in unpaid taxes. Goldstein, meanwhile, asked for a suspended sentence and supervised release, citing a "severe and longstanding gambling addiction."
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BigLaw Insider Trading Defendants Have Big-Name Legal Help
An insider trading case involving nonpublic information prosecutors say was stolen from some of the largest law firms in the U.S. has ensnared more than two dozen defendants, many of whom have turned to lawyers with notable clients including Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and Luigi Mangione.
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Clark Hill, Gregory Doyle Attys Found New Firm In Atlanta
Atlanta has a new law firm: Started by attorneys from Clark Hill PLC and Gregory Doyle Calhoun & Rogers LLC, Tyson Younker LLC will focus on omplex civil litigation, campaign finance, appellate, political and election law, and restrictive covenants.
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Hueston Hennigan Follows Milbank's Lead In Associate Pay
The race to match Milbank LLP's attorney pay hikes is officially on, with trial firm Hueston Hennigan the latest to announce it will increase associate pay by $10,000 to $20,000 annually.
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Mass. Lawyer Admits To $5M Client Fund Theft
A Massachusetts attorney on Wednesday pled guilty in Boston to stealing client funds, in his second tangle with the law after being convicted of campaign finance violations several years ago.
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Tenn. Firm Gets AI Sanctions In Suit Against Baker Donelson
A Tennessee federal judge has sanctioned a Memphis, Tennessee, law firm over its misuse of artificial intelligence amid a malpractice suit against Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, ordering the regional firm to reimburse costs associated with the matter and report the misconduct to the state's disciplinary counsel.
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Ga. Justices Won't Review Tardiness Contempt Against Atty
The Georgia Supreme Court has refused to consider an attorney's petition to challenge her criminal contempt conviction for being hours late for jury selection in a felony case, despite the short notice she was given of the proceedings.
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Attorneys Blame Legal AI Vendors As Hallucinations Increase
Lawyers are increasingly naming specific legal artificial intelligence tools that they allege were involved in hallucination errors in court, pushing legal tech products into the spotlight.
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Nev. Law Firm Says Cox Gave Away Longtime Phone Number
A Nevada personal injury firm claims that Cox took its well-known, single-digit phone number away and gave it to Comcast without saying anything, which has cost it business and harmed its reputation.
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Fennemore Craig Builds Calif. Presence With Boutique Tie-Up
Fennemore Craig PC has launched its 24th office with the addition of a 15-person team of attorneys and legal professionals from Northern California boutique Reynolds Law LLP.
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NY Boutique Adds Maduro Atty, Trump Prosecutor
A recently formed New York boutique firm announced Tuesday it has recruited two experienced litigators: one, a former prosecutor who helped convict President Donald Trump on New York state criminal charges; the other, a longtime defense lawyer now representing former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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BigLaw Could Tap PE Money For Advantage In Talent Wars
BigLaw firms may soon partner with private equity to gain an edge in the talent wars, potentially reshaping the U.S. legal industry despite fears that the shift could corrode firms' cultures.
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Ga. Law Firm Says Wells Fargo Has Info On $1.3M Wire Fraud
A Georgia-based personal injury law firm said it was defrauded into wiring more than $1.3 million to a Wells Fargo Bank NA account and has asked a Texas state court to require the bank to divulge details about the transfer as the firm investigates possible civil claims.
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Bipartisan Bill Would Modernize Court Records Systems
U.S. Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday jointly introduced the Open Courts Act, which they said would modernize the court records systems PACER and CM/ECF.
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Norton Hammersley Firm Joins Trenam Law In Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida, law firm Norton Hammersley Lopez & Skokos PA joined Trenam Law, expanding the firm's business, real estate, litigation and private client services capabilities.
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Judge Wary Of Firms' Bids To Toss Jay-Z Conspiracy Suits
A Texas state judge on Monday seemed hesitant to dismiss "gamesmanship" claims against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Mississippi law firm brought by Houston personal injury firm The Buzbee Law Firm and two of its former clients, suggesting their dismissal requests may be more akin to special exceptions.
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Ill. Passes Bill To Restrict Outside Investment In Legal Sector
The Illinois state Legislature has passed a bill that aims to stop attorneys from fee sharing with non-lawyer-owned firms in other states and from accepting outside investment via a managed service organization structure.
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Ramey Takes Fight Against $162K Fee To Supreme Court
Prolific patent attorney William Ramey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to look at a case in which his client was ordered to pay the attorney fees of a rival litigant after the case was tossed for asserting expired patents, saying the case had seen the standard for attorney fee awards "rewritten."