Small Law


  • Conn. Atty Sues Client, Lawyer Over State Farm Settlement

    A small Connecticut personal injury firm has sued a Bloomfield personal injury attorney and a former client in state court for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, accusing them of failing to hand over a one-third fee from a $35,000 State Farm insurance settlement.

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    Class Action Atty, Kleinbard Partner To Lead Pa. Board

    The Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board will look a little different in a few months with recently announced changes in leadership and a pair of new members.

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    Baker Donelson Adds Ex-IOC Exec To Corporate Group

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Tuesday that it has hired a corporate attorney who formerly worked for the International Olympic Committee for a decade and also served many years as managing partner of an Atlanta-based boutique firm.

  • Trust Account Co. ATTY Financial To Launch Service In Q1

    ATTY Financial, a financial services firm dedicated to attorneys and law firm owners, announced its official launch on Tuesday, with an aim to beta test and then publicly roll out its service during the year's first quarter.

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    For Attys, Problem Gambling Can Mean Betting The Firm

    SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein’s bombshell tax evasion indictment puts the renowned appellate lawyer on a long list of attorneys to find themselves in hot water as a result of a gambling habit. And for small firms or solo practitioners, experts say the consequences can be even more dire.

  • Attys Seek $1.25M From Shuttered Nursing School Settlement

    Attorneys with the Connecticut boutique firm Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff LLC are seeking a 25% cut of a $5 million class action settlement for students whose career paths were sent spiraling by for-profit nursing school Stone Academy's sudden shutdown in February 2023.

  • Gilstrap Tells Patent Atty To 'Relearn The Fundamentals'

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has decided that a "public admonition" is a more appropriate punishment than legal fines for a lawyer whose client was called a "patent troll" by opponents, ordering the attorney to "relearn the fundamentals of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."

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    ABA House Of Delegates Votes For Stricter High Court Ethics

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body recommended Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court adopt a binding ethics code as strict as the code of conduct that other U.S. federal judges must follow.

  • Panel Backs Sanctions For Frivolous Bid In Malpractice Case

    A New Jersey appeals court said Monday that a New York attorney's motion to vacate an almost $450,000 judgment after a jury found him negligent in a divorce action could only be seen as frivolous, affirming the trial court's award of nearly $8,000 in attorney fees as a sanction.

  • 2nd Circ. Affirms Lawyer's Asylum Fraud Conviction

    The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the convictions of an immigration attorney and the former CEO of an immigration services firm for coaching asylum-seekers to lie about facing persecution in their home countries, rejecting the pair's arguments that there was insufficient evidence and that the jury was given improper instructions.

  • Law Firm Involved In Talc Fee Fight Seeks To Arbitrate Claim

    The Smith Law Firm PLLC is urging an Alabama federal judge to compel arbitration of a cross-claim that Porter Malouf brought against it amid a lawsuit over an agreement the two firms and the Beasley Allen Law Firm entered to represent plaintiffs in litigation over Johnson & Johnson's tainted talcum powder.

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    Attys For Blake Lively, Baldoni Warned Over Media Statements

    Lawyers representing feuding actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in their "It Ends With Us" damages litigation agreed Monday to rein in public statements, after a Manhattan federal judge cited their duty not to taint a potential future jury pool.

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    Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash

    Three attorneys who are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., are being remembered by their colleagues and mentors as "brilliant," "funny" and "passionate" young lawyers who each had bright futures ahead of them.

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    Goldstein Case Raises The Stakes For A DOJ Office In Tumult

    The bombshell tax-crimes case of U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein landed at a U.S. Department of Justice outpost in Maryland that has been plagued in recent years by botched cases and internal strife — pitting a beleaguered U.S. attorney against a pair of former Donald Trump attorneys itching for a fight.

  • Calif. Atty Wins Ruling To Sue Doctor For Defamation

    A California state appeals court said Friday a Pasadena attorney can pursue a defamation lawsuit against an orthopedic surgeon who allegedly made unflattering remarks about the attorney in front of one of the attorney's clients.

  • Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Drops Suit Over Departure Dispute

    A former Kline & Specter PC associate has dropped his case claiming mistreatment by his former firm, according to recent filings in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.

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    Ex-Holtzman Vogel Attys Join Musk Lawyer For New GOP Firm

    Chris Gober, who has represented Elon Musk and other high-profile Republicans, announced the hiring of four attorneys from conservative law firm Holtzman Vogel as he works to expand his small firm and turn it into the "premier Republican political law firm."

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    Dinsmore & Shohl Grows In Fla. With Tampa Boutique Pickup

    Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced Friday that it plans to merge with boutique firm Shankman Leone in Tampa, Florida, adding a 10-attorney team to its ranks.

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    Sweet James Expands Into Ga. With Atlanta Injury Firm Pickup

    Sweet James LLP is expanding into Georgia with the addition of Atlanta Personal Injury Law Group.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge refused to certify a class of consumers who say Meta would have to pay users for their data if it didn't lie about privacy safeguards.

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    Ex-Texas Appeals Justice Joins Dallas Boutique

    A former Texas appellate justice has been added to the roster at Tillotson Johnson and Patton, a Dallas boutique law firm that handles both plaintiff and defense litigation and appellate matters.

  • NJ Firm Blasts Pier Investment Suit As 'Shameless Fiction'

    Hankin Sandman Palladino Weintrob & Bell has urged a New Jersey federal court to toss a Garden State couple's legal malpractice lawsuit over their investment in an Atlantic City Boardwalk amusement park, arguing that their claims are barred by the state's entire controversy doctrine and are "premised on knowing falsities and fail on the merits."

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    5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider more than two dozen proposals at its semiannual meeting Monday, including two resolutions concerning judicial security as violence against judges is on the rise.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry marked the end of January with another action-packed week as firms expanded practices and hired high-profile government attorneys following the ascent of President Donald Trump. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Civil Rights Atty, 2 Boutique Attys Among Plane Crash Victims

    At least three attorneys are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., according to several reports Thursday.

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Expert Analysis

  • 3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
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    Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian Author Photo

    Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.

  • Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations Author Photo

    Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.

  • 5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs Author Photo

    Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs Author Photo

    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities? Author Photo

    While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.

  • Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets Author Photo

    Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents Author Photo

    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together Author Photo

    It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.

  • How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers Author Photo

    A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.

  • A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy Author Photo

    Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter Author Photo

    Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job? Author Photo

    Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law Author Photo

    Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.

  • AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024 Author Photo

    The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

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