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Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B
Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked
Quinn Emanuel AI Litigation Pioneer Launches NYC Boutique
ABA Offers Credit Card For Small Firms. Should You Get One?
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4th Circ. Won't Rehear Tort Atty's $25M Extortion Conviction
The Fourth Circuit has declined to reconsider its affirmance of the conviction of a prominent medical malpractice attorney for attempting to extort the University of Maryland Medical System for $25 million.
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Ashby & Geddes Gets IP Pro From BakerHostetler
Delaware firm Ashby & Geddes PA has added an attorney from BakerHostetler to bolster its capacity to handle patent and other intellectual property litigation.
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AI Drives Spike In Pro Se Filings But Not Courtroom Success
Artificial intelligence appears to have led to a drastic spike in federal pro se litigation, according to scholars, but the technology isn't necessarily helping these self-represented litigants find success in court.
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Democracy Forward Adds Jack Smith Deputies For New Team
Two U.S. Department of Justice veterans who helped former special counsel Jack Smith prosecute President Donald Trump have joined the nonprofit Democracy Forward to launch an anti-corruption practice there.
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Injury Firm Fined For Spray Chalk Sidewalk Ads In Hartford
A Connecticut personal injury law firm has been fined after catching the attention of Hartford's mayor with stenciled chalk advertisements on sidewalks in the city and West Hartford.
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Simon & Simon Seeks Loss Records In Uber, FedEx Suit
Philadelphia injury firm Simon & Simon PC has asked a federal judge to order Uber and FedEx to submit records showing alleged financial losses in their Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations lawsuit accusing the firm of scheming to falsify medical records to boost injury claims against the companies.
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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit
A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.
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Delaware Firm Gordon Fournaris Adds Trusts And Estates Pro
Wilmington, Delaware-based Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella PA has added an attorney who previously operated her own estate planning firm to bolster its capacity to handle trust and estate matters, among others.
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Cole Schotz Adds Corporate Attorney From Gellert Seitz
Cole Schotz PC has brought on an attorney in Delaware from Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC who specializes in handling corporate, securities and bankruptcy-related disputes.
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$190K Or $1.9M? Goldstein, DOJ 'At Impasse' Over Forfeiture
Tom Goldstein and the U.S. Department of Justice aired dramatically divergent views Wednesday of a looming financial penalty for his fraud convictions, with the famed appellate advocate voicing constitutional objections to the DOJ's request for almost $2 million and revealing that prosecutors spurned a far smaller offer.
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Women Sue Couple Over 'Rent-A-Womb' Surrogacy Scheme
Five women have sued an Arcadia, California, couple and their attorneys in state court stemming from an alleged "rent-a-womb" scheme where the women were tricked into becoming surrogates.
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AALS Task Force to Examine Accreditation, Bar Admission
The Association of American Law Schools has announced the formation of a national task force that will examine issues related to the accreditation of law schools and the viability of alternative ways to earn admission to the bar.
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Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses
Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.
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Immigration Atty Seeks To Nix Ex-Clients' RICO Fraud Claims
An immigration attorney who forfeited her Washington state license is seeking to narrow ex-clients' lawsuit accusing her of falsely promising to perform miracles for them and mishandling their cases, arguing the plaintiffs have recast legal malpractice allegations as a "sprawling racketeering enterprise."
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Texas Firm Withdraws From Consideration Of Grant To Rep Migrant Kids
A Texas law firm has withdrawn from consideration for a $150 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide legal services to unaccompanied migrant children in government custody.
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Atty Can't Represent His Securities Class Claims, Judge Says
A New Jersey federal court has prohibited an attorney from serving as class counsel in his proposed class action accusing a group of financial services companies of running a scheme driven by high commissions and undisclosed conflicts of interest, saying the suit can only be refiled if new class counsel is brought in.
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Goldstein Unveils Cooley Appeal Team
Thomas Goldstein has unveiled an experienced lineup of appellate lawyers he'll turn to in his bid to overturn 12 tax and mortgage fraud convictions, featuring several attorneys with extensive U.S. Supreme Court experience.
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Ga. Justices Disbar Trio Of Attys In Ethics Cases
The Georgia Supreme Court has disbarred two attorneys for mishandling client matters involving bankruptcy, custody of children and personal injury, and accepted a third attorney's voluntary surrender of his license, which the court said is tantamount to disbarment, after he pled guilty to aggravated assault.
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Fox Rothschild Sidesteps NJ Crash Litigation Funding Suit
Fox Rothschild LLP has escaped a New Jersey state lawsuit brought by a couple who alleged it tried to collect high-interest loans they were unlawfully steered into taking out from the firm's litigation funder client during a lawsuit over a car crash.
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Hecht Partners Adds 3 Intellectual Property Attorneys
New York litigation boutique Hecht Partners LLP announced on Monday that it had added three experienced intellectual property attorneys.
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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?
How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.
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HHS Denies Existence Of $150M Deal With Texas Firm To Rep Migrant Kids
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that a small law firm in Houston had not yet been tapped for a sole-source grant worth up to $150 million to provide legal services to unaccompanied migrant children in government custody.
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Cannabis Clients Sue Atty Over Missed Deadline In $5.7M Suit
Los Angeles cannabis entrepreneurs are suing their former attorney for legal malpractice in California state court, claiming that she caused the permanent end of their $5.7 million fire damage lawsuit against a landlord who they say allowed a "local transient" to start a fire on a neighboring property.
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Opioid Victims Say Firm Kept Too Much Of Purdue Payouts
A Baltimore woman is accusing a California-based attorney and her firm of illegally withholding thousands of dollars from opioid victims' Purdue Pharma settlement payments in a new class action filed Sunday in Maryland federal court.
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Ellenoff Grossman Explores Outside Investment Via MSO Deal
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is exploring taking on outside capital via a managed services organization to invest in technology and expand headcount, a firm co-founder confirmed Monday.
Expert Analysis
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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Series
RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Series
Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Making Legal Cents: Create Marketing Clients Find Useful
The law firm marketing efforts with the best return on investment are things that actively provide value to potential clients: practical business guidance, uncluttered proposals that anticipate their questions and opportunities to participate in curated industry conversations, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Law Firm Leaders Should Adopt Founding Fathers' Bold Ideas
To ensure continued success, law firm leaders helming their firms through the legal industry revolution should take inspiration from the Founding Fathers' bold decisions, such as James Madison's abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and George Washington's trust in junior officers', says Samuel Pond at Pond Lehocky.
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The AI Ownership Question Firms Can't Afford To Skip
The artificial intelligence conversation among law firm leaders has advanced from adoption to governance and business impact, but it hasn’t resolved who maintains ownership and operational responsibility, which should be determined by the range of functions that AI touches, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Practice AuthenticityAttorneys who demonstrate who they truly are and what they stand for by sharing the human impact of their results, earning the media's trust by providing accessible analysis, and providing hands-on aid to their communities can build stronger reputations than any advertising budget can buy, says Ray DeLorenzi at RebuttalPR.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.