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Snapshot: Texas High Court Hopefuls Face Off In GOP Primary
Amid accusations of unethical behavior and an unsuccessful attempt to remove him from the ballot, incumbent Justice John Devine will face off Tuesday against fellow Republican and state appeals court Justice Brian Walker in the only contested primary race for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court.
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Texas IP Attorney Looks To Donate Study App He Patented
McKool Smith intellectual property associate Kyle Ryman wants to donate a study app he co-developed and patented that helped him pass the Texas bar exam.
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'Bright Line' Recusal Rule May Be Challenging To Fed. Judges
A new ethics opinion clarifying when federal judges should step aside from cases when they own stock in a party's parent company is a positive step toward transparency, but it also creates a lot of work for judges and may not have much practical impact, according to experts.
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Winston & Strawn Taps Jones Day Atty For Leadership Role
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Monday that it has tapped a longtime partner from Jones Day in Houston to chair its infrastructure and projects global disputes group.
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Gilstrap Backs Trial In Samsung, Ex-Attys' Trade Secret Fight
Chief U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has signed off on a magistrate judge's recommendation to send a Texas trade secrets fight between Samsung and two tech companies operated by former Samsung attorneys to court, denying bids for an early win brought by counterclaim defendants Staton Techiya and Synergy IP.
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Fish & Richardson Reelects CEO To 2nd Term
Global intellectual property law firm Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday that John Adkisson had been reelected to serve a second four-year term as president and CEO.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Susman Godfrey LLP and Truelove Law Firm lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a Texas state jury awarded $287 million to Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN in a contract dispute with Samsung Electronics Co.
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Trustee's Office Goes After More Jackson Walker Fees In Texas
As fallout over the Judge David R. Jones case continues, the U.S. Trustee's Office has filed a flurry of new motions in multiple bankruptcy cases, seeking to claw back fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP and, in at least one case, to reopen proceedings.
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Whistleblowers Say Paxton's Bid To Duck Deposition 'Disloyal'
Whistleblowers accusing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of firing them for reporting suspected wrongdoing urged the state Supreme Court to reject his office's attempt to "derail litigation unilaterally" and avoid deposition in their retaliation lawsuit.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
February ended with a bang as BigLaw made moves and the Supreme Court waded into former President Donald Trump’s legal woes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Clerk Database Founder On Cruel Judges, Law School Inertia
This month, the Legal Accountability Project will launch an online clerkship database consisting of more than 800 reviews of state and federal judges. Access will be limited to law students undergoing the clerkship application process and seeking honest assessments of their would-be bosses.
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A&O, Shearman Name Top Leaders For Merged Firm
Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP said on Friday that they had elected the first members of their top management team ahead of their merger in May.
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Houston Judge Again Declines Recusal In Back Wages Fight
A Texas state judge again declined to recuse himself in a dispute between a Lewis Brisbois partner and his previous law firm after the partner filed a motion accusing the judge of allowing counsel for a Houston firm to "engage in numerous attacks" against him based on his sexuality.
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Houston Judge Says Opponent Misstates Law In Election Row
A Houston state judge suing a political opponent has urged the presiding state court to reject her motion for a pretrial win, arguing that it contains "several misstatements of law and fact," including her assertion that he lacks witnesses to back his claim that she is ineligible for a judgeship.
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How Aspiring GCs Can Be Sure Their Comp Packages Are Fair
The beginning of proxy season is upon us, which means we can gain insight into compensation packages for public companies' legal chiefs. But how can lawyers, especially those stepping into their first general counsel role, be sure their own compensation is fair and reasonable?
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
The expansion of law firm footprints in North Carolina and Florida, a couple of homecomings in Minnesota and Sarasota, Florida, and the completion of a multimillion-dollar renovation in Houston were among some of the biggest real estate moves for law firms in February.
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Inside BigLaw's 'Tremendous' Hunger For Restructuring Attys
Even as the economy appears poised to pick up steam in 2024, BigLaw firms are still aggressively adding restructuring capabilities, with a number of recent lateral hires reflecting the glut of work still to be found in the practice area.
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K&L Gates Lands Labor Ace In Dallas From Bell Nunnally
K&L Gates LLP announced Thursday that it has bolstered its labor, employment and workplace safety group with a partner in Dallas who made the leap from Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP.
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Judiciary Panel Sends 5 Red State Judges To Full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance six district court judicial nominees on Thursday, including five from red states.
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DLA Piper Names New Global Managing Partner
DLA Piper announced Thursday that partner Richard Chesley will step into the newly created role of global managing partner to oversee the development of cross-border business initiatives and expansion of global relationships.
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'Lawyer Cat' Judge, Texas Attys Seek Seats On New Courts
The state court judge behind 2021's viral "lawyer cat" video along with several prominent Houston attorneys have submitted bids for appointment to the Lone Star State's newest courts, according to records obtained by Law360. Here's a look at some of the attorneys who have thrown their names in the running for the new appointments.
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Judge Puts Patent Biz, Not Its Lawyer, On Hook For Atty Fees
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday opted to punish an alleged shell company, but not its litigious attorney, for asserting patents that were already expired in another failed lawsuit, this time against television maker Vizio Inc.
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Gov't Attys Must Mind Confidential Info Or Be DQ'd, ABA Says
Both current and former government attorneys who take on private clients should look out for instances where their possession of "confidential government information" calls for them to be disqualified from representing a client, according to the latest guidance from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, released Wednesday.
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Coats Rose Atty Fired Over Threatening Letter To Judge
The Texas law firm Coats Rose PC terminated one of its attorneys believed to have sent intimidating messages on firm letterhead to an immigration judge running for a judgeship in the 151st Civil District Court of Harris County, the firm confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.
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Seyfarth Taps Ex-Fenwick DEI Leader For C-Suite Role
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced it has appointed a former Fenwick & West LLP diversity leader who currently instructs on corporate culture at New York University to serve as the firm's chief inclusion and diversity officer.