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The attorneys for TaxAct Inc. customers who secured a $23 million deal to resolve claims that the company was secretly sharing confidential taxpayer information with Meta and Google asked a federal judge to award them more than $5.8 million in fees for their work.
Plaintiffs' firm Motley Rice LLC said Wednesday that it hired a former New York assistant U.S. attorney to support its efforts to protect whistleblowers who expose misconduct, fraud and deceptive trade practices.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP attorneys led the litigation team behind a recent federal court ruling blocking a Florida law banning or restricting gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors and adults.
A Lloyd's of London syndicate wants to unseal a complaint by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP seeking coverage for a November 2022 data breach, saying it was never given a chance to oppose, and the firm otherwise failed to show why the suit should stay under wraps.
Greenberg Traurig LLP has fortified its litigation and intellectual property and technology practices with a shareholder who previously served as managing partner of Michelman & Robinson LLP's Dallas shop.
Robert A. Braun of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has helped home sellers reach about $1 billion in settlements over real estate broker commissions and has also helped land deals for buyers in antitrust cases involving pharmaceuticals and electronic components, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Sourabh Mishra was one of the attorneys on the Hueston Hennigan LLP trial team representing Monster Energy Co. against the makers of Bang Energy drink, helping score a record-breaking $293 million false advertising judgment and earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
A law firm was properly disqualified from a family's design defect lawsuit against Home Depot USA Inc. and makers of a lawn mower, a New Jersey federal judge has ruled, confirming a prior finding that a conflict of interest arose between the father and daughter when the companies countersued the father.
Eversheds Sutherland has launched an arbitration and complex commercial disputes practice in its Warsaw, Poland, office, bringing over three attorneys previously with Kochanski & Partners to operate it.
The Third Circuit declined to reinstate a former Wells Fargo employee's suit alleging he was fired after complaining that the bank withheld some of his commissions, saying he can't revive his suit due to his "inexcusable lack of diligence" at complying with court orders.
Equal Rights Advocates, a gender justice/women's rights nonprofit, announced Tuesday it is bringing in a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights attorney as head of its litigation team.
White & Case LLP has hired a Latham & Watkins LLP partner, who spent the majority of his career with his prior firm, representing clients in a range of intellectual property-related matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
Experts say associates should use social media with extreme caution, weighing any benefits against the impact that their online presence may have on their law firms, practice, clients and future employment.
A Massachusetts federal judge who oversaw a yearslong attorney overbilling scandal and slashed a fee bid in another case over alleged false and misleading statements ordered a pair of firms to tell him why they should get one-third of a $4.3 million settlement with State Street Corp.
FTX customers told a Florida federal judge on Tuesday that Sullivan & Cromwell LLP can't dismiss customer claims it aided and abetted the defunct cryptocurrency exchange's fraud as "speculative allegations" when the customers' complaint "paints a much more detailed and nefarious picture."
A Washington federal judge rejected a group home's bid to disqualify counsel representing former residents alleging sexual abuse, ruling Tuesday that any conflicts between alleged victims now at odds with one another would not harm the group home.
Sidney Powell, a former attorney to Donald Trump, has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former executive for Dominion Voting Systems accused of taking part in unfounded 2020 election conspiracy theories.
Since Buchalter PC opened its Salt Lake City office in the fall of 2021, the location's attorney roster has continued to grow, leading the firm to move to a larger space last October.
After prosecuting federal healthcare crimes in New Jersey, a former assistant U.S. attorney has returned to boutique firm Calcagni & Kanefsky LLP to guide clients as part of the firm's white collar criminal and regulatory defense and investigations practice with a focus on healthcare litigation and licensing, the firm announced Tuesday.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has ended a former partner's race and disability bias suit, announcing a settlement in Los Angeles Superior Court, while continuing to push for arbitration in a separate discrimination suit, also filed in Los Angeles, where a former equity partner has accused the firm of gender discrimination and "unethical billing."
Renowned trial lawyer and King & Spalding LLP partner Randy M. Mastro was tapped to be New York City's next corporation counsel, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday, over the objection of some city leaders.
Morrison Foerster LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a former San Francisco city attorney most recently with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in its San Francisco office.
A Virginia federal court didn't support its decision to award nearly $420,000 in attorney fees and costs in two consolidated suits seeking unpaid overtime from a healthcare company, the Fourth Circuit ruled, sending the cases back.
Prince Lobel Tye LLP announced that the Boston-based firm opened an office in the nearby city of Worcester, Massachusetts, led by four attorneys formerly of local firm Bowditch & Dewey LLP.
Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems are again urging a D.C. federal judge to disqualify a Michigan attorney from representing former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit, saying she and her client "lack any respect for the rule of law" and pose risks to Dominion employees.
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.