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Seton Hall Claims Ex-President Leaked Info On Successor
Seton Hall University has sued its former president in New Jersey state court, claiming he leaked a confidential internal document that found his successor had failed to report allegations of sexual abuse when he headed a Catholic seminary.
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Ga. Panel Rips Willis' 'Delay Tactic' Over Trump Case Probe
A Georgia state Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis over her prosecution of President Donald Trump in an election interference case has blasted her attempt to dismiss multiple subpoenas against her as a "bald-faced delay tactic."
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NJ Law Firm, Ex-COO Settle Sexual Harassment, Bias Suit
Major New Jersey personal injury firm Garces Grabler & LeBrocq PC has settled a lawsuit with its former chief operating officer, who accused it and attorneys there of sexually harassing her and unfairly burdening her with work that was beneath her position.
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Product Liability Group Of The Year: DLA Piper
DLA Piper convinced an Arkansas jury to clear Monsanto of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in liability relating to the herbicide Roundup and also garnered some achievements in multidistrict litigation over Ozempic, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP won a Fifth Circuit ruling last year that repealed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would have given the agency more oversight over hedge funds and private equity funds, earning the firm a spot on the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Baker Donelson Fights Docs Request In Ponzi Scheme Suit
Baker Donelson is pushing back on a request for documents in a lawsuit alleging the firm allowed a timber company's $164.5 million Ponzi scheme to unfold.
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Venable Adds Florida Litigator From Kasowitz
Venable LLP hired a new Miami-based counsel who is experienced in matters related to commercial litigation and insurance defense from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.
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Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former Dechert LLP associate for its international arbitration practice, the second addition to the group so far this year.
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AI Adoption Nearly Doubled In Legal Sector After 1 Year
Nearly 40% of surveyed legal professionals said in 2024 that their company has implemented an enterprise artificial intelligence solution like Microsoft Copilot, an increase from 20% of respondents in 2023, according to a new report.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q4
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the fourth quarter of the year.
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Forensic Firm Can't Take Control Of Giuliani Assets
A New York federal judge has denied a request by the forensic firm hired to probe Rudy Giuliani's assets to intervene in a lawsuit launched by two former Georgia poll workers who won a $148 million defamation award against him, preserving a settlement that the election workers and Giuliani reached last month.
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Savannah Officials Rip 'Prejudice' From Attys' Press Briefing
Savannah, Georgia, officials have doubled down on their bid to sanction Claiborne Firm PC attorneys for allegedly mischaracterizing facts during a press conference related to the fatal police shooting of a Black man in 2022.
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Netflix Wants IP Atty Sanctioned Over Alleged Doc Sharing
Netflix urged a California judge Tuesday to require a prolific patent plaintiff's former counsel to explain why they shouldn't be held in civil contempt and sanctioned for allegedly giving Netflix's confidential financial information to nonparty AiPi LLC, arguing discovery in another patent case has revealed AiPi is "shadow lead counsel."
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Del.'s High-Speed Corporate Law Rework May Blunt Plaintiffs
A fast-moving amendment of Delaware's mainstay corporation law, aimed in part at curbing big fees, limiting some breach of fiduciary claims and stemming a perceived corporate exodus, has left plaintiffs attorneys playing catch-up as the recently revealed measure heads toward a first hearing next month.
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NJ Lawyer Sanctioned, Barred From New SDNY Petitions
A New Jersey lawyer is blocked from filing new petitions in Southern District of New York bankruptcy court and must pay a $2,000 fine to a local Legal Aid Society following an alleged pattern of filing and then abandoning bankruptcy cases, according to a Wednesday sanctions order.
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Silver Point Knocks SEC Suit Over Attorney Info Access Rules
Investment adviser Silver Point Capital LP said it did not need to write special rules banning a now-deceased former BigLaw bankruptcy attorney from sharing information between its business units, accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of filing a "farfetched theory of noncompliance" in a Connecticut enforcement action.
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Local 11 Must Pay Health Fund's Atty Fees In Sanctions Fight
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted attorneys' fees in connection with work to file a sanctions motion against a union local in a federal benefits lawsuit against their multiemployer union health fund but reduced the total grant to about half of what was requested.
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Cintas 401(k) Class Counsel Get OK For $1.3M Fee
Counsel for a class of 50,000 people who sued uniform supplier Cintas for mismanaging retirement benefits have been awarded $1.3 million in fees after striking a $4 million settlement with the company.
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Faegre Drinker Adds White & Case Antitrust Pro In SF
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has brought on a former Silicon Valley office executive partner from White & Case LLP to its office in San Francisco, strengthening the firm's litigation practice with an attorney who said she has helped represent clients in multiple high-profile trials including matters involving antitrust issues.
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Ex-9th Circ. Judge Joins King & Spalding From Wilson Sonsini
King & Spalding LLP has brought on a former Ninth Circuit judge most recently with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC as a partner in its Los Angeles office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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McCarter & English Says 'Offensive' Post Backs Atty's Firing
McCarter & English LLP has moved to dismiss a fired ex-associate's suit alleging discrimination based on his status as a veteran, telling a New Jersey state court that it had the right to terminate the at-will attorney for an allegedly offensive LinkedIn post.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn LLP secured a unanimous victory on behalf of client Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. before the U.S. Supreme Court last year, winning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Competition Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn LLP represented former student-athletes who changed the shape of college sports with a $2.78 billion antitrust settlement over the NCAA's name, image and likeness compensation rules, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.
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Energy Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block LLP's recent work on behalf of power industry players has resulted in cutting-edge courtroom wins and boardroom deals, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.
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Retired NJ Judge Sues Town For Unused Vacation, Sick Time
The retired chief judge of the Belleville Municipal Court sued the township this week in New Jersey state court alleging that it is refusing to cover her medical benefits and pay her for unused sick and vacation time from her 27 years as an employee.