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GableGotwals Adds Baker Donelson Energy Atty In Houston
Oklahoma-based GableGotwals announced that an experienced energy litigator has joined the firm's growing Houston office as a shareholder after over a decade with Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.
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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz
Matthew L. Schwartz oscillated among many career aspirations as a kid, from astronaut to mayor of New York. When it was time to head off to college, the man who would go on to handle the prosecution of employees tied to Bernie Madoff and become chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP set his sights on science, earning an undergraduate degree in physics.
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New NJ State Bar Prez Keeps Focus On 'Average Practitioner'
The New Jersey State Bar Association's new president, Blume Forte partner Norberto Garcia, caught up with Law360 Pulse to talk about centering small-firm attorneys and strengthening the bar as a meeting place for lawyers in his new role.
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Taft Adds 2 Product Liability Litigators In Atlanta
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has expanded its product liability team in Atlanta with the addition of two attorneys, one from Greenberg Traurig LLP and the other from Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP.
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Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses
New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.
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Chevron Names Litigator To Succeed Retiring Legal Chief
Chevron announced Friday that a commercial litigator and co-founder of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP will succeed the company's current top lawyer as he moves toward retirement after nearly two decades as its legal chief.
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Fox Rothschild Gains Ex-Gordon Rees, DOJ Litigator In DC
Fox Rothschild LLP has hired a Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP partner, who started his legal career litigating tax matters in federal and state courts for the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their operations as the legal industry closed out May this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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IRS Ordered To Repay Law Firm $1.5M For Mistaken Levy
A Maryland federal court ordered the U.S. government to pay back over $1.5 million to a Baltimore law firm, finding the government failed to prove the firm is an alter ego of one of its clients that failed to pay its corporate taxes.
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Parents Demand 'Bad Faith' Sanctions In Camp Mystic Case
Camp Mystic in Texas' Hill Country should be sanctioned over "bad faith" conduct in litigation over flooding deaths last summer, including purported misrepresentations to courts and regulators and an alleged remark by one of its attorneys to a plaintiffs' lawyer that he would "burn in hell," a state court has been told.
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King & Spalding Blocked From Exiting $300M Fraud Lawsuit
King & Spalding LLP and Lennon Murphy & Phillips LLC can't withdraw from representing clients in consolidated litigation over an alleged $300 million stock swindle, a Connecticut state court judge has ruled, saying the firms' motions ahead of a June trial lack good cause.
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NJ Firm Can't Sue Ariz. Atty For Defending Client, Court Told
An Arizona attorney and his law firm want out of conspiracy claims brought by a New Jersey lawyer and his firm in federal court related to an underlying contract suit in a tangled web of litigation, arguing the claims are an attempt to transform routine litigation strategy into actionable torts and that the Garden State court lacks jurisdiction.
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Litigation-Focused Legal Tech Startup Expands In US
A London-based startup aimed at providing AI tools for litigation and founded by former associates at Willkie and Patterson Belknap has raised $2.5 million in seed funding and launched a New York office as part of its U.S. expansion, the company announced Thursday.
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Pashman Stein Adds Genova Burns Bankruptcy Partner In NJ
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC brought on a partner in New Jersey from Genova Burns LLC specializing in bankruptcies, restructurings and state court insolvencies, the firm announced Thursday.
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Fla. Court Refers Atty To Bar Over Bogus Case Citations
A Florida state appeals court has referred an appellant's attorney to the state's bar for disciplinary proceedings after filing a petition that appears to be generated by artificial intelligence and "raises frivolous arguments, misstates the law, and cites non-existent case law."
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Lucosky Brookman Expands Insurance Group In Pa.
Two Pennsylvania attorneys with more than 30 years of combined experience representing clients in healthcare liability and insurance matters have moved their practices recently to Lucosky Brookman LLP from Marshall Dennehey PC.
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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Gupta Wessler's Deepak Gupta
In the decade and a half since starting his own firm, Deepak Gupta has argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, has won matters in state high courts from coast to coast, and has become a mainstay in federal appellate courts while building his plaintiff-side litigation boutique into a sought-after juggernaut.
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Meet Attys Arguing Pet Med Company's Patent Liability Case
A Jenner & Block LLP lawyer who handles high-profile appellate matters and a Williams & Connolly LLP attorney who helped Perkins Coie LLP challenge a presidential order targeting the firm last year are set to argue an indemnification dispute over a patent case settlement in Delaware's Supreme Court next week.
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Husch Blackwell Adds Manatt Healthcare Duo In LA
Husch Blackwell LLP announced that a pair of Los Angeles-based commercial litigators from Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP have joined the firm as part of its focus on expanding its California healthcare capabilities.
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Court Bets On Prediction Markets Stir Insider Trading Fears
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi provide opportunities to make money on court-related wagers, raising concerns that judges, court employees or litigants could use nonpublic information to bet on the outcomes of cases or the judiciary's personnel moves.
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2nd Circ. Grapples With Arbitration Shield In Atty's Bias Suit
A Second Circuit panel closely examined Thursday whether a former Thompson Hine LLP partner's lawsuit falls within the scope of federal law nullifying arbitration agreements in cases of sexual harassment, with one judge signaling some skepticism that the statute applies.
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Hinshaw Adds Robinson & Cole's Antitrust Co-Chair In NY
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced on Thursday that the co-chair of Robinson & Cole LLP's antitrust and trade regulation team is joining its healthcare group in New York.
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Dechert Adds 4th McDermott Restructuring Partner In A Month
Dechert LLP has continued its hiring spree of former McDermott Will & Schulte attorneys, adding its fourth restructuring partner from the firm this month.
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Schouest Bamdas Adds Gordon Rees Maritime Pro In Houston
Schouest Bamdas Soshea & BenMaier has added a litigator in Houston with a focus on maritime law who came aboard from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.
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Meet Biden's Attys Fighting DOJ Release Of Memoir Materials
Former President Joe Biden has selected Hecker Fink LLP lawyers well acquainted with politically charged litigation for his extraordinary new lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of orchestrating a congressional inquiry in order to divulge "highly personal" records to the Heritage Foundation.
Expert Analysis
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
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 the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.