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Injury Attys Sanctioned Over AI-Hallucinated Case Citations
A Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart sanctioned the plaintiffs' attorneys from Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group after they filed pretrial motions containing case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence, but acknowledged Monday their "remedial steps, transparency and apologetic sentiments."
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Lloyd's Says Cadwalader's Suit Claims Nonexistent Tort
A Lloyd's of London syndicate has urged a North Carolina judge to toss part of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's coverage lawsuit stemming from a data breach, saying there's no tort remedy for the allegation that the insurer exposed the firm's confidential information in a court filing.
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Trump Media Co. Wants TRO Against Brazilian Justice
President Donald Trump's media company and online video sharing platform Rumble Inc. have asked a Florida federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders, arguing they illegally suppress political speech in the United States.
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Moves To Change Del. Corporate Law Spark Pushback
A public opposition campaign complete with website and street signs has surfaced to oppose corporation and bar-backed legislation that would overhaul Delaware stockholder litigation rights and fee awards, intensifying an already unprecedented political fight that broke out last year over corporate governance concessions.
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Venable Litigator Jumps To Steptoe In California
Steptoe LLP continues growing its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Venable LLP commercial trial lawyer as a partner in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
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Conn. Solo Wants Willkie Partner's $27K Fee Bid Slashed
A Connecticut solo practitioner who lost a First Amendment lawsuit after leaking a Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's partner's landlord-tenant dispute to the New York Post on Monday criticized the partner's bid to recoup his legal fees, arguing $8,250 is more reasonable than his current $27,000 demand.
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Atty Faces $190K Demand After Losing Malicious Litigation Trial
A trio of Blank Rome LLP attorneys and an aviation company told a Pennsylvania federal court on Friday they are owed combined costs of nearly $200,000 from an attorney who lost a malicious litigation jury trial against them in December.
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Law Firm Must Face Malpractice Suit Over Home Project Case
The New Jersey Appellate Division reinstated a malpractice suit against a Garden State firm on Monday in a published decision finding that the plaintiff was allowed to assign some of the proceeds of the case to third parties ahead of time.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's attorneys recently secured over half a billion dollars for investors of government-sponsored mortgages in their suit against the federal government, and millions more for investors of publicly traded companies like Qualcomm and Perrigo, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Apple Antitrust Ace Returns To Latham In Bay Area
Latham & Watkins LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed back an attorney who was working as in-house counsel for Apple to bolster its antitrust and competition practice and enhance its efforts to handle monopolization cases.
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Cravath Swaine Adds Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Leader In NY
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP announced Monday that it has hired the former acting assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division to advise clients about civil and criminal matters.
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Former Top San Francisco Judge Joins Signature Resolution
Signature Resolution, the Southern California-based alternative dispute resolution service, is expanding its services in Northern California, announcing the opening of a San Francisco office and bringing in a former San Francisco Superior Court presiding judge as one of its neutrals.
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Texas Atty Dinged For AI-Generated Fake Citations In Briefs
A Texas lawyer could face a $15,000 personal sanction and other potential discipline for filing three separate briefs using generative artificial intelligence that included fake citations in an Indiana ERISA case, according to a report and recommendation by a federal judge in the Hoosier State.
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Longtime V&E Appellate Ace Joins JAMS In Houston
JAMS announced Monday that it has added a neutral in Houston with extensive appellate experience who comes aboard after more than four decades of practice with Texas firm Vinson & Elkins LLP.
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Shkreli Avoids Sanctions Over 'Frustrating' Wu-Tang Tangle
Convicted former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli won't have to pay sanctions after purportedly dragging his feet for nearly six months on complying with court orders to hand over copies of a Wu-Tang Clan album to the crypto project that bought it from him.
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9th Circ. Revives Atty's Ownership Claims Over Calif. Winery
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday revived an attorney's ownership claims over a California winery, finding factual disputes over an alleged oral agreement with the winery's former owner require a trial, while also upholding a jury's verdict that found a breach fiduciary duty claim against the attorney that awarded no damages.
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Childish Gambino Nabs Fees In 'This Is America' IP Case
A New York federal judge has ordered a Miami rapper to pay out nearly $287,000 in legal fees for litigating a failed copyright case targeting Childish Gambino's 2018 hit song "This Is America," less than a third of what the record label lawyers and others had asked for.
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Officers Say NJ Attorney General Can't Avoid Retaliation Suit
A New Jersey state judge should reject a bid from the state Attorney General's Office to reconsider the denial of its bid to escape a lawsuit accusing the Warren County Prosecutor's Office of retaliating against two officers for their part in uncovering an alleged fraud scheme, the officers told the court this week.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Law firm Davis Graham's handling of a suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on behalf of Denver Public Schools and Adams and Reese LLP's handling of a $495 million timber sale lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 7 to Feb. 21.
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Ga. Senate Passes Measure To Rein In 'Excessive Litigation'
The Georgia state Senate on Friday passed a bill intended to cut down on "excessive litigation" and its accompanying costs by imposing new limits on negligent security claims.
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Paul Hastings Seeks To End GenapSys Malpractice Action
Paul Hastings LLP has moved for summary judgment in a malpractice action from GenapSys Inc., saying the case is barred because the genomic sequencing company failed to disclose its possible claim until after confirmation of its bankruptcy plan.
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Lowenstein Sandler Keeps Up Battle With NJ Dispensary
Shortly after accusing a cannabis dispensary it is suing for unpaid legal fees of acting in bad faith, Lowenstein Sandler LLP asked a New Jersey Superior Court judge on Friday to reject an investment group's similar bid to prevent it from pursuing certain claims in its suit.
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Litigation Support Cos. Expand Nationwide Reach In Merger
The Philadelphia-based Magna Legal Services has joined forces with Texas-based Republic Services to expand its resources and stretch its footprint into the Lone Star State.
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Gordon Rees Brings On Drew Eckl Litigator In Atlanta
A former Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP partner with expertise in representing businesses in personal injury and wrongful death litigation jumped to Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP to continue his practice.
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Wood Smith Gains Trial Pro In Dallas From Taylor Anderson
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP has added a partner in Dallas from Taylor Anderson LLP who expands the firm's offerings in trial and appellate defense.