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Bejin Bieneman Boutique Trio Joins Taft's Detroit IP Team
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has hired three attorneys from intellectual property boutique Bejin Bieneman PLC, including one of that firm's name partners, who have joined Taft's Detroit office, the firm announced this week.
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Faegre Drinker Adds Former Katten Litigation Head In Dallas
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has bulked up its litigation group with a partner in Dallas who previously served as head of commercial litigation at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Cozen O'Connor Recruits Goulston & Storrs Bankruptcy Pro
Philadelphia-headquartered Cozen O'Connor has hired a corporate restructuring professional from Goulston & Storrs PC for its bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring practice as a member in the firm's growing New York City office.
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Jenner & Block Adds Former Senior DOJ Official In DC
Jenner & Block LLP has continued to build out its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of a former senior U.S. Department of Justice official who served as an adviser to former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, the firm announced Thursday.
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Stonewalling Justifies Cab Co. Atty's Deposition, Court Rules
A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that counsel for Yellow Cab Co. can be deposed after the company's president stonewalled a personal injury plaintiff by answering "I have no idea" to virtually every question at his deposition, saying "exceptional circumstances" warrant the second deposition.
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Georgia High Court Won't Hear Missed Patent Deadline Case
The highest court in Georgia has decided not to take up an appeal from a neurosurgeon in his nearly $102 million lawsuit, letting stand a lower court's finding that a patent docketing contractor used by remote law firm FisherBroyles can't be held liable for a missed patent application deadline.
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IP Firm Prevails In Malpractice Suit Over Dueling Patent Apps
A Boston intellectual property law firm on Wednesday ducked a legal malpractice suit brought by a Colorado technology company alleging the firm betrayed it while filing patents on behalf of another client, after a Massachusetts federal judge found an absence of attorney-client relationship sunk the claims.
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Texas Firm, Marketing Biz Settle 'Click To Call' Ad Scheme Suit
A Houston-based personal injury firm has reached a settlement with an Oklahoma-based marketing company it accused in a federal lawsuit of diverting clients and business to competitors through misleading advertisements in a click-to-call scheme.
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Pillsbury Brings Back Ex-Covington Insurance Pro In LA
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has welcomed back in Los Angeles a former Covington & Burling LLP of counsel who has guided commercial policyholders on insurance coverage matters for over two decades and has recovered $1 billion from insurers for his clients.
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Ex-Gunster Client Says Firm Can't Shake Data Breach Suit
A former client urged a Florida federal court Tuesday to reject a bid from Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA to toss a proposed class action related to a data breach in 2022.
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Longtime Moses & Singer Litigator Joins Greenspoon Marder
Greenspoon Marder LLP announced Wednesday that a longtime attorney and the former co-chair of Moses & Singer LLP's litigation practice has joined the firm's New York and New Jersey offices as a partner.
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Gibson Dunn Loses Fee Fight With Ex-Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP must pay an additional $141,000 in legal fees to ex-partner and hotshot appellate attorney Mark A. Perry, on top of the roughly $585,000 the firm owes him after losing a legal battle over his departure to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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EDNY Prosecutor Joins Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker has added a prosecutor from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York to its growing white collar litigation practice.
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Data Brokers Say NJ Judicial Privacy Law Goes Too Far
A group of data brokers accused of violating the New Jersey judicial privacy measure Daniel's Law has doubled down on its argument to a federal court that the law cannot survive strict constitutional scrutiny and must be thrown out.
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Sidley Can't Escape Malpractice Suit In Ga. Over Tax Scheme
A Georgia federal judge has found that Sidley Austin LLP must face its former clients' legal malpractice claims alleging they participated in a tax scheme under the firm's guidance, but threw out indemnity claims seeking reimbursement for paying the IRS $7 million over the scheme.
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Wayne State Law Student Refused Accommodations, School Says
Wayne State University argued Wednesday it did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by not letting a law student attend class virtually, telling a Michigan federal judge the student, who sued the university, turned down its offers of in-class accommodations, on-campus housing and other resources to help her attend lectures.
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Montgomery McCracken Adds White Collar Litigator In Philly
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP expanded its litigation services in Philadelphia with the recent addition of a white collar and defense attorney who left Saxton & Stump after more than a year to join the firm.
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Breitling Can't Get $1.4M Fee In Jeweler's 'Red Gold' TM Suit
A Connecticut federal judge has rejected a request for $1.48 million in attorney fees by Swiss watchmaker Breitling SA and its American arm after they beat trademark infringement claims brought by a California jeweler, ruling that the claims may have been unsuccessful but that they were "not frivolous."
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Another IP Team Joins Barclay Damon From DC Boutique
Three intellectual property attorneys from the D.C.-based boutique firm Gardella Grace PA have moved their practices to Barclay Damon LLP, making them the second IP group to move to Barclay Damon from a boutique in the last five months, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Pryor Cashman Taps NY Litigator As Next Managing Partner
A New York-based litigator will be the new managing partner of Pryor Cashman LLP starting next year, capping off a nearly 30-year journey at the firm that he began as an associate.
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Fla. Panel Told Boies Schiller Film Co. Had Proper Fraud Claim
A financier for the Natalie Portman movie "Jane Got A Gun" told a Florida state appellate panel Tuesday that a lower court wrongly denied a fraud claim against a co-funder, saying the law was misapplied in determining that misrepresentations couldn't be relied upon for loaning money to complete filming.
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Sheppard Mullin Scores Depp Trial Pro From Brown Rudnick
The co-lead counsel for Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against Amber Heard has moved from Brown Rudnick LLP to Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, which just last month announced it had landed five other attorneys from Brown Rudnick who worked on the Depp case.
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Google Taps In-House Atty For Head Of General Litigation
Google has promoted a longtime in-house attorney to be its head of general litigation, tapping a 13-year veteran of the tech giant who originally studied architectural engineering before going to law school.
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Marshall Dennehey Adds Boyd & Jenerette Workers Comp Pro
Marshall Dennehey is growing its workers compensation practice in Florida with the addition of a former Boyd & Jenerette PA partner.
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White & Case Foreign Investment Pro Joins Paul Hastings
A longtime White & Case LLP attorney specializing in national security compliance for clients with international business dealings has made the jump to Paul Hastings LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Tuesday.