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Judge Settles Suit Over Atty Blackmailing Her With Nude Pics
A Florida state court judge on Monday settled her lawsuit alleging an attorney blackmailed her with nude photos of herself, just weeks before a trial in the case was supposed to begin.
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Frankfurt Kurnit Adds Ex-Copyright Office GC In LA
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC has brought in a new partner to the entertainment litigation group in its Los Angeles office, an attorney with vast experience in copyright law that includes serving as general counsel for the U.S. Copyright Office.
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Walden Macht's Leader Hands Reins To A Committee Of 5
Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP announced Monday that managing partner Jim Walden has handed over management to a five-member executive committee, with full authority to run the New York-based litigation boutique and lead its next phase of growth.
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Judge Rejects Ex-Law Prof's Recusal Bid In Retaliation Suit
A Florida federal judge has declined to step away from a retaliation and breach of contract suit brought by a former law professor at Florida A&M University, noting "even if" the professor were correct in asserting the judge had been critical of her, such critiques do not necessitate recusal.
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Covington Owes $100M For Malpractice, Ex-Client Claims
A blockchain entrepreneur and attorney is seeking at least $100 million from Covington, claiming in a legal malpractice suit filed Friday in New York state court that he could have avoided years of fighting a federal extortion case if firm partners hadn't advised against handing prosecutors "clearly exculpatory evidence."
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DC Circ. Considers Age Of Ex-Trump Aide's Surveillance Claims
Even after more than an hour of argument, the D.C. Circuit didn't seem convinced Friday that ex-Trump 2016 campaign adviser Carter Page timely accused the Justice Department, the FBI and several individuals of various violations tied to their surveillance of him as they probed Russian election interference.
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NJ Atty's Med Mal, Defamation Suit Against Hospital Revived
A New Jersey appellate court on Friday reinstated a suit accusing a hospital of negligently committing an attorney complaining of hip pain as a schizophrenia patient, saying the requisite medical expert affidavit was not necessary due to the so-called common knowledge exception.
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Calif. Has Underpaid State Court Judges For Years, Suit Says
A Sacramento County judge has filed a proposed class action on behalf of over 5,000 current and retired bench officers alleging they've been underpaid for the last several years over the state's failure to properly include special salary adjustments when calculating the average percentage salary increase for all state employees.
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Ex-CEO Of Defunct Solar Co. Seeks Sanctions In Fraud Suit
The former CEO of a bankrupt solar energy firm filed a motion for sanctions Friday in Michigan federal court, alleging the plaintiffs' counsel misrepresented the ex-CEO's inability to produce information during a discovery meeting regarding claims he defrauded customers by selling faulty solar systems.
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Appeals Court Says Nursing Home Seller Keeps Atty Fees
An entity that sold a nursing home is entitled to keep attorney fees because the underlying contract spelled out that it was entitled to them, a Texas appeals court found, even though the eventual buyer was not a party to the contract granting attorney fees.
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Pa. Borough Says Insurer, Atty Wrongfully Settled Feud
A Pennsylvania borough accused its insurer-retained counsel of committing legal malpractice by consummating a settlement acting against its wishes in an underlying "baseless" lawsuit brought by a borough council member, telling a state court that the attorney acted in the insurer's best interest.
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Lewis Roca Taps Ex-Arnold & Porter Appellate Pro As Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP is continuing to grow its presence in the Golden State, bringing in an appellate veteran to join as a litigation partner at the firm's San Francisco office.
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SEC Accuses Fla. Men Of Mass Tort Litigation Financing Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused a father and son from Florida of running a fraudulent litigation funding scheme by promising investors returns from financing mass tort litigation they were not actually funding.
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Atty Loses Bid To Revive NJ Malpratice Suit Against 2 Firms
A New Jersey state appeals court on Friday upheld the dismissal of an attorney's common law fraud and negligence claims against two law firms for allegedly misrepresenting a debt he owed.
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Tyson & Mendes Unveils 6th Calif. Shop In Sacramento
Insurance and civil litigation firm Tyson & Mendes LLP is expanding its presence in California, opening a sixth office in the state, this one in Sacramento.
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Trustee Backs Tossing Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11 Case
The U.S. Trustee's Office has urged a New Jersey bankruptcy court to dismiss a Chapter 11 petition from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former CFO, who is currently incarcerated for embezzling millions from the firm, because he has stonewalled the trustee's requests for information about his finances.
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Jones Foster Notches Fees Win After Beating Malpractice Suit
Jones Foster PA won on a counterclaim for over $100,000 in unpaid legal fees against a pair of former clients this week in Florida federal court, shortly after defeating those clients' malpractice suit last month.
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Boutique Ball Janik Launches 5th Fla. Shop In Tampa
Florida boutique Ball Janik LLP has opened its fifth office in the Sunshine State and named an attorney with tax and construction litigation expertise to lead its new outpost in Tampa, a move that comes after the firm opened an office in Fort Lauderdale earlier this year.
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Legal Job Market Continued Downward Trend In August
The legal industry lost 2,300 jobs in August, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Road Map For Restoring Public Trust In State Courts
At a time when misconduct accusations continue to hover over the U.S. Supreme Court, state court leaders have put forth a strategy to boost trust in local judicial officials that largely calls for them to take on more public-facing roles.
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2nd Circ. Tests Trump Bid To Overturn $5M Carroll Verdict
A Second Circuit panel indicated Friday that Donald Trump faces an uphill climb in seeking a new trial after a jury found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another action-packed week as law firms shifted offices and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Indicted Power Broker, Atty Brother Hit With Civil RICO Suit
Philadelphia developer Carl Dranoff has accused the indicted brothers George E. Norcross III, a New Jersey power broker, and Parker McCay CEO Philip A. Norcross of causing him and his company millions of dollars in damages by intimidating and extorting him out of his property development rights in the city of Camden, New Jersey.
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Epstein Becker Employment Ace Joins Fisher Phillips In SF
Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips is expanding its California team, bringing in an Epstein Becker Green litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Law Firms Appeal Atty Fee Denial In Opioid Settlements
Two law firms, Goldstein & Russell PC and Kelley & Ferraro LLP, have claimed in an appeal to the Sixth Circuit that they were improperly shut out of the $2.13 billion attorney fee pool created by recent national opioid settlements with major pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy chains.