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Med Mal Case Is Settled After Scuttled $111M Verdict in Minn.
On the eve of a second trial, a Minnesota-based orthopedic center has settled a suit that previously ended in a $111 million verdict that was later vacated for being excessive, with federal court records indicating a deal has been reached in principle.
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Gordon Rees Gets Insurer's Wash. Malpractice Suit Trimmed
A Washington judge issued a mixed order in a lawsuit brought by the insurer for a climbing equipment manufacturer over allegations that misconduct by a Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP attorney — coupled with another insurer's decision to yank coverage — forced the manufacturer into a settlement over a climber's fall.
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Nonprofit, Union Say Janus Doesn't Apply To NYC Dues Fight
Two New York City public defenders cannot leverage the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling to stop paying their union because the ruling only applies to public employees and they're technically employed by a nonprofit, argued their employer, union and the city in a motion to dismiss their lawsuit.
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Oracle Wins $58M In Atty Fees In Software Copyright Suit
Attorneys representing Oracle in its long-running software copyright battle with Rimini Street Inc. were awarded $58 million in fees Monday by a Nevada federal judge who called the tech giant's $69 million request "slightly excessive."
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Judge Recuses Self After Opening Jackson Walker Ethics Probe
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur has asked a Texas federal court to investigate potential sanctions against Jackson Walker LLP for its failure to disclose a relationship between a firm partner and a federal judge, also telling the court he would recuse himself from any proceedings involving the ethics breach.
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Davis Polk Vows Ex-Clerk Won't Touch Crypto Merger Suit
Local counsel for Galaxy Digital Holdings Inc. has told a Delaware vice chancellor that Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP will ensure that an incoming associate who clerked for the state's Supreme Court won't share information with attorneys defending the digital assets company in a merger suit that the state's highest court revived in May.
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Feds To Pay $893K Fee Award To Travel Ban Challengers
A California federal judge has signed off on the Biden administration's agreement to cover $893,000 worth of legal fees that thousands of visa applicants racked up while contesting a Trump-era travel ban that prevented them from immigrating to the U.S.
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J&J Accuses Beasley Allen Of Casting Bogus Talc Ballots
Johnson & Johnson has accused the Beasley Allen Law Firm of casting about two dozen false ballots against the company's latest talc bankruptcy plan without voters' consent and urged a New Jersey federal court to remove the firm from the plaintiff's steering committee as a consequence.
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Law Firm Accused Of 'Gamesmanship' In NJ Malpractice Suit
A pair of siblings suing Chaitman LLP for malpractice in New Jersey told the state court that the firm is delaying the litigation with a discovery motion about the order in which depositions should be taken that "should never have been filed to begin with."
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Conn. Judge Rips 'Odd Lawyering' In Referral Fee Feud
A Connecticut Superior Court judge on Monday slammed what he called "odd lawyering" at the summary judgment stage of an attorney fee feud in an underlying personal injury case, asking why affidavits failed to clarify the facts in dispute as the case heads toward trial.
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Ex-Conn. Police Chief Demands Atty Fees After Winning Suit
The former chief of police in Newington, Connecticut, is demanding attorney fees after a state court judge dismissed him from a defamation lawsuit brought by the onetime town attorney and other ex-officials, which arose from ethics complaints that the plaintiffs say were full of lies.
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Ex-Littler Shareholder Joins Thompson Coburn In St. Louis
Thompson Coburn LLP has added a former Littler Mendelson PC labor and employment shareholder with over 15 years of experience to its St. Louis office as a partner.
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Legal Malpractice Suit Over Med Mal Case In Ga. Revived
A Georgia state appellate court on Monday revived a legal malpractice lawsuit over a former attorney's handling of a medical malpractice case, saying a trial court improperly granted a dismissal motion after disqualifying the lawyer who filed it.
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Bradley Arant's New Tampa Leader Touts 'Small-Firm Feel'
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP may have more than 600 attorneys, but to the new leader of its Tampa, Florida, office, its culture still retains a "small-firm feel."
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Fabiani Cohen Says Equity Partner Can't File Employee Claim
Fabiani Cohen & Hall LLP told a New York federal judge on Friday that its equity partner's employment suit is motivated by her desire to increase her profit share of the firm, arguing that her status as an equity owner means she can't be considered an employee for the purposes of her claims.
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SC State Taps Law Firm Managing Partner As New GC
South Carolina State University announced that an experienced litigator who's spent nearly two decades working on a wide range of matters from product liability disputes to premises liability cases has joined the school as its new general counsel.
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Skadden Lands King & Spalding Litigation Leader In Palo Alto
The former leader of the trade secrets practice and California consumer class action team at King & Spalding LLP has jumped to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Palo Alto office to continue her work in high-stakes complex civil litigation, the firm announced Monday.
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FEMA Looks To Escape Atty's Bias And Retaliation Suit
The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to toss a suit alleging two agencies pushed out an Asian American attorney following her complaints that a male colleague harassed her, arguing she failed to state a claim in her "behemoth," 190-page complaint.
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Litigation Funding Firm Likely Out Of Hurricane Ad Class Action
A Texas federal judge said Thursday that a funding company that lent $20 million to a law firm accused in a proposed class action of conspiring to deceptively solicit hurricane victims should be dropped as a defendant.
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Plaintiffs Firms Battle Over Proposed $9B Deal In J&J Talc Suit
Two leading plaintiffs law firms in the multibillion-dollar litigation over Johnson & Johnson's tainted talcum powder are now warring among themselves, with Smith Law Firm PLLC suing Beasley Allen Law Firm for defamation after Beasley Allen accused the former of selling out clients to pay off litigation funders.
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Ex-Healthcare Exec Can't Sue GC Over Probe Advice
A former Baxter International treasurer who was fired amid an investigation into improper foreign exchange transactions was correctly blocked from pursuing claims against the healthcare company and its general counsel over advice he received on navigating the probe, an Illinois appellate panel said Friday.
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Insurer Off Hook For Late-Reported Malpractice Claim
An insurance carrier had no obligation to defend or indemnify a Massachusetts attorney who failed to report a malpractice lawsuit for more than a year, the First Circuit said, affirming a lower court's decision to vacate a $1.1 million jury verdict against the insurer.
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Jenner & Block Seeks Exit From Plane Crash Fees Suit
Jenner & Block LLP wants out of a lawsuit brought by Kenyan law firm Arwa & Change Advocates LLP related to a 2019 Boeing aircraft crash that killed all passengers on board, arguing that it can't be sued for providing legal advice to a client.
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Morgan Law, Morgan & Morgan Ad Spat Breaks Open Again
National personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan PA is back in court with a rival Florida-based firm with a similar name, alleging that Morgan Law Group PA is once again poaching its search engine keywords in violation of a 2020 settlement between the two firms.
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