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Several State Courts Impacted By Global Tech Outage
Several state courts have been impacted by a global Microsoft Windows outage Friday morning causing operational challenges and courthouse closures.
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Sorrels Law Lands Hoover Slovacek Appellate Pro In Houston
A longtime trial and appellate attorney at Hoover Slovacek LLP has come aboard at Sorrels Law in Houston.
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Apple Wants Litigation Funder To Explain Role In Patent Row
Apple Inc. wants a Delaware federal judge to order litigation funder Omni Bridgeway LLC to turn over documents explaining its relationship with Finnish company MPH Technologies Oy and its financial interest in MPH's ongoing patent litigation against Apple in California.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their footprints and Donald Trump scored a court victory. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Rising Star: Davis Wright's Adam Sieff
Adam Sieff of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has defended social media and technology companies like Yelp, Google and TikTok against attempts to limit their speech, helping to block a California law that would have restricted how online content is created and published and earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Eric A. Kafka
Eric Kafka of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has secured major clients wins in high-dollar consumer protection cases, including a recent $40 million settlement for advertising purchasers in a case over Facebook's alleged inflation of advertising performance metrics, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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The Hurdles Facing Fla. Suit Targeting Prosecutor Authority
A Florida man serving time for investment fraud is arguing that the assistant U.S. attorneys on his case were not properly authorized to prosecute him, but the lawsuit could prove challenging as it gets to the heart of what allows federal prosecutors to do their jobs.
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Former Top Pa. Public Defender Moves To Tucker Arensberg
A desire to get back into the courtroom led former federal public defender Heidi R. Freese to return to private practice with Pennsylvania-based firm Tucker Arensberg PC.
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Texas IP Firm Fights Microsoft With Dueling Sanctions Bid
Prolific patent litigator Bill Ramey has pushed back against Microsoft's bid to sanction his law firm in Texas federal court, filing his own sanctions motion that claims the tech giant and its attorney "gleefully" filed an improper declaration in the case to defame him and his firm.
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Judge 'Not Optimistic' Houston Firm's PPP Suit Will Succeed
A Texas federal judge said Thursday he would give a Houston law firm another chance to make its case that the U.S. Small Business Administration was wrong in denying the firm's bid for loan forgiveness under a COVID-19-era relief program, but noted he was "not really optimistic" the firm would be able to succeed with its suit.
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Miner Seeks Atty Fees After 4th Circ. DOL Judges Ruling
A former miner urged the Fourth Circuit to approve approximately $21,000 in attorney fees in his case seeking benefits for his black lung disease, saying he has been unable to reach a settlement with an engineering company that challenged the appointment of two U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judges.
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Atty Says Golf Malpractice Row Already Ran Its Course
An attorney seeking summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit told a New York federal judge that, five years and three courts later, the owners of the Foothills Club West Golf Court have still failed to produce evidence to support their allegations.
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FordHarrison Accused Of Terrorizing Conn. Library Workers
Multistate employment law firm FordHarrison LLP has been dragged into existing feuds between a Connecticut library and two of its employees, with new state court lawsuits accusing the firm of misrepresenting state law and inflicting emotional distress by demanding the employees retract claims allegedly made at a public hearing.
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Cozen O'Connor Targets Penny Stock Co. CEO For Legal Fees
Cozen O'Connor is asking a Connecticut state court judge to affirm two Pennsylvania judgments against a penny stock company CEO who lost a federal enforcement action, alleging Bernard Findley and two of his companies owe nearly $750,000 in legal fees.
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How 5 Busy Partners Juggle Work And Their Personal Lives
Law firm partners are busy. Even as some flexibility has emerged for other lawyers in law firms, those who have taken on the partner role often have a heavy workload. Here, five busy partners on their strategies for balancing work and everything else in their lives.
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Famous Dave's Attys Can't Score Extra Fees In $1M Tip Deal
Attorneys representing workers for Famous Dave's can't get additional fees from funds left over from a settlement resolving claims that the restaurant chain violated tip regulations, a Maryland federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the workers' counsel have already received enough money.
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Colo. Injury Firm, Insurer End Bad Faith Suit
Two months after a Colorado personal injury firm and insurer settled a dispute over coverage of litigation costs, the two sides have agreed to dismiss the firm's lawsuit against a former firm attorney accused of trying to steal its entire class action department.
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NJ Sen. President Settles Suit Over Filing After Client Died
New Jersey State Senate President Nick Scutari settled a malpractice case this week with a woman who claimed that he botched a personal injury case on behalf of her brother by waiting until months after her brother had died to file suit.
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Michelman & Robinson Taps Litigation, Practice Group Heads
Los Angeles-headquartered Michelman & Robinson LLP has tapped a trio of new leaders for its firm, including a new litigation department chair and two practice group heads.
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Healthcare Co. Says Fired In-House Atty Lacks Standing To Sue
Kidney care company Panoramic Health has urged a Colorado federal judge to toss a former assistant general counsel's lawsuit that claims she was fired for raising concerns about violations of federal anti-kickback statutes.
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FordHarrison Taps Wage-Hour Leader To Helm LA Shop
FordHarrison LLP named the leader of its wage and hour practice to take over as managing partner in the firm's Los Angeles office, turning to an attorney who started at the firm over a decade ago as an associate.
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FTI Consulting Picks Ex-BigLaw Atty To Lead Forensic Unit
International business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc. has promoted a former WilmerHale managing partner to be global segment leader of its forensic and litigation consulting division and join its global executive committee.
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Foley & Mansfield Adds Tanenbaum Keale Atty In NY
Litigation-focused law firm Foley & Mansfield has added a litigation partner to its New York office, the firm announced Thursday.
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DeSantis Blasts Ousted Atty's 3rd Bid To 'Rush' 11th Circ. Call
Suspended Florida prosecutor Andrew Warren should not be allowed to "rush" the Eleventh Circuit's consideration of the prosecutor's case, which could have "sweeping implications" for Florida's government, Gov. Ron DeSantis told the appellate court Thursday.
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Judge With Lake Property Exits $217M Dam Repair Tax Suit
A Michigan federal judge said he would step aside in a fight over a $217 million tax assessment to fund dam reconstruction because he's part of the assessment district, though he warned that hundreds of plaintiffs could have their own conflicts.