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  • DC Circ. Rejects Newman's Bid To Unseal Suspension Docs

    The D.C. Circuit on Monday denied U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request to unseal documents about her suspension for refusing to participate in an investigation into her fitness, saying such documents are confidential unless both the judge under investigation and the chief judge agree to release them.

  • NC Justice Urges 4th Circ. To Keep Vote Battle In Federal Court

    An incumbent North Carolina justice urged the Fourth Circuit on Monday to keep control of her opponent's challenge to November's election results, rejecting the challenger's claim that developments in state court have rendered the federal case moot.

  • Utah Court Urged To Preserve $8.3M In Messner Reeves Funds

    Several companies from Florida, New York and Utah have urged a Utah federal court to order Messner Reeves LLP to preserve $8.3 million purportedly locked away in an escrow fund, saying the law firm appears to be breaking a business loan agreement by dissipating the funds to unknown entities.

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    Jackson Walker Ethics Case Shelved Over Lack Of Authority

    A Houston federal judge on Monday recommended closing an ethics case against Jackson Walker LLP over its supposed knowledge of a firm attorney's relationship with a judge, finding the court lacked the authority to pursue sanctions against a law firm.

  • Tesla Says Judge DQ Bid In Crash Suit Arrived On Time

    Tesla Inc. has doubled down on its bid to disqualify a California federal judge from an accident case over his prior law firm's work, rejecting the plaintiff's argument that the automaker filed the motion too late.

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    Fired EEOC General Counsel Lands New Gig At Public Citizen

    Karla Gilbride, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission general counsel whom President Trump fired last week, has landed a new job as deputy director of Public Citizen Litigation Group.

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    Blank Rome Adds Ex-Babst Calland Litigator In Pittsburgh

    Blank Rome LLP has expanded its Pittsburgh office with the recent addition of a business litigator who moved her practice after three years with Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC.

  • White Collar Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP pulled off a legal high-wire act guiding FTX Trading Ltd. through a complex $16 billion bankruptcy proceeding while navigating a parallel criminal investigation into the crypto exchange's collapse, securing the firm's place among the 2024 Law360 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • Panel Backs Sanctions For Frivolous Bid In Malpractice Case

    A New Jersey appeals court said Monday that a New York attorney's motion to vacate an almost $450,000 judgment after a jury found him negligent in a divorce action could only be seen as frivolous, affirming the trial court's award of nearly $8,000 in attorney fees as a sanction.

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    NJ Law Firm Opens 5th Office, Promotes Atty To Masthead

    Sarno da Costa D'Aniello Maceri LLC announced this week that it is opening a fifth location in Eatontown, New Jersey, and promoting a family law attorney up to named partner and head of the new office.

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    Stradley Ronon Hires Mintz Insurance Team In DC, NY

    A quartet of insurance attorneys who all focus their practices on a range of related coverage, reinsurance and insurance regulatory matters has joined Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's offices in Washington, D.C., and New York, according to a Monday announcement.

  • Law Firm Involved In Talc Fee Fight Seeks To Arbitrate Claim

    The Smith Law Firm PLLC is urging an Alabama federal judge to compel arbitration of a cross-claim that Porter Malouf brought against it amid a lawsuit over an agreement the two firms and the Beasley Allen Law Firm entered to represent plaintiffs in litigation over Johnson & Johnson's tainted talcum powder.

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    Attys For Blake Lively, Baldoni Warned Over Media Statements

    Lawyers representing feuding actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in their "It Ends With Us" damages litigation agreed Monday to rein in public statements, after a Manhattan federal judge cited their duty not to taint a potential future jury pool.

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    Troutman Says Lawyer's Firing Due To Performance, Not Bias

    A former Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP associate was let go from the firm due to under-performance, not racial bias, the firm told a D.C. federal judge in a bid to end the lawyer's racial discrimination suit, arguing undisputed facts show a diverse group of partners agreed she was not meeting expectations prior to her being dismissed.

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    Goodwin Hires Kirkland Antitrust Partner In DC

    Goodwin Procter LLP has hired a career Kirkland & Ellis LLP antitrust litigation attorney, who told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview that she wanted to bring her practice focused on healthcare and life sciences clients to a platform rife with industry expertise.

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    Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash

    Three attorneys who are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., are being remembered by their colleagues and mentors as "brilliant," "funny" and "passionate" young lawyers who each had bright futures ahead of them.

  • Calif. Atty Wins Ruling To Sue Doctor For Defamation

    A California state appeals court said Friday a Pasadena attorney can pursue a defamation lawsuit against an orthopedic surgeon who allegedly made unflattering remarks about the attorney in front of one of the attorney's clients.

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    'Elite' High Court Attys Have Outsized Role As 'Repeat Players'

    U.S. Supreme Court cases are increasingly argued by a small, elite group of attorneys who appear before the justices time after time, a trend that seems to have less impact on those lawyers' success than it does on their growing homogeneity and influence over the law, according to new research.

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    Genova Burns Hires NJ Litigator From Shuttered Boutique

    Genova Burns LLC announced Friday it added a litigator with experience in commercial disputes, as well as civil rights and constitutional matters, from now-defunct boutique law firm Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker.

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    E-Discovery Trend To Watch In 2025: Increased Use Of AI

    Nearly half of surveyed software and service providers, law firms, consultants and businesses think the increased use of artificial intelligence, including generative AI, will be the biggest e-discovery trend in 2025, according to a recent report.

  • Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Drops Suit Over Departure Dispute

    A former Kline & Specter PC associate has dropped his case claiming mistreatment by his former firm, according to recent filings in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.

  • Conn. Justices Let McCarter Ex-Client Off $3.6M Hook

    Answering a certified question from a federal judge, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday ruled that McCarter & English LLP can't claw an additional $3.6 million in common law punitive damages from a nutritional supplement maker as part of a protracted fee feud, holding that the firm should have pleaded and proven an "independent tort" if it wanted to pursue the money.

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    Dinsmore & Shohl Grows In Fla. With Tampa Boutique Pickup

    Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced Friday that it plans to merge with boutique firm Shankman Leone in Tampa, Florida, adding a 10-attorney team to its ranks.

  • Reger Rizzo, Ex-Assistant Settle Race And Gender Bias Suit

    Philadelphia-based Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP reached a settlement in a federal race and sex discrimination case filed last year by an ex-legal assistant, according to an order published Friday.

  • Paralegal Says Race, Disability Led To Thompson Coe Sacking

    A former paralegal at Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP sued her ex-employer in Texas state court, alleging she was wrongfully fired because of her race and disability while also accusing the firm of sabotaging her attempts at obtaining future employment at other law firms.

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