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Conn. Trial Firm Partner Seeks Sanctions In Heated Split-Up
Connecticut Trial Firm LLC former co-owner Andrew Garza has asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge to issue sanctions against his former 50-50 partner, Ryan McKeen, accusing McKeen of "misconduct presenting a threat to the administration of justice" in heated litigation over the firm's split.
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Womble Bond Adds Foley Hoag White Collar Atty In DC
Womble Bond Dickinson has grown its business litigation practice with the addition of the former co-partner in charge of Foley Hoag LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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Legal Sector Gains 900 Jobs In January Amid Data Revisions
The U.S. legal sector started the year with a modest boost, adding 900 jobs in January, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday following the agency's annual employment data revision that also lifted earlier job figures from the past year.
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Pullman & Comley Escapes Ex-Tech CEO's Legal Ethics Claim
A Connecticut state judge ruled that the former CEO of WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC cannot sue Connecticut law firm Pullman & Comley LLC over the loss of $6 million in WorldQuant stock, determining that he should have raised those concerns earlier in the termination process.
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NAFTA Case Useful In Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel, Judge Says
A Florida federal judge has ruled that a Mexican oil company can use information on dismissed NAFTA arbitration and other documents in a bid to disqualify former counsel Quinn Emanuel, saying the evidence is relevant to underlying litigation over alleged funds transfers.
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Plaintiffs Lawyers Swarm Los Angeles Post-Fires
A deadly wildfire may be among the first covered by a new state fund that reimburses at-fault utility companies. This could mean billions of dollars for plaintiffs lawyers, and, if past fires are any indication, frustration and confusion for some victims.
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NJ AG Seeks To Escape Retaliation Suit Over Alleged Fraud
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is urging a state judge to reconsider a ruling that denied its bid to escape a lawsuit accusing the Warren County Prosecutor's Office of retaliating against two officers for their part in uncovering an alleged fraud scheme, saying the office cannot be held liable for the purported misconduct.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Robbins Geller's work on a proposed shareholder class action against an Nvidia supplier and Greenspoon Marder's work on behalf of the maker of an AI-powered grocery service lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 24 to Feb. 7.
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Sony Loses Sanctions Bid In Baseball Video Game TM Suit
A Texas federal judge has rejected Sony's request to sanction a baseball training program and its counsel from Dykema Gossett PLLC for bringing a trademark lawsuit over Sony's use of the phrases "future stars" and "future stars series" in its video game.
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Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Cooley
Cooley LLP advised radiopharmaceutical therapeutics company RayzeBio on its $4.1 billion post-IPO sale to Bristol Myers Squibb and helped biopharmaceutical company Liquidia nab significant victories in a patent dispute with United Therapeutics, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP delivered a heavy hit last year to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to expand regulatory authority over public companies' cybersecurity practices, winning a landmark victory for SolarWinds Corp. and landing it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Feds Agree Not To Publish FBI Agent List, For Now
The federal government agreed Friday not to publicize a list of FBI personnel who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol without giving FBI agents suing the U.S. Department of Justice a heads-up beforehand.
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4th Circ. Says LeClairRyan Founder May Duck Tax Liability
Defunct law firm LeClairRyan PLLC's operating agreement did not bar founder Gary LeClair from jumping ship in time to potentially dodge massive tax bills tied to the firm's collapse, the Fourth Circuit ruled Friday.
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Cohen Vaughan Chair On New Philly Firm's Splashy Launch
After helping co-found Goldberg Segalla and run it for two decades, Richard “RJ” Cohen told Law360 Pulse in an interview this week how he shepherded the recent launch of Cohen Vaughan LLP, a new Philadelphia-based firm that opened its doors last month with 75 attorneys across 18 offices in seven states.
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Buchalter Hires Another Taylor English Litigator In Atlanta
Buchalter PC has added an attorney from Taylor English Duma LLP to its office in Atlanta, saying the latest hiring will bolster the firm's litigation practice group, particularly in the construction and government contract sectors.
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Cooley Litigation Leader On 'Enormous Momentum' Of Team
Ian Shapiro, Cooley LLP’s new chair of litigation, joined Law360 Pulse for a conversation about his new leadership position at the firm where he’s spent almost all of his career, and developing the team into an elite litigation group.
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Founders Of 'AI Judge' Arbitrus On Arbitration Tech's Promise
In an interview, the creators of a new so-called AI judge for arbitration discuss how the tool ensures accuracy and fairness, how they plan to convince parties to trust the tool, and the future of dispute resolution.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off February with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new roles in BigLaw and the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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DLA Piper Business Litigator Jumps To Hanson Bridgett In SF
Hanson Bridgett LLP is boosting its litigation team, bringing in a DLA Piper trial attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Fla. Panel Rules Atty Imposter Scam Suit Had Invalid Service
A Florida appellate court has reversed a judgment against a New Jersey real estate agent who was accused in a lawsuit of posing as an attorney and intercepting a $930,000 wire transfer meant to close on a Miami-area property, saying service was invalid.
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SEC Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel Joins Carlton Fields
An assistant chief litigation counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has left the agency to join Carlton Fields as a shareholder in the firm's securities litigation and enforcement practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.
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Judge Questions Firm's Candor In Apple, Amazon Docs Row
A Washington federal judge said on Thursday there was "troubling shifting" around Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's explanation of texts and emails with a client who disappeared from a proposed class action targeting Amazon and Apple, while also saying it might not matter because the firm found substitute plaintiffs.
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Earthlink Investors' Attys Score $28M In Merger Suit
The attorneys who helped Earthlink investors score an $85 million settlement with the company after they said they were tricked into approving a $1.1 billion merger with a failing telecommunications company will be walking away with almost $28 million for their trouble.
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No Imminent Plans To Publish Jan. 6 FBI Agents List, DOJ Says
FBI agents were unable to strike a deal Thursday that would block the federal government from releasing a list of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but the U.S. Department of Justice told a judge it does not immediately intend to make that information public.
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Jones Day Names 6 Office And Practice Leaders
Jones Day announced Thursday that six of its attorneys earned new practice group or office leadership roles, including at shops in Texas and California.