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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Litigation-focused law firm Foley & Mansfield has added a litigation partner to its New York office, the firm announced Thursday.
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.
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.
A former sergeant in the Mercer County Sheriff's Office has launched a malpractice suit against a Passaic, New Jersey-based law firm, alleging that its attorneys caused him to lose thousands per month in disability benefits by mishandling his legal defense against misconduct charges.
Applied Energetics is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to revive a complaint alleging Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC and a former partner filed a frivolous federal securities fraud suit in order to hobble other litigation against the company's former chief executive officer.
Emily Niles of Robins Kaplan LLP helped lead the trial team that scored a $71.4 million jury verdict on behalf of Taiwanese Christmas lights company Willis Electric against a rival in Hong Kong that is the world's largest maker of artificial Christmas trees, earning her a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.