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Dechert Adds 4th McDermott Restructuring Partner In A Month
Dechert LLP has continued its hiring spree of former McDermott Will & Schulte attorneys, adding its fourth restructuring partner from the firm this month.
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Schouest Bamdas Adds Gordon Rees Maritime Pro In Houston
Schouest Bamdas Soshea & BenMaier has added a litigator in Houston with a focus on maritime law who came aboard from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.
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Meet Biden's Attys Fighting DOJ Release Of Memoir Materials
Former President Joe Biden has selected Hecker Fink LLP lawyers well acquainted with politically charged litigation for his extraordinary new lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of orchestrating a congressional inquiry in order to divulge "highly personal" records to the Heritage Foundation.
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Google Seeks End To Antitrust Case From 'Serial Litigants'
Google slammed consumers who brought a suit claiming the tech giant owes them for illegally monopolizing the online search services market, saying they didn't show an antitrust injury and urging a San Francisco federal judge to rule in the company's favor without going to trial.
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PacifiCorp Link Should DQ Appeal Judge, Plaintiffs Say
Counsel for a class of Oregon property owners asked an appeals court Tuesday to disqualify the judge who authored a decision overturning classwide liability against PacifiCorp for wildfire damage, saying the judge's alleged work for the utility in prior private practice would cause a reasonable person to question her impartiality.
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NY Firms Lose Lead Role In Starbucks Shareholder Suit
A Washington federal judge struck an earlier order granting co-lead roles to two New York law firms in a consolidated shareholder action against Starbucks Corp., handing a win Wednesday to two plaintiffs who'd challenged the appointment and said their own counsel would be better suited for the job.
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Perkins Coie Docs At Issue In Omani Co.'s Malpractice Case
An Oman-based screw and nail manufacturer has urged a Washington state judge to force Perkins Coie LLP to hand over a trove of documents related to the firm's past work representing the Middle Eastern company in a U.S. Department of Commerce probe, saying more information is needed to assess the law firm's defenses against claims its mistakes cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Fla. Judge Strikes Ex-Chartwell Atty's Sanctions Motion
An attorney who claims Chartwell Law Offices LLP fired her over social media posts about Gaza won't win sanctions against the firm after a Florida federal judge on Wednesday struck her motion as unfounded and said she would consider monetary sanctions over hallucinated AI citations in the motion.
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11th Circ. Told YouTube Copyright Win Doesn't Merit Fees
A Spanish film production company has urged the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a Florida federal judge's refusal to award YouTube attorney fees after the video platform prevailed in a dispute over pirated movies, arguing that the unsuccessful copyright claims raised a novel legal issue and were brought in good faith.
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Ga. Atty Says State Bar Can't Use Immunity To Stop Bias Suit
A Georgia attorney urged a federal judge to keep her proposed class action alive, arguing that the State Bar of Georgia can't claim immunity from her suit because it has allegedly demonstrated a pattern of racial discrimination against her and others in attorney discipline cases.
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Obermayer Launches Statewide Appellate Practice Group
Philadelphia-based Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP has expanded its litigation resources by formally organizing its ongoing appellate services into a separate practice to support attorneys and clients with building cases on solid foundations.
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Florida Panel Says ADA Doesn't Entitle Pro Se Filer To Use AI
A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday sanctioned a pro se filer for using artificial intelligence to generate filings containing misleading arguments and false citations, banning him from making future filings with the court unless they are signed by a member of good standing with the Florida bar.
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Ex-DC Prosecutor Brings Victim Focus To Plaintiffs Shop
Longtime D.C. federal prosecutor Nicholas Miranda is part of a wave of attorneys who have left the federal government over the past year, but his career path looks different from many others. He now represents plaintiffs at Levin Law PA, a Miami-based firm that targets financial fraud and privacy violations, work he says continues his yearslong focus on victims.
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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Keller Rohrback's Gretchen Freeman Cappio
By the time Volkswagen was exposed for touting the low emissions of cars that secretly released nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times the legal limit in the U.S., Keller Rohrback LLP's Gretchen Freeman Cappio knew she wasn't interested in defending corporate giants.
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California Litigator Elevated To Lead Lathrop GPM's LA Office
Lathrop GPM LLP announced this week that an experienced California-based litigation attorney who has been with the firm for nearly a decade has been named the new partner-in-charge of its Los Angeles office.
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Brownstein Hyatt Faces DQ Bid In Sports Betting Biz Fight
A sports-betting executive suing her former employer for defamation and contract breach is looking to oust the company's Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP attorneys, telling a Nevada federal judge that the firm's prior work for her creates a conflict.
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Pierce Atwood Rips Billionaire's 'Absurd' Suit Over Asset Sale
Pierce Atwood and two attorneys urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject a Ukrainian billionaire's suit blaming them for a $1.8 million damages order in investor litigation over the billionaire's failed biotech company, saying his own wrongdoing led to the judgment.
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Winston & Strawn Lands Baker Botts IP Litigator In Dallas
Winston & Strawn LLP has strengthened its litigation and intellectual property practices with a Dallas-based partner who came aboard from Baker Botts LLP.
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Sher Tremonte Hires DOJ Antitrust Litigation Director
Sher Tremonte announced on Wednesday that it has hired the former litigation director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, touting her work at the helm of historic monopolization and conduct cases.
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Judge Says Ex-City Prosecutor's Bias Suit Should Be Tossed
A Texas federal judge recommended Tuesday that a bias and retaliation suit against the city of Corpus Christi by a former assistant city attorney be tossed because he failed to show that comparable workers were treated better or that the city's performance-based reasons for firing him were false.
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Quinn Emanuel Sues To Collect $1.5M From Binance's Zhao
Quinn Emanuel has filed suit in Washington, D.C., against former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last fall, asking the court to enforce an arbitral award of nearly $1.5 million in unpaid attorney fees and other costs.
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Arnall Golden Adds Foley Hoag Arbitration Lead
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has tapped a former Foley Hoag LLP partner to serve as its international dispute resolution lead in Washington, D.C., where she will represent sovereign states and state-owned entities as well as private clients in investor-state arbitrations.
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Houston Firm Wired Cali Man's $1.3M To Criminals, Per Suit
A California man and a real estate company told a Texas federal judge that a Houston-based law firm improperly distributed money meant to pay off a loan to criminal elements, saying Tuesday that the law firm owes $1.3 million.
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3rd Circ. Disapproves Of Judge's Quips In Fatal Crash Case
The Third Circuit on Tuesday scolded a Pennsylvania federal judge for his "inappropriate attempted witticisms" while presiding over a lawsuit in which a parent blamed transportation companies for the deaths of his two children in a highway collision, saying the judge's "ill-conceived attempts at levity" in a fatal injury case could be misinterpreted by the public.
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Schools Fight New Lead Counsel, Cert. In Aid-Fixing Suit
Five private universities that have yet to settle with students over the alleged fixing of financial aid offerings argued Tuesday that an Illinois federal judge should deny them class certification rather than allow them to tap different lead counsel after misrepresentations regarding one firm's purportedly contingent casework have come to light.
Expert Analysis
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.