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Mich. Panel Backs Conversion Ruling Against Disbarred Atty
A Michigan appellate panel has said a disbarred northeastern Michigan attorney's decision not to back up her arguments sank her appeal arising from a lawsuit accusing her of converting or embezzling trust funds, affirming summary disposition against the attorney and saying she "simply failed to brief the issue."
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Hueston Hennigan To Pay Summer Bonuses Up To $35K
Trial firm Hueston Hennigan is the second boutique to announce it will dole out midyear bonuses to associates.
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Okla. Firm Wants Malpractice Suit Over $92M Verdict Tossed
An Oklahoma-based law firm is urging a federal court to toss a suit alleging its negligence in representing a Munich Re unit in a coverage dispute over an apartment fire is to blame for a $92 million judgment, saying the suit fails to show an actual malpractice claim.
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Epstein Becker Adds 6 Manatt Phelps Litigators
Epstein Becker Green has added six litigators experienced in commercial and healthcare matters who previously worked for Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP in its Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices, the firm announced Monday.
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New NY State Bar President Talks Advocacy, AI And More
Attorney Taa Grays speaks about her goals and concerns for the legal industry as she becomes the first Black woman president of the New York State Bar Association on June 1.
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Trump Urges 3rd Circ. To Reverse 'Bizarre' Anti-SLAPP Loss
President Donald Trump urged the Third Circuit on Thursday to find a Pennsylvania anti-SLAPP statute shields him from the Central Park Five's defamation claims, slamming the lower court's "truly bizarre" ruling in an opening brief filed the same day a DLA Piper partner and others joined Trump's defense team.
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Calif. Panel Reverses Order For Citing Atty's Bogus Case Law
A California appellate panel on Thursday reversed a judgment in favor of a man accused of abusing his son, finding that "without doubt" the trial judge abused her discretion by incorporating the man's bogus legal citations into her ruling, despite being alerted to the mistakes in advance.
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Akin Gump Owes Fees For Winebow's 'Self-Indulgent' Appeal
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered an importer's Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to pay a European winemaker fees for having to defend against the importer's "spurious objections" to the winemaker's valid arbitral award, ruling that the importer's "self-indulgent" appeal warrants sanctions in the form of fees.
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NY Judge Doubts Nussbaum-Linked Firms Belong In Ch. 11
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday questioned whether his court was the proper venue to wind down two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum as the debtors sought to ditch an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.
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Texas Justices To Weigh Attys' $126K Sanction In Horse Row
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear a petition from two law firms and a veterinary center in which they dispute a roughly $126,000 sanction imposed on counsel after alleged violations of a limine agreement, leading to a mistrial.
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Fla. Panel Revives Firm's Suit Over Tobacco Case Referrals
A Florida state appellate court revived a law firm's complaint alleging tortious interference against a widow over a contingency fee agreement involving tobacco injury case referrals, finding that the lower court wrongly tossed the lawsuit based on extraneous information even though there was sufficient evidence to support a claim.
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Calif. Supreme Court OKs Challenges To Blanket Judge DQs
The California Supreme Court has opened the door to challenges to blanket judicial disqualifications across the largest state court system in the country, partially overturning a precedent established nearly 50 years ago.
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Georgia Lawyer Again Seeks To DQ Judge Over Bar Referral
A Georgia attorney has launched at least the second attempt to disqualify a federal judge from presiding over a case he is handling because the judge previously referred him to the state bar, alleging ethics violations.
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Ex-Judge's Move To Firm Earns DQ In Fla. Divorce Case
A Florida appeals court ruled Friday that a Daytona Beach law firm should have been disqualified from representing a man in a divorce proceeding for failing to provide proper notice that a judge who previously oversaw the case had joined the firm as a partner.
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Baker McKenzie Asks Judge Not To Toss Suit Against Ex-Atty
A lawyer for Baker McKenzie on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., judge not to dismiss the BigLaw firm's defamation suit against a former tax associate who accused a firm office leader of sexual assault, telling the court the accusations were false and made with "malice."
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court issued four rulings this week, one concerning whether local delivery drivers are exempt from federal arbitration requirements and three in criminal cases involving jury selection and compassionate release. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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AI Comms Co. Wants Calif. Phone Service Suit Moved To NY
Connex One, a customer communications software company that uses AI, asked a California federal judge to dismiss or transfer a lawsuit by personal injury firm DK Law alleging it oversold the capabilities of its call center platform, delivered defective services and improperly extended the parties' contract.
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GableGotwals Adds Baker Donelson Energy Atty In Houston
Oklahoma-based GableGotwals announced that an experienced energy litigator has joined the firm's growing Houston office as a shareholder after over a decade with Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.
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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz
Matthew L. Schwartz oscillated among many career aspirations as a kid, from astronaut to mayor of New York. When it was time to head off to college, the man who would go on to handle the prosecution of employees tied to Bernie Madoff and become chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP set his sights on science, earning an undergraduate degree in physics.
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New NJ State Bar Prez Keeps Focus On 'Average Practitioner'
The New Jersey State Bar Association's new president, Blume Forte partner Norberto Garcia, caught up with Law360 Pulse to talk about centering small-firm attorneys and strengthening the bar as a meeting place for lawyers in his new role.
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Taft Adds 2 Product Liability Litigators In Atlanta
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has expanded its product liability team in Atlanta with the addition of two attorneys, one from Greenberg Traurig LLP and the other from Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP.
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Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses
New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.
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Chevron Names Litigator To Succeed Retiring Legal Chief
Chevron announced Friday that a commercial litigator and co-founder of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP will succeed the company's current top lawyer as he moves toward retirement after nearly two decades as its legal chief.
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Fox Rothschild Gains Ex-Gordon Rees, DOJ Litigator In DC
Fox Rothschild LLP has hired a Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP partner, who started his legal career litigating tax matters in federal and state courts for the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their operations as the legal industry closed out May this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Expert Analysis
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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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.