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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit revived Florida-based NTE Energy Services' anticompetitive lawsuit accusing Duke Energy of squeezing it out of the market in North Carolina.
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Recruiters Predict Domino Effect After Milbank Midyear Bonus
As Milbank LLP becomes the latest law firm to award midyear bonuses, legal recruiters anticipate a ripple effect, with other major firms expected to follow suit in announcing similar bonus payments for their attorneys.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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An Olympics Volunteer, This GC Still Seeks To Be Champion
Robert Herbst, a former general counsel and world champion weightlifter, has woven together the law and sports throughout his career, including this week in Paris where he is working with the U.S. Olympic team as a volunteer.
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McCarter & English Withdraws Lien In Ex-Client's Fee Fight
McCarter & English LLP has withdrawn a $492,000 lien it asserted over any monies awarded to tool manufacturer Red Mud Enterprises LLC in a Delaware Chancery Court case in which it formerly represented the business.
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Block & Leviton, Bernstein Litowitz To Lead WWE-UFC Suit
Block & Leviton LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP pinned down counsel leadership duties Thursday for a pending, high-profile Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder challenge to World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Snapshot: Delaware Federal Court's 2024 Annual Report
Civil filings in Delaware's district court continue to decline as the patent litigation-heavy venue saw its lowest number of patent filings during the past decade in 2023, experiencing a 23% dip from the year prior amid a national patent litigation plunge.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid Fallout Over Politics, Social Issues
With a presidential election approaching, the Israel-Hamas war continuing, and numerous social issues creating division in the country, Dawn Reddy Solowey of Seyfarth Shaw LLP discusses how law firms might de-escalate potential conflicts that could erupt at work.
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Marshall Dennehey Adds Co-Chair Of Disciplinary Practice
An attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing professionals in malpractice and liability matters has moved his practice to Marshall Dennehey PC after more than 17 years with Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos LLP.
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Buchanan Embraces Diversity With New Affinity Groups
Two new affinity groups have been formed by Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC to help firm employees with disabilities and those who are the first of their families to graduate from college and enter a professional environment.
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Apple Loses Fight To Keep Bid For Patent Suit Docs In Del.
Delaware's chief district judge has transferred Apple's bid to force litigation funding company Omni Bridgeway LLC to turn over documents explaining its financial interest in patent litigation against Apple in California to that state, saying he couldn't "think of a good reason" why he should decide the matter.
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5 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect
Michelle Behnke, a business law attorney with more than 35 years of experience, became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week, setting her up to become the president of the organization next summer.
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A New Take On 'Presumed Innocent' With Scott Turow
A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.
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What It Will Take For More State Bars To Address AI
On the heels of the American Bar Association's first ethics guidance for lawyers using artificial intelligence, questions loom about when more state bar associations will build on the ABA recommendations.
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ABA Tells States To Nix Rape Disclosures For Bar Applicants
The American Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that calls on state admission authorities to stop asking would-be lawyers to disclose their experiences of sexual violence and harassment during the attorney licensure process.
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ABA: Ease State Licensing Barriers For Military Spouse Attys
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Tuesday passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In July? Monolithic, Meta and More
Saria Tseng, general counsel of Monolithic Power Systems Inc., pocketed a cool $32.5 million in July after selling off several thousand shares of the semiconductor company's stock, according to a securities filing.
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Del. Court Declines To Reopen Biden Documents Case
Delaware's Superior Court on Monday declined to reopen litigation from two conservative organizations that sued for access to a trove of documents U.S. President Joe Biden donated to the University of Delaware in 2012, concluding that newly discovered evidence wasn't relevant enough to change the case.
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ABA House Of Delegates Votes Against NDAs In Employment
The American Bar Association's policymaking body has recommended against including nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment, and for legislation to be enacted that protects patients' access to "gender-affirming care."
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Armstrong Teasdale Grows Executive Team With Talent Officer
Armstrong Teasdale LLP has expanded its executive team this week with the addition of the former director of practice management for Epstein Becker Green, the firm announced Monday.
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ABA: Few Latino Attys May Lead To Less Civic Engagement
The relatively low percentage of Latinos in the legal industry may be part of the reason the ethnic group sees less engagement in civic activities nationwide and is underrepresented in civic leadership roles, according to a new American Bar Association report released Saturday.
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ABA Taskforce Urges Attys To Step Up Election Volunteering
The American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy, launched last year, published a 12-page report Friday outlining the importance of lawyers knowing their state's election laws and encouraging them to volunteer their time to bolster faith in elections.
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Attys Dropping Out Of Byju's Ch. 11 As Last Resort: Experts
Faced with clients whose behavior was so egregious it led to an arrest order and hefty fines, all the lawyers representing two key figures in Byju's Alpha's bankruptcy have tried to quit — just about the only avenue left for attorneys under such circumstances, experts have told Law360.
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Bar Exam Rape Disclosure Among ABA Resolutions To Watch
This coming week at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to discuss the "traumatic" practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
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Defamation, Assault Suit Among Ex-Atty Colleagues Trimmed
A Pennsylvania federal judge this week tossed part of a former Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP attorney's defamation suit against two former colleagues, saying the statements the colleagues made about his actions were found credible by a Delaware court when it confirmed a protection for abuse order.