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Georgia Judge Faces DQ Bid Over Racial Bias Concerns
An attorney and his client in a personal injury case have asked that the chief judge for the Southern District of Georgia be recused, arguing that the federal judge made unfounded accusations that the lawyer was unethical in a separate case and has created "an appearance of personal and racial bias."
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Meister Seelig Expands To Nashville With Trial Boutique Hire
Meister Seelig & Schuster PLLC announced that an experienced criminal defense attorney who most recently ran her own boutique practice has joined the firm as its initial hire in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Law Firms Saw Double-Digit Lateral Hiring Growth In 2025
Lateral hiring increased by 16% in 2025 from 2024, with similar growth for both associates and partners, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Insurer Escapes Covering Ga. Atty In $750K Fraud Suit
A Georgia attorney's professional liability insurer owes no coverage for an underlying suit alleging the lawyer conspired with a client to enrich themselves from a litigation funding company by claiming a fictitious suit over a canceled FEMA contract, an Atlanta federal court has ruled, finding that making misrepresentations does not constitute "professional services" under the policy.
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Paint Co. Says Injury Firm Used Stolen Data To Solicit Clients
A paint company has asked a North Carolina federal court to boot the opposing counsel in a putative data breach class action, accusing them of finding stolen data on the dark web and using it to solicit potential plaintiffs before victims were even notified of the breach.
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Law Firm Pricing Progress May Lag Tech Advancement
A new report reveals what appears to be a lag between technological advances in the legal industry with the advent of artificial intelligence and the transformation of how law firms price their work to drive profitability.
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Atty Loses Latest Bid To Delay Prison In $22M Tax Fraud Case
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is capable of handling a St. Louis attorney's outpatient needs, a North Carolina federal judge said, denying her request to delay her prison report date after she was convicted of helping perpetrate a $22 million tax fraud scheme.
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Texas Panel Says Flooding Fact Issues Save Malpractice Suit
A Texas appellate court on Tuesday kept in play a property owner's malpractice case accusing a Houston law firm of negligent representation over flood damage claims, ruling that factual disputes remain over whether the claims were time-barred.
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Fed. Circ. Won't Stay Ramey Sanctions, $171K Fee Bill
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday denied patent litigator William P. Ramey III's attempt to stay a California court's order that he self-report to various disciplinary authorities that he was sanctioned for practicing law without a license, as well as pay a six-figure attorney fee award, pending an appeal.
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Arizona's Law Firm Experiment Faces Conflict Question
Advocates for Arizona’s novel alternative business structure program, which allows for non-attorney ownership of law firms, say that firsthand experience with an ABS can provide critical insight on how best to regulate them. However, a pattern of recusals and a recent lawsuit suggest a much messier story about some committee members’ entanglements with the new ABS market.
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Ga. Attorney Gives Up License After Wire Fraud Conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court signed off Tuesday on removing the law license of an attorney who pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in December and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors against a co-conspirator in a scheme involving fraudulent commercial and real estate deals.
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Calif. Sex Abuse Boutique Sues Wood LLP For Bad Tax Advice
A West Hollywood boutique law firm formed to represent victims of sex abuse on UCLA's campus has filed a professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty suit against Robert W. Wood and Wood LLP, claiming in California state court that their allegedly faulty financial advice caused the loss of $2 million in interest.
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Insurer Says Firm Owes $2.2M For Botched Representation
A Wisconsin-based insurer has sued the law firm it hired to defend an auto policyholder in a crash suit, telling a California federal court that the firm's inadequate representation has cost it more than $2.2 million.
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Fla. Federal Judge Joins Coffey Burlington As Mediator
Recently retired Senior U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. is opening his own alternative dispute resolution practice and joining Miami-based boutique litigation firm Coffey Burlington as of counsel starting May 1, the former judge told Law360 Monday.
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Netflix Eyes $3M In Fees In Suit Where Ramey Drew $95K Fine
Netflix's attorneys at Baker Botts and Perkins Coie are asking a California federal court to order a Finnish national and his former attorney at Ramey LLP to pay $3 million in fees the streaming giant incurred in defending a patent suit.
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Stone Hilton Tells Court Ex-Employee's Suit 'Not A Close Call'
Stone Hilton PLLC asked a Texas federal court on Monday to toss an employment lawsuit brought by a former office manager, saying in a bid for summary judgment that the evidence just isn't there to support her claims of sexual harassment and a race-based hostile work environment.
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NY Atty Says Okla. Law Firm Misclassified, Denied Benefits
A New York attorney has filed a $3.1 million contract suit against her former employer, accusing an Oklahoma-based national litigation firm of terminating her employment after she requested an overdue invoice, following more than three years of full-time contract work without benefits.
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Atty Can't Retool Retaliation Suit Against Ex-Mentor, Firm
An attorney suing her ex-mentor and former law firm lost her bid to add a defamation claim and make other changes to her long-running sexual harassment and retaliation suit, with a Michigan federal judge saying she waited too long and failed to show good cause to reopen the pleadings.
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Pa. Atty Sanctioned Over Bogus Citations
A Pennsylvania federal judge said she was "appalled" by a lawyer's repeated use of bogus citations in court documents generated with artificial intelligence and has ordered a $5,000 sanction and additional classes in AI ethics for the attorney.
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Dunn Isaacson Adds Ex-Biden WH Counsel From Latham
Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP has hired two attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP, who have backgrounds working for former President Joe Biden on a range of policy matters, the firm announced Monday.
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Paralegal And Firm Settle OT Claims, TikTok Post Countersuit
A former paralegal and a Houston personal injury law firm have agreed to settle the worker's lawsuit in Texas federal court accusing the firm of failing to pay overtime, ending a case that later expanded to include the firm's counterclaims alleging the ex-employee lied about the business on TikTok.
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Mergers Offer Small Pa. Firms A Succession Solution
As the state considers whether to adopt a rule mandating succession planning for lawyers, at least five small Pennsylvania law firms in recent months have opted to merge with larger regional or national firms to help serve their clients' current needs and secure the future of their practices.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Winston & Strawn LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services.
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How Firms Can Remain Vigilant Amid 'Silent Ransom' Attacks
Even though cybercriminal organization Silent Ransom Group has been around since 2022, law firms are still falling victim to the group’s social engineering and phishing schemes. Here’s what cybersecurity leaders say law firms need to know about the group and how to protect themselves.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Partnership promotions, BigLaw hires and firm merger votes helped make this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Expert Analysis
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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As the legal profession undergoes a dramatic period of change, experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 guest article series.