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Remorse, Sobriety, Therapy Help Pa. Atty Avoid Disbarment
A Fayette County, Pennsylvania, attorney who took accountability for ethics breaches including a money laundering conviction has escaped disbarment, with the state high court agreeing with its Disciplinary Board that mitigating factors should offset more stringent punishment.
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Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites
Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group expressed "great embarrassment" Monday when they told the Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard that the pretrial motions they filed did, indeed, contain case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence.
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NJ Law Firm, TD Bank Resolve $149K Bounced Check Suit
TD Bank NA and the New Jersey personal injury law firm that sued it over a $149,000 cashier's check that failed to go through have ended the dispute, according to a New Jersey federal court filing.
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Attys Shouldn't Be Sanctioned For Press Briefing, Parents Say
The parents of a Black man police fatally shot in 2022 urged a Georgia federal judge not to sanction their Claiborne Firm PC attorneys for a holding a press conference that the city of Savannah says attempted to sway the jury that will hear the police officer's case.
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Partner Sues Partner In Dispute Over Houston Firm
Co-founding partners Don Foty and David Hodges of Hodges & Foty LLP have filed competing claims against each other in Texas state court, with Foty accusing Hodges of blocking his access to firm accounts and Hodges alleging that while he was caring for his sick mother, Foty "hatched a plan" to steal the firm.
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NJ Attys Agree To End Libel Suit Over Father's Money
Prominent class action attorney Carl J. Mayer has settled a defamation lawsuit against his brother and two cousins that claimed the trio falsely accused Mayer of stealing money from his elderly father, leading to a drop-off in referrals from other attorneys.
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BCLP Received Improper OK To Challenge Ga. Fee Ruling
A Georgia state appeals court said Monday that it improperly gave Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP the green light to appeal a trial court ruling ordering the firm to return more than $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator.
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Entertainment Boutique Leader Joins Pierson Ferdinand In NY
A desire to refocus her energy on client service led a business and entertainment attorney to leave her solo practice after more than nine years and join Pierson Ferdinand LLP's New York office.
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Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto
U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee.
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New Calif. Injury Boutique Aims To Go Beyond Family Ties
Law360 Pulse caught up with Frederick and Benjamin Schenk, the father-son duo behind The Schenk Law Firm, a new trial boutique, to discuss working with family — including Frederick Schenk’s sister, a former California congresswoman — and their respective visions for the practice.
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Fla. Atty Couple Can't Escape Verdict Over Abandoning House
A Florida state appeals court has reinstated the original verdict against an attorney husband and wife team for breaching a lease agreement on a rental house and leaving it in disrepair, ruling that a reasonable jury could find that the landlord performed his expressly authorized duties to preserve the property.
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Conn. Trial Firm Partner Seeks Sanctions In Heated Split-Up
Connecticut Trial Firm LLC former co-owner Andrew Garza has asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge to issue sanctions against his former 50-50 partner, Ryan McKeen, accusing McKeen of "misconduct presenting a threat to the administration of justice" in heated litigation over the firm's split.
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Plaintiffs Lawyers Swarm Los Angeles Post-Fires
A deadly wildfire may be among the first covered by a new state fund that reimburses at-fault utility companies. This could mean billions of dollars for plaintiffs lawyers, and, if past fires are any indication, frustration and confusion for some victims.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Lawyers from Latham & Watkins LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP kick off this week's Law360 Legal Lions, with a jury decision ending a $500 million antitrust lawsuit against their clients, U.S. Soccer and Major League Soccer.
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BigLaw Firms Saw Double-Digit Profit Growth In 2024
Last year was "one of the strongest years on record" for U.S. law firm financial results, according to Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group head Gretta Rusanow, with a survey by the bank of mostly large law firms showing a 16.6% increase in profits and a 12.3% increase in revenue over 2023.
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Goldstein's Pro Se Filing Irks Feds Amid Murky Atty Situation
Prosecutors have asked a Maryland federal judge to strike a pro se motion from Tom Goldstein in his tax evasion case, saying the U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher shouldn't be allowed to personally make arguments to the court when he is represented by several experienced lawyers.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off February with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new roles in BigLaw and the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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USPTO Suspends Atty For Mishandled China IP Applications
A Seattle attorney faces suspension from handling cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after allowing a China-based intellectual property company to file new trademark applications without first reviewing the documents, including allowing the IP service provider to sign the lawyer's name to documents.
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Legal Job Satisfaction Up, Less Turnover Expected, Study Says
Legal professionals surveyed reported high job satisfaction at the end of last year, signaling a quieter job market for the legal industry in 2025, according to a new report from recruiting firm Robert Half Inc.
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Girardi's Mental Evaluation At NC Prison Extended By 15 Days
A California federal judge Thursday ordered Tom Girardi's psychiatric evaluation at a North Carolina federal prison to be extended by 15 days, and she also lectured Girardi's public defender while saying she "could not have imagined" why it took 17 days to get his client's medical records sent to the facility.
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NJ Personal Injury Firm Hit With Bias Suit From Fired Atty
A solo personal injury attorney is suing his former firm in New Jersey state court alleging that he was discriminated against based on his Ecuadorian heritage and because of his requests for accommodations when he became a father.
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Jay-Z Gets Nod To Withdraw Sanctions Bid Against Buzbee
Rapper Jay-Z has dropped his sanctions bid against Texas attorney Tony Buzbee for filing a lawsuit that claims Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs raped a 13-year-old more than 20 years ago, accusations he has called "knowingly false."
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Convicted Atty Disbarred In NJ Over LA Utility Billing Scandal
The New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred an attorney this week who orchestrated a sham lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles on behalf of plaintiffs suing the local water utility and who later made $24 million off contracts with the city reached through a number of bribery schemes.
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Metals Dealer Says Partners Lost $12M In Attys' Tax Scam
A precious metals dealer and his partners said they were fleeced of $12 million by attorneys who directed them to form a partnership and take illegal tax deductions for intellectual property, according to a complaint filed in Colorado federal court.
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Filing Claims 'Secret Lockout' Led To Conn. Trial Firm Schism
One of the 50-50 partners litigating the dramatic breakup of Connecticut Trial Firm LLC, a personal injury firm known for high-dollar verdicts, has accused his onetime partner of having "plotted a secret lockout" to remove him from the firm, according to a revised derivative complaint filed in Connecticut state court.