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Seton Hall Says No Impropriety, No Whistleblower Case Move
Counsel for Seton Hall University urged a New Jersey judge Thursday to return a whistleblower suit by the school's former president to the court where it was originally filed, arguing that its transfer from Essex County to Hudson County to avoid a potential conflict was a waste of time and resources.
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All The World's A Stage, Or Podcast Studio, For Mich. Atty
From founding a Shakespeare in the Park festival to launching a podcast for his small Michigan firm, trial lawyer Edward Nahhat is frequently returning to his roots as a professional actor, something he says helps his legal practice as well.
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Conn. Atty Must Pay $282K Default In Estate's Home Sale Suit
A Connecticut attorney must pay a $282,000 default judgment for distributing real estate proceeds to at least one "unknown party" and writing a bad check to a trust beneficiary after a $1.2 million home sale, a state trial court judge has ruled.
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NJ Law Firm Faces Depo Sanctions Bid In Crypto Scam Suit
A plaintiff has alleged New Jersey law firm McCarthy & Soriero LLC enabled a defendant to repeatedly cancel his deposition at the last minute for an undocumented health reason in her federal suit alleging she was the victim of a nearly $200,000 cryptocurrency fraud.
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Cooper Levenson Adds Ex-Blank Rome Litigator After GC Role
Cooper Levenson expanded its Atlantic City, New Jersey, office this week with the addition of a former litigation partner at Blank Rome LLP and in-house counsel at a social media detection and monitoring software company.
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Attys Want To Drop Baby's Dad As Client In Conn. Death Suit
The father of the victim at the center of a product liability lawsuit against Target Corp. and a baby lounger manufacturer has stopped communicating with counsel and apparently wants nothing more to do with the case, his attorneys told a Connecticut federal judge in seeking to drop him as a client.
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Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Says Firm Tried To Stop Departure
Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Kline & Specter PC and its namesake partners have been hit with another lawsuit filed by a former associate alleging mistreatment at the firm.
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Texas Boutique First To Match Milbank's Year-End Bonus
Texas-based litigation boutique Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP confirmed on Thursday that it will match Milbank LLP's year-end bonus scale, offering its associates BigLaw-level compensation along with an additional special bonus.
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Halloran Farkas Hires Former Delaware Attorney General
Halloran Farkas & Kittila LLP has announced that it has hired M. Jane Brady, a former Superior Court judge and the first woman to serve as Delaware's attorney general, to bolster its litigation and regulatory efforts.
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Litigation Boutique Snags Ex-Connecticut Solicitor General
New York litigator E. Danya Perry, who launched her own litigation boutique in summer 2023 aimed at competing with BigLaw, has enlisted her brother, former Connecticut Solicitor General Joshua Perry, to carve out the firm's appellate practice, Perry Law announced Thursday.
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Firms Seek To Ax 'Retaliatory' Suit Over Arbitration Demands
Two plaintiffs law firms urged a D.C. federal court to toss a suit from two casino-style gaming websites that accuse the firms of filing meritless arbitrations against them, telling a judge during a hearing Wednesday that the litigation is retaliatory and has no ties to Washington, D.C.
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Exploration Co. Opposes Atty DQ Bid In Fla. Shipwreck Suit
An exploration company being sued by an ocean salvage operation in a dispute involving a sunken Spanish galleon is pushing back on a bid to have its would-be attorney disqualified, claiming procedural rules haven't been followed and that there is no conflict warranting the lawyer's exclusion.
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Paralegal Says She's Owed For Work On Stuart Scott Estate
A former paralegal at the disbanded Hartford, Connecticut-based firm Rome McGuigan PC claims in a recently filed suit that she is owed $50,000 for work she performed while the firm represented the estate of legendary ESPN anchor Stuart Scott.
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Law Firms Positioned To Finish 2024 On 'Very Strong' Note
The legal market is positioned to have a very strong year, with firms seeing increases in demand, revenue and attorney productivity during the first three quarters of 2024, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
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Fla. Bar Eyes Scraping Diversity Language From Board Policy
The Florida Bar Board of Governors may soon remove references to "diversity and inclusion" from its standing board policies as part of an ongoing push by the state Supreme Court against such diversity-related language.
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Connecticut Atty Frees AAA From Firm Break-Up Spat
Connecticut attorney Andrew P. Garza has removed the American Arbitration Association as a defendant from a lawsuit seeking to block his former 50-50 partner Ryan C. McKeen from arbitrating a dispute about their law firm's breakup, according to a withdrawal notice filed Tuesday in state court.
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Attorneys Gave To Eric Adams As Legal Woes Mounted
The legal industry continued a steady pace of donations to New York City Mayor Eric Adams even after prosecutors first publicly linked his campaign to illegal fundraising activity, giving nearly $200,000 in the months prior to his federal indictment this September, Law360 Pulse found.
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What's Next For Court Reform In This New Political Climate?
Advocates are not holding out hope for bills that would firm up a code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court, impose term limits on justices or give judiciary employees antidiscrimination job protections, saying Republican control of the federal government will likely stall any progress that's been made with court reform efforts.
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Fla. Judge Tosses Law Firm Investor's Derivative Suit
A Florida judge dismissed a derivative lawsuit Wednesday against a law firm brought by an investor claiming two partners orchestrated a litigation funding fraud, saying the investor needs to flesh out allegations about a contractual requirement to hold a vote with firm members before bringing suit.
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Catfished Ex-NBA Player Says Atty Stole Cash, Blew Film Deal
A former NBA player is suing his longtime attorney for legal malpractice in Colorado state court, claiming the attorney stole his money and failed to protect his intellectual property rights while negotiating the terms of a documentary deal about his victimization in an elaborate online catfishing scheme.
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Taylor English Expands In Miami With Solo IP Ace
Taylor English Duma LLP has added a new partner and former engineer with decades of experience in engineering, manufacturing and patent law in Miami after a short stint running his own firm.
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Progressive Accused Of Giving Crash Victims' Info To Law Firm
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and Kanner & Pintaluga PA are facing a proposed class action in Houston, where former clients accuse the two of conspiracy and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act violations because the insurer allegedly shared crash victims' private information with the law firm in violation of state and federal statutes.
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After Trump's Win, DC Recruiters See Surge In Gov't Atty Calls
Legal recruiters in the nation's capital, used to seeing a bump in activity around presidential elections, say they have been fielding a rush of calls from government attorneys in the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week.
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Pennsylvania Atty Text Solicitation Ban Stands, For Now
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday declined to temporarily halt the state's prohibition on attorneys soliciting potential clients using text messages while litigation filed by a legal marketer over the legality of the ban plays out, reasoning that there was no threat of irreparable harm to the company.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the third quarter of the year.