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Meet The Key Players In Tom Goldstein's Tax-Crimes Case
The tax-evasion indictment of U.S. Supreme Court expert lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein features an eclectic cast of characters linked to his purported side career as a high-stakes poker player, including law firm partners, professional gamblers, a Texas billionaire, a movie producer and an actor.
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Philly Judge Rejects Ex-Kline & Specter Attorney's DQ Bid
A former Kline & Specter partner can't disqualify an attorney representing it from his lawsuit against the firm, a Philadelphia judge has determined, because he couldn't prove he had an attorney-client relationship with the lawyer before he resigned.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Keller Postman LLC, Ward & Smith PA, Pope McGlamry PC and Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that after a Missouri resident dropped her federal claims in a putative class action over alleged mislabeling of prescription dog food, the case was properly sent back to state court.
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Ga. Law Firm Beats DQ Bid In FCA Suit Against Tool Co.
A Georgia federal judge has rejected a former tool company employee's bid to have a Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles PA attorney disqualified from representing the business in a False Claims Act suit, saying he failed to show that the attorney violated ethical rules to warrant his removal.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as law firms inked new deals, elevated attorneys and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Ex-Pol's Atty Chided For Early Morning Sentencing Memo
The lawyer for a former Massachusetts state senator convicted of tax and pandemic aid fraud was scolded by a federal judge on Friday for filing a sentencing memo at 3:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing, then showing up late to court, forcing a postponement.
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Cohen Ziffer Adds Standout Litigator As Partner
Insurance recovery firm Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna has added a new partner to its ranks, noting that with the hiring of seven new associates within the past year, the firm has more than tripled in size since its founding in 2021.
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Ex-Atty's Audit Rightly Tied To State Farm Fight, Panel Rules
State Farm and two clients were properly ushered into a case examining a disbarred attorney's trust accounts, a Connecticut appeals court ruled Thursday, shutting down the ex-lawyer's demand for $52,100 in purported attorney fees by upholding a judge's decision linking settlement payout, audit and ethics feuds under one docket.
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Calif. Law Firm Settles 2 Suits Alleging Debt Relief Fraud
A debt relief law firm in California reached settlements Thursday in two separate lawsuits that accused the firm of charging its clients for worthless services, a little more than two weeks after the cases were brought in federal courts.
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Ex-Direct Energy GC Joins Boutique Minn. Law Firm
Minneapolis business law boutique Avisen Legal PA has tapped a former general counsel at Direct Energy to join the firm as an energy lawyer, the firm announced this week.
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SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case
Tom Goldstein, a publisher of SCOTUSblog and one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court lawyers in the country, was indicted Thursday in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade paying taxes for years and used funds from his boutique law firm to cover gambling debts.
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Atty Gets 5-Year NJ Suspension After Tax Fraud Conviction
A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney convicted for not paying income tax on more than $8 million in revenue he earned and for failing to pay almost $60,000 in payroll taxes received a five-year suspension from New Jersey's Supreme Court but will keep his law license in the state.
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Brockstedt Mandalas Promotes Del. Litigation Duo To Partner
Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC has announced that a mass tort lawyer and a corporate litigator who formerly worked at the Delaware Department of Justice for more than 15 years have been promoted to partner.
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1st Circ. Vacates Most Of Atty's Marijuana Bribe Conviction
The First Circuit vacated a pair of fraud convictions for a Massachusetts attorney charged in a marijuana bribery scheme, finding that sending an iMessage through an Apple cellphone is not enough to satisfy the wire fraud element requiring interstate communication.
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How A Calif. Atty Couple's Wildfire Relief Efforts Went Viral
After a viral Instagram post, a married pair of Los Angeles attorneys have helped transform their firms into an improvised relief agency and are now coordinating housing for hundreds of displaced people in the city.
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Judge OKs More Fees In Calif. Debt Relief Firm's Bankruptcy
A California bankruptcy judge has tentatively approved an additional $2.1 million in professional fees in the bankruptcy case of a troubled debt relief firm, despite the amount of professional fees already exceeding the amount paid out to creditors so far.
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Buchalter Opens In Chicago With 15 Robbins DiMonte Attys
Buchalter PC has opened an office in Chicago, staffed by 15 attorneys previously at Robbins DiMonte Ltd., the firm announced Wednesday.
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NY Litigation Boutique Glennon Law Firm Opens NYC Office
The Rochester-based litigation boutique Glennon Law Firm PC announced Tuesday that it is launching in New York City as part of an effort to reach more clients across the Empire State.
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Mass. Atty Charged In $2.5M Embezzlement Schemes
A Massachusetts attorney blamed an addiction to prostitutes and a failed spa investment for his embezzling a total of $2.5 million from a couple and their multiple businesses, according to federal prosecutors.
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Boston Lawyers Accused Of Bungling Exec's Bias Claim
A former executive at roofing manufacturer GAF Materials is accusing her former lawyers of mishandling a potential age and gender discrimination case by failing to meet a key procedural deadline, according to a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts state court.
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Meta Atty Quits IP Case Over Zuckerberg's 'Toxic Masculinity'
An attorney helping defend Meta Platforms in copyright litigation brought by artists who claim their content was used to train the large language model Llama has dropped the tech company as his client, citing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness" in a LinkedIn post.
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NJ Atty Disbarred For Stealing From Firm To Gamble Online
The New Jersey Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney for stealing at least $16,000 from his firm by using its credit card to buy tokens for an online casino video game under the guise of buying office supplies.
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Fed. Court, Judges Beat Atty's Challenge To 'Gag Order' Rule
Sovereign immunity bars a Nashville civil rights lawyer from challenging a U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee rule barring attorneys from making "any extrajudicial statements" about cases pending in the district, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Attys Say Conn. Firm's Vexatious Litigation Claims Can't Stand
A pair of attorneys have urged a Connecticut state judge to reject claims that they filed a frivolous unfair trade practices lawsuit against Hayber McKenna & Dinsmore LLC, arguing that the firm failed to show the case had been terminated in its favor.
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Freeman Mathis Expands In Fla. With 8 Attys From 2 Firms
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP is continuing its rapid expansion in the state of Florida with new teams led by four partners in Tampa and Orlando who have joined from Telan Meltz Wallace & Eide PA and Goldberg Segalla LLP.