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Texas Pulse
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5th Circ. Sends Beck Redden Malpractice Suit To State Court
The malpractice suit a disbarred Texas attorney brought against his former counsel belongs in state court, the Fifth Circuit has determined, declining to reconsider a December ruling that remanded a Texas federal judge's order throwing out claims against Beck Redden LLP, finding the Southern District of Texas lacked jurisdiction.
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Sidley Austin IP Ace Jumps To Caldwell Cassady In Dallas
A former counsel at Sidley Austin LLP in Dallas has jumped to intellectual property and business litigation firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC to serve as a principal, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Small Firm Immigration Attorneys Prep For Trump 2.0
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to launch his promised immigration crackdown. And the solo and small firm attorneys who make up the vast majority of the nation’s immigration bar are at the front lines preparing to fight for their clients.
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Case Removal Rules Aimed At Fairness, Ex-Atty Tells 5th Circ.
Several Fifth Circuit judges seemed keen Wednesday to clarify what activity in state court would bar litigants from removing their cases to federal court, as the full appeals court reconsidered a remand order for a Houston firm's poaching suit.
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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In-House Attorneys Have Saner Schedules, But Long Hours
It may once have been that the typical in-house lawyer worked a 40-hour week, but that no longer appears to be the case for many corporate counsel, with more than 40% reporting they exceed 50 hours at work each week in a recent survey by Law360 Pulse.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
In-house attorneys report high job satisfaction when it comes to schedule flexibility, team collegiality, and compensation, but concerns linger about workload and career advancement, particularly for mid-level lawyers seeking to climb the career ladder, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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In-House Etiquette — Tips For Outside Counsel
While most in-house lawyers seem generally happy with their outside counsel, about 9% of participants in Law360 Pulse's first In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey want more, saying they are fed up with being nickel-and-dimed while receiving low quality work and poor communication from their outside attorneys.
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Greenberg Traurig Taps Real Estate Atty As Austin Co-Lead
In keeping with Greenberg Traurig LLP's decades-long commitment to growth in the Lone Star State, the firm has selected a real estate-focused commercial litigator to co-lead its Austin shop.
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Kane Russell Adds Dickinson Wright Litigator In Dallas
Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its litigation and transactional offerings with a director in Dallas joining the financial services practice and the business and corporate transactional practice.
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McGuireWoods IP Litigator Joins Munck Wilson In Houston
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP has boosted its intellectual property offerings with a former McGuireWoods LLP attorney in Houston who has decades of experience across technologies, particularly biotechnology.
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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Texas' New Chief Justice Knows His Cases Inside And Out
The Texas Supreme Court's new leader, Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, is a likable person, has a good sense of humor and is always fully prepared, according to those who know him — and lawyers appearing before him should be ready to answer his probing questions as he digs into the "big picture" surrounding cases.
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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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Houston Law School Names New Dean, Board Members
The South Texas College of Law has elected two new members to its board of directors and appointed as its leader the current dean of Capital University Law School in Ohio, effective in July.
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Texas Rangers Begin Search For Team's New GC
The Texas Rangers are searching for a new senior vice president and general counsel, according to a posting this week on the professional baseball club's website.
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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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Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth
Women, people of color and women of color keep setting records for representation in the nation's legal industry, but a smaller percentage of Black summer associates may portend future challenges, according to a report released Thursday.
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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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McGuireWoods Consulting Adds Gov't Relations Pro In Austin
McGuireWoods LLP's consulting arm has grown its government relations offerings in the Lone Star State with a former senior staffer for a Texas state representative.
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Ferguson Braswell Bulks Up In Houston With Litigation Duo
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC announced Thursday that it has gained a pair of litigators in Houston from Dinkins Kelly Lenox Lamb & Walker LLP who add nearly 40 years combined experience in estate, trust and guardianship matters to the firm's offerings.
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Paxton-Tied Developer Pleads Guilty In Bank Fraud Case
A real estate developer whose ties to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton were central to his 2023 impeachment case pled guilty Wednesday to unrelated charges of making false statements to a mortgage lender.
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Paxton Seeks To Nix Ethics Case After Deputy Beats Suit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to toss an ethics case against him over a lawsuit challenging 2020 election results, saying the matter fails on the same separation of powers grounds that the court recently cited in nixing a similar case against his first assistant.
Expert Analysis
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What Social Media Process Service May Look Like In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court's recently proposed rule change allowing substituted service through social media and email could take effect in December, and practitioners will need to know how to establish that the defendant received notice through a technological method, says Marcus Eason at McGinnis Lochridge.
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Strategies For Associates Seeking Jobs Amid Hiring Slump
Law firms will be hiring conservatively well into 2021 and beyond, but associates eyeing a new firm or market can successfully make a move if they are pragmatic about their requirements, say Rebecca Glatzer and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.