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Judge Tosses Ga. Firm's Insurance Fight With State Farm
A Georgia federal judge has tossed an auto insurance dispute between a personal injury law firm and State Farm, agreeing with the insurer's defense that the suit "simply was filed almost three years too late."
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Calif. Panel Revives Atty Lien Fight In Personal Injury Case
California appellate justices revived a declaratory action filed by a Sacramento lawyer against his clients and their prior counsel over their respective rights to settlement proceeds in a personal injury case, ruling Friday that the action was a proper way to simultaneously enforce the lawyer's lien and resolve everyone's settlement claims.
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6th Circ. Affirms Denial Of Atty's Theft Deduction
An attorney who led an investment partnership whose principals were criminally prosecuted for fraud is not entitled to tax deductions for theft loss related to the fallout, the Sixth Circuit ruled, saying there was no evidence that the principals intentionally fleeced him.
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Signature Resolution Expands To East Coast With Firm Tie-Up
California-based alternative dispute resolution service Signature Resolution announced Friday it is expanding to the East Coast, partnering with Commonwealth Mediation and Conciliation Inc., a Boston-based ADR firm.
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Hahn Loeser Lands Former Akerman Litigation Leader In Fla.
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP has expanded its Florida roster with the former litigation department chair at Akerman LLP, who has more than 45 years of experience handling a wide range of cases.
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Law Firm Wants Out Of $6.4M Malpractice Suit
A New York law firm has asked a Manhattan federal judge to toss a $6.4 million malpractice lawsuit brought by a group of Chinese electronics sellers alleging the firm acted without its permission when it dismissed their claims against Amazon in an underlying suit, arguing that the court lacks jurisdiction.
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Reed Smith Is Ignoring Expanded Back Pay Window, Atty Says
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney who claimed she was unlawfully underpaid told a New Jersey state court on Friday that the firm's bid to limit the window of time for which she's seeking damages is an attempt to roll the case back in time.
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Ariz. Judicial Council OKs ABS Rules Despite Bar Concerns
Arizona's Judicial Council approved some new restrictions on out-of-state operations for non-attorney-owned law firms allowed to operate under the state's licensure program, despite the Arizona state bar's concerns that the new rules aren't stringent enough.
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Stradling Brings On IP Litigator To Lead Its Austin Office
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC has brought on a veteran intellectual property litigator from Minnesota-based Carlson Caspers Vandenburgh & Lindquist PA to lead its office in Austin, Texas.
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Immigration Watchdog Sues DOJ Over Secret Court Hearings
A Minnesota-based human rights nonprofit has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court over its decision to restrict public access to proceedings at St. Paul's Fort Snelling Immigration Court.
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Nixon Peabody Adds RE Attys To SF, DC Offices
Nixon Peabody LLP has hired two veteran real estate attorneys for counsel roles in its San Francisco and Washington, D.C., locations, the firm announced.
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Morgan & Morgan Lands Atlanta Litigator Amid New Alliance
Morgan & Morgan PA has added a catastrophic injury and wrongful death attorney from Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP as part of a new "strategic alliance" with Brodhead Law LLC.
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Court Software Co. Dumped Docs At Last Minute, Class Says
A class of North Carolinians who say the state's new digital court system subjected them to wrongful arrests and extended jail time have told a federal judge that the defense produced "virtually nothing" over five months of discovery, only to bury them in hundreds of thousands of documents at the eleventh hour.
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Former Deputy AG Joins Margolis Edelstein In Pittsburgh
A former deputy attorney general has recently returned to private practice after more than 13 years in the public sector and joined Margolis Edelstein's litigation team in the Pittsburgh office.
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Baldoni Atty Avoids Sanctions For Blake Lively Comments
A lawyer for Justin Baldoni will not face sanctions for public comments critical of Blake Lively because they came long enough ago that they are unlikely to influence the feuding Hollywood stars' upcoming trial, a Manhattan federal judge held Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
BigLaw firms expanded their practice bench and services during another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Georgia Legal Malpractice Appeal Tossed As 3 Days Late
Georgia's Court of Appeals has thrown out a man's challenge to a lower court order to arbitrate his legal malpractice claims against a Morgan & Morgan PA entity, finding that the man filed his notice of appeal three days late, as his attorney vowed to fight the dismissal.
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Lewis Brisbois Hires Vet Of Northeastern Litigation Shop
Lewis Brisbois has hired a New York attorney from the northeastern litigation shop Hannum Feretic Prendergast & Merlino LLC, touting his more than three decades of experience defending clients against personal injury, labor law, automobile and premises liability matters.
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Stinson Brings On IP Pros In Texas From Spencer Fane
Stinson LLP has added a pair of Spencer Fane attorneys to bolster its intellectual property and technology practice and capacity to handle patent and trademark litigation.
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Esquire's $348M Signature Deal Bolsters Litigation Platform
Esquire Financial Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy the parent company of Signature Bank in a roughly $348.4 million deal that Esquire said will help expand its Chicago-area commercial banking presence and support growth of its litigation banking platform.
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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.
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Ex-Chartwell Atty Says Firm Fired Her For Gaza Posts
A former Chartwell attorney claimed she was harassed because she's a Pakistani Muslim and was fired for posting social media statements criticizing military action in Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida federal court.
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Ex-Government Attys Launch Anti-Corruption Law Firm
In response to recent actions by the Trump administration that have seen a number of convicted fraudsters pardoned for their crimes, a group of attorneys with federal government experience have launched a firm focused on combating public corruption using civil litigation.
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Office Snapshot: Esbrook Scales Up For Delaware Growth
More than a year after launching an office in Delaware, boutique litigation firm Esbrook PC is moving into a bigger, updated space with room to expand its roster of attorneys in the First State, firm leaders told Law360 Pulse.
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Former Netflix Litigation Head Talks Next Chapter As Neutral
Law360 Pulse caught up with Linda Burrow, former global head of litigation at Netflix, to discuss her move to alternative dispute resolution service JAMS in California.
Expert Analysis
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.