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Elsberg Baker Exceeds, Cohen Ziffer Matches Atty Bonuses
Trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC announced Monday that its associates will earn up to $226,250 in extra cash this year.
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Court Says Anti-SLAPP Doesn't Shield Facebook Insult Of Atty
The Massachusetts Appeals Court on Monday ruled that the state's anti-SLAPP law does not cover a Facebook insult hurled at an attorney on a local political page, though the court still held that the lawyer cannot sue over the online slight.
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Inventor's Bid To Dodge $214K Sanction Fails At High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take on an inventor's request to escape an order from an Ohio federal court that sanctioned him $214,000 for bad faith litigation, which was approved by the Federal Circuit.
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Trust In State Courts Holds, But Justice Is Seen As Unequal
Public confidence in state courts held steady this year, even as more Americans seem to have lost faith that those courts provide equal justice to everyone, according to new research.
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Pierson Ferdinand Litigator Tapped To Be Atlanta's City Atty
The mayor of Atlanta has named a Pierson Ferdinand LLP litigation partner to succeed the current city attorney, who is retiring from the practice of law, tapping an attorney who brings more than two decades of legal experience in the private and public sectors.
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Mississippi Litigator Joins Butler Snow From Adams & Reese
Butler Snow LLP announced that an experienced litigation and appellate attorney has joined the firm's healthcare practice in Ridgeland, Mississippi, after a stint with Adams & Reese LLP.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including a high-profile one involving 90-year-old precedent that could soon be overturned and another that could remake campaign finance rules. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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MVP: Susman Godfrey's Geoffrey Harrison
Susman Godfrey LLP partner Geoffrey Harrison guided energy company Apache Corp. to its recovery of nearly $500 million in a dispute related to decommissioning offshore oil rigs and helped Equistar Chemicals beat a construction contractor's $175 million claim in a weekslong trial, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nicolas Bourtin
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Nicolas Bourtin played a key role in the dismissal of all criminal charges in a foreign bribery case against the ex-general counsel for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., and helped TD Bank reach a historic resolution in a criminal probe of its anti-money laundering program, securing him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.
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MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Winston & Strawn LLP's Jeffrey Kessler helped student athletes reach a landmark multibillion-dollar settlement with the NCAA in long-running litigation over the use of name, image and likeness, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam
Last year, Paul Weiss' Kannon Shanmugam scored a win in the Fifth Circuit that sent shockwaves through the bankruptcy world, removed a crypto company from a government blacklist and torpedoed a $440 million judgment against a cruise company over Cuba sanctions, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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Watchdog Sues White House For Records On Law Firm Deals
A Washington-based nonprofit watchdog has sued the Trump administration, seeking records related to deals BigLaw firms struck to provide an estimated nearly $1 billion worth of pro bono legal services to further the administration's priorities, following the president's executive orders to withhold security clearances and investigate the firms.
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2nd Circ. Probes ConEd's Sudden Firing Of Atty Alleging Bias
The Second Circuit raised questions during a hearing about Con Edison's decision to terminate a longtime company lawyer shortly after she complained her boss was targeting her because she's an older woman, hinting some support for the attorney's fight to have her discrimination suit reinstated.
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2nd Circ. Remands $100K Award To Fired Atty In Bias Case
A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without cause but finding that the lower court appeared not to address several arguments in favor of a lower amount.
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Int'l Rescue Committee Seeks Sanctions For AI-Doctored Brief
The International Rescue Committee Inc. asked a Texas federal court to sanction a former worker and counsel for "poison[ing] the evidentiary well" by using ChatGPT to tamper with documents produced for discovery, according to a brief and motion for sanctions.
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Goldberg Segalla Adds Hospitality Pro In Orlando
Goldberg Segalla LLP picked up a new special counsel for its retail and hospitality group in Orlando from Pozo-Diaz & Pozo PA.
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Higgs Fletcher Forms White Collar, Regs Enforcement Team
San Diego-based law firm Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP has launched a white collar crime and regulatory enforcement defense practice group, citing heightened regulatory scrutiny in the financial and healthcare sectors and rising enforcement risks for licensed professionals and institutions.
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JAMS Hires Longtime IP Trial Attorney As Mediator In DC
JAMS, the alternative dispute resolution and mediation group, has hired a trial and appellate attorney who has practiced since 1984 and has helped resolve patent matters involving video game technology, LCD manufacturing processes and other technology.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms announced year-end bonuses and continued to expand their bench of talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Feds Reportedly Fail To Reindict NY AG Letitia James, Again
New York Attorney General Letitia James' attorney Thursday celebrated reports that another Virginia federal grand jury declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, the second jury in a week to reject a case President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against a political opponent he's called "guilty as hell."
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Judge Probes Alleged Fake Docs In Miss America Dispute
A Florida federal judge said Thursday that he wants to get to the bottom of the authenticity of operating agreements for two companies associated with the Miss America pageant filed in court in a $500 million dispute over the ownership of the competition.
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SEC Must Provide Names To Compliance Chief In Fraud Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to comply with a chief compliance officer's request for the names of agency staffers familiar with his whistleblower claims as he defends allegations that he played a role in a purportedly fraudulent stock offering by a "sham" energy company.
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6th Circ. Seems Skeptical Of Ex-Paralegal's Harassment Claim
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday seemed to lean toward a broad interpretation of a 2022 law that bars mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment cases, but appeared skeptical that a sexual harassment claim by a former Adams & Reese LLP paralegal passed muster.
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Atlanta Nonprofit Says Law Firm's Lies Blocked Housing Deal
An affordable housing nonprofit in Atlanta has accused a Georgia law firm, attorney and their client in state court of lying and improperly blocking its attempt to sell townhomes it had developed, arguing that the defendants defied a court order in an underlying real estate dispute.
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Connell Foley Beats DQ Bid In NJ Investment Bias Case
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a renewed bid by an investment firm suing the state of New Jersey to disqualify the state's counsel at Connell Foley LLP, finding there was no previous attorney-client relationship to justify disqualification.