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Fed. Judiciary Tackles Design, Need For AI Evidence Rules
Federal judiciary members wrestled Wednesday with the appropriate parameters of a proposed rule that would govern machine-generated evidence, while questioning the need for another proposed rule dealing with so-called deepfake evidence.
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After Atty DQ, Family Preserves Claims Against Home Depot
A child whose foot was run over by a lawn mower driven by her father will be allowed to put on hold her lawsuit against Home Depot USA Inc. and the mower's maker, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, giving the family time to find replacement counsel after their prior firm was disqualified due to a conflict.
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Conn. Firm Says Departing Atty Failed To Pay For Clients
A five-attorney family law firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, told a state court that a contract attorney violated her employment agreement by failing to pay a fee for clients who went with her when she started a new practice at the end of her employment.
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Ex-US Atty, AUSA Pair Joins Baker Donelson In Raleigh
A former U.S. attorney and a former assistant U.S. attorney have jumped from K&L Gates LLP to Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in North Carolina.
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Husch Blackwell Brings On Morris Manning Insurance Pro
Husch Blackwell LLP has brought on a Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorney in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm with an attorney experienced in handling complex insurance coverage litigation and commercial litigation, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Paul Weiss Atty Joins Freshfields In NY To Co-Head AI Group
Freshfields announced Wednesday that it has landed a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner who represents some of the most sophisticated artificial intelligence labs and technology developers in the world as the new global co-head of its AI practice.
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Stearns Weaver Adds Longtime Gov't Atty In Florida
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA added a new of counsel to its Tallahassee office who has almost 15 years of experience in local government service.
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Robbins Geller's 'Eye-Watering' $28M Fee Bid Cut To $10.4M
A California federal judge has rejected a $28 million attorney fee request from Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd as part of a $150 million investor settlement with Zoom, calling it an "eye-watering figure," and saying the firm can collect about $10.4 million instead.
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Google Reaches Deal With Epic For Android App Changes
Google has agreed to make a number of changes to the way apps are distributed on Android devices in a deal with Epic Games, potentially resolving their yearslong antitrust battle after Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.
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BakerHostetler Lands Knobbe Martens IP Trio In California
BakerHostetler continues expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in three Knobbe Martens intellectual property attorneys as partners in its Los Angeles and Orange County offices.
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Bankruptcy Judge Taken Off GWG Case Amid Scandal Fallout
The federal judge overseeing GWG Holdings' bankruptcy case has been removed because of his professional relationship with embattled former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones, a decision the chief bankruptcy judge attributed not to the GWG judge's "own actions," but to Jones's "abuse" of judicial authority.
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Hagens Berman Owes $2M Over Failed Suit, Tech Giants Say
Amazon and Apple have told a Seattle federal judge that Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP should cover nearly $2 million in defense costs because of the firm's "misrepresentations" while litigating a lawsuit accusing the two companies of conspiring to limit device sales on the e-commerce platform.
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Judge DQs Levi & Korsinsky Over 'False Press Releases'
A California federal judge disqualified Levi & Korsinsky from serving as lead counsel in a proposed investor class action after finding that the firm issued press releases to attract clients with headlines stating it had filed certain suits when in fact, the firm hadn't actually filed those cases.
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10th Circ. Revives Atty's Free Speech Retaliation Case
A Colorado water attorney's First Amendment case against her former employer was revived by the Tenth Circuit after a three-judge panel found the attorney's comments were not made as an ordinary part of her duties.
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Chem Cos. Urge 3rd Circ. To Scrap ERISA Ruling Over Spinoff
Chemical companies Corteva Inc. and DuPont urged the Third Circuit Tuesday to upend a verdict in favor of employees who claimed they were misled about how a merger and spinoff would affect their retirement benefits, arguing plan participants' confusion and disappointment can't be remedied under federal benefits law.
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Covington, Reed Smith Sue Vyaire Over Lost Fees
Covington & Burling LLP and Reed Smith LLP have brought an adversary lawsuit against onetime ventilator maker Vyaire Medical and its Chapter 11 plan administrator in Delaware bankruptcy court, alleging the company has failed to pay the law firms after it settled a dispute over product recall insurance coverage.
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Lagasse Branch Grows With 15 Attys From Boutique In Calif.
California firm Lagasse Branch Bell & Kinkead LLP is expanding its ranks by almost a third, adding 15 attorneys from the boutique formerly known as Bradley Gmelich & Wellerstein LLP, including one of its name partners, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 6 More Partners In US, London
Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced that the firm added six new partners in five U.S. markets and in its London office during the month of October.
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End Payors Seek $66M In Atty Fees In Generic Drug MDL
End payors in a generic drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation are seeking a Pennsylvania federal court's approval for a $66 million award of attorney fees, representing one-third of the $200 million settlement between the classes and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. and Taro Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
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Ga. Justices Disbar Atty Over Abandonment Of Six Cases
The Georgia Supreme Court disbarred a suspended attorney on Tuesday for accepting a total of $33,900 from six clients but failing to handle their cases, finding that the attorney also failed to respond to the disciplinary process.
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Fla. Boutique Sanchez Fischer Lands Black Srebnick Litigator
Sanchez Fischer Levine LLP has ramped up its commercial litigation capabilities with a new partner in Miami from Black Srebnick.
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Winston & Strawn Fights 'Anti-Woke' Fintech $1.7B Crash Suit
Winston & Strawn LLP is asking a Texas bankruptcy court to toss a lawsuit from the trustee of self-styled "anti-woke" financial technology startup GloriFi, saying that holding the law firm responsible for the company's failure would set "extraordinary and dangerous precedent."
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Hall Booth Making Arrival In Philadelphia In New Year
Hall Booth Smith PC will officially open an office in Philadelphia on Jan. 1 under the leadership of two attorneys, marking the Atlanta-based firm's first outpost in Pennsylvania and its 29th overall.
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Baker Donelson Tries Again To Escape Miss. Timber Ponzi Suit
Baker Donelson has moved for summary judgment against claims the firm allowed a timber company's nine-figure Ponzi scheme to unfold under its nose, with other defendants and the receiver also seeking rulings in their favor in the Mississippi federal suit.
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Wilson Elser Picks Up 6-Atty Team In LA From Booth
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a six-attorney team from the now-shuttered Booth LLP in Los Angeles, including that firm's former managing partner.