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Democracy Forward Hires Ex-White House Lawyer, CFPB Atty
Democracy Forward, the quickly growing progressive nonprofit that has taken on more than 85 actions against the Trump administration, has hired four more attorneys to its expanding team of lawyers, including a former member of Joe Biden's White House Counsel's Office and a litigator from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Dentons Litigator Joins Frost Brown In Pittsburgh
A veteran attorney who spent more than 35 years at Dentons Cohen & Grigsby building a practice defending clients in a wide variety of cases including those involving product liability and wrongful termination disputes has recently moved his practice to Frost Brown Todd LLP's Pittsburgh office.
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Shumaker Lands Former Florida Associate Deputy AG
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP announced Wednesday that it has expanded its litigation and disputes service line with a partner who is the former chief of cyber fraud enforcement with the Florida Attorney General's Office.
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Hinshaw Continues East Coast Growth With NY Area Litigator
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that an experienced defense litigator joined the firm's New York and Iselin, New Jersey, offices as a partner from local firm Marshall Conway & Bradley PC.
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NJ Court Urged To Keep $3M Ice-Cream-Biz Malpractice Suit
A Florida physician is fighting bids to dismiss his legal malpractice suit against Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP and several attorneys whom he accused of botching documents in a low-calorie ice cream business project, arguing the $3 million suit belongs in New Jersey, where the attorneys were based.
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Colo. Justices Rule Newspaper Is 'Citizen,' Can Get Atty Fees
The Colorado Supreme Court weighed in on a local newspaper's battle against the city of Aurora, ruling for the first time that a corporation is a "citizen" under the state's open meetings law and can recover litigation costs.
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Hicks Thomas Adds Longtime Texas Federal Law Clerk
Hicks Thomas LLP, a Texas-based litigation firm, has added a longtime federal judicial law clerk and adjunct law school professor as a senior counsel in Houston.
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Gibson Dunn Lands NY Real Estate Pro From Skadden
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Tuesday that a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP lawyer has joined its real estate practice in New York.
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11th Circ. Rules Atty Privacy Invasion Suit Can't Be Arbitrated
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday denied two Florida attorneys' request for the out-of-court resolution of a lawsuit brought by former clients alleging their private legal information was disclosed in public court dockets, ruling that the claims against the lawyers aren't covered by a retainer agreement's arbitration clause.
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NY Appeals Court Nixes Chris Cuomo's Arbitrator Bias Claim
Ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday could not convince a New York appeals court to revive his bid to disqualify the JAMS arbitrator overseeing his $125 million unlawful termination claim against CNN due to the arbitrator's representation of the news network more than two decades ago.
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Musk Atty Alex Spiro Faces DQ Bid Ahead Of Twitter Deal Trial
A certified class of former Twitter investors accusing Elon Musk of tanking the social media platform's stock during acquisition negotiations has urged a California federal judge to disqualify Musk's proposed lead trial counsel Alex Spiro before a January trial, arguing he's a "critical first-hand witness" and may testify, according to documents unsealed Monday.
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Price-Fixing Judge Rejects Recusal Bid As Insincere
A Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday refused to recuse himself from consolidated private price-fixing litigation against a raft of pork producers, saying the defense's claims of bias due to one of his clerks' internships for plaintiff firms are a "fabricated" claim of impropriety.
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Ex-Kline & Specter Atty, Firm Trade Barbs In Post-Deal Row
A TikTok video and alleged audit noncompliance took center stage Tuesday in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas as Kline & Specter PC and former firm lawyer Tom Bosworth voiced their distrust of each other during a hearing on legal battles that erupted over the deal resolving Bosworth's departure.
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Georgia Bar Continues Fight To Nix Atty's Bias Suit
The State Bar of Georgia on Tuesday doubled down on a request to expand its arguments seeking dismissal of an Atlanta attorney's bias suit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination in attorney discipline, telling a federal judge that the time was right to bring the broadened motion.
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Fitch Even's $1.2M Fee Fight Appears Headed To Arbitration
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP's $1.2 million fee dispute with a former client and a litigation funder's CEO may be paused and sent to arbitration before the firm can convince an Illinois federal judge to halt any alleged use or transfer of the money at issue.
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NJ Justices Won't Disturb Locke Lord Win In Oil Co.'s Suit
The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to review a lower appellate court decision handing a victory to Locke Lord LLP over malpractice claims from an oil processing company on the grounds that the firm does not have a significant connection to New Jersey and cannot be sued in the state's courts.
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Ex-Reed Smith Atty Says NJ Pay Bias Law Goes Back 6 Years
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination told a New Jersey appeals court Tuesday that a 2018 equal pay law was intended by the Legislature to be a "game changer" and be applied retroactively, expanding the scope of her claims.
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Willkie Adds Ex-Asst. Solicitor General As Group Head
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added a former assistant to the solicitor general as its new firmwide chair of appeals and strategic motions practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Litigation Funder, Ex-GC To Take Fight Out Of Texas Court
Litigation funder Siltstone Capital LLC has agreed to arbitration with a former general counsel it has accused in a Texas state lawsuit of diverting business opportunities and using confidential business information when secretly forming a new rival litigation funder, Signal Peak Partners LLC.
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Brown Moskowitz Attorney Moves To Hartmann Doherty In NJ
Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a former Brown Moskowitz & Kallen PC attorney to its litigation department to bolster its capacity to handle commercial and trusts and estates litigation.
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Walgreens Seeks Atty Sanctions For 'Baseless' Claims
Walgreens has called on a Georgia federal judge to slap sanctions on counsel for a former pharmacist suing the chain for discrimination, arguing that she should pay for the company's efforts to dismiss a handful of claims with "no legal basis" after her attorney refused to voluntarily drop them.
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Michael Best Leader Talks Merger, Denver Growth
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP's merger with Denver firm Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor PC is part of the firm's focus on the Mile High City as one of several growth markets, the firm's managing partner told Law360 Pulse.
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Online Test Proctor Fights Suit Over California Bar Exam
ProctorU Inc., which does business as Meazure Learning, asked a federal judge to toss a potential class action from three Californians who accuse the company of administering a glitch-ridden state bar exam that they were unable to complete as planned, arguing that it made no direct promises or sales to the test-takers, and isn't covered by the cited consumer protection laws.
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On The Ballot: NYC Mayoral Candidates' Plans For Law Dept.
The New York City Law Department could boost the number of attorneys on its bench or create a unit to reduce frivolous lawsuits, according to proposals from two of the three candidates vying to be the next mayor.
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Hinshaw Expands Miami Ops With Veteran Business Litigator
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Tuesday that a veteran business litigator with over 20 years of experience has joined the firm's Miami office from Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC.
Expert Analysis
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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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.