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Texas Associate Hiring Goes 'Gangbusters' In Booming Market
Law firms have ramped up their rosters of litigation and corporate associates in Texas this year as they race to keep up with rising demand for legal services within the state's thriving economy, with more experienced attorneys having the edge in the competitive market.
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Former Eric Adams Prosecutor Joins Clement & Murphy
Clement & Murphy PLLC on Monday announced the hiring of Danielle Sassoon, a former acting United States attorney for the Southern District of New York who brought a corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, as a partner with the litigation boutique.
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McCarter & English Estate Suit Paused Amid 'Duplicative' Case
A Connecticut state judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit accusing McCarter & English LLP and a now-deceased attorney of mismanaging a mall developer's estate, which the firm argued is a duplicate of another pending action, but instead paused it while the first suit proceeds to a judgment.
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'Extraordinary' NC Atty Janet Ward Black Dies At 66
Prominent North Carolina personal injury attorney Janet Ward Black, who founded the Greensboro firm Ward Black Law, has died at 66.
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DOJ Civil Veteran Joins Clyde & Co. In DC
Clyde & Co. LLP announced Monday that it is growing its North American trial and defense team with a partner in Washington, D.C., who brings over a decade of experience handling civil matters for the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's top court issued a flurry of rulings last week and heard arguments on recently passed legislation that expanded liability shields for some corporate acts while the Court of Chancery passed on another round of arguments over control of Caribbean broadcaster Caribevision.
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Holtzman Vogel Continues Growth With Another DOJ Hire
Political law firm Holtzman Vogel is continuing the fast-paced addition of former government officials to its ranks with the hire of a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
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Delaware Fee Inflation Worries Overblown, Study Says
A newly published report by two Stanford University researchers asserts that high-dollar attorney fee awards in Delaware courts make up "a very small minority of cases" and are "no basis for concern," throwing cold water on growing worries about so-called fee inflation in the First State.
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Ex-Polsinelli Atty Agrees To Dismiss Sexual Harassment Case
A former Polsinelli PC equity shareholder agreed to drop her suit alleging two former partners sexually harassed her, and she was fired after reporting it, according to a notice filed Friday in Washington, D.C., federal court.
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Jeffer Mangels Hit With Pregnancy Bias Suit By Ex-Associate
A former Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP associate has accused the firm of discriminating against women, especially pregnant women, claiming that she was harassed throughout her pregnancy and eventually fired after she advocated for herself and pointed out the disparate treatment.
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BNP Wants Plaintiffs Attys At Sudan Suit Misconduct Hearing
BNP Paribas has asked a New York federal judge to compel several plaintiffs' lawyers, including the eponymous founder of Hausfeld LLP, to testify at an upcoming hearing on withdrawn allegations of misconduct by their co-counsel, following a $20 million jury verdict against BNP in a suit brought by refugees accusing the bank of helping finance atrocities in Sudan.
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Georgia Court Won't Rethink Tossing $13.7M Atty Fee Award
The Georgia Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider a split panel decision tossing a $13.7 million attorney fee award in a medical malpractice case, rejecting an assertion that the majority was wrong to conclude that postjudgment legal work was improperly considered in setting that amount.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases this week, but it was the blockbuster dispute over President Donald Trump's tariffs that drew the most attention and could have the biggest impact.
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Fla. Atty Missed $36K Fee Deadline Over AI Use, Execs Say
A Canadian lawyer and a former executive for a Canadian electronics company have asked a Florida federal court to compel a sanctioned attorney to pony up $36,663 in fees imposed over artifical intelligence-hallucinated case citations he included in filings in now-dismissed federal suits, after he missed a 90-day deadline to pay.
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Ex-NJ Lawyer Disciplined For Sharing Fees With Non-Attys
The New Jersey Supreme Court has handed down a deferred two-year suspension to a retired attorney for improperly sharing more than $650,000 in fees with nonattorneys over several years after he had been censured for similar misconduct.
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Firm Accused Of Abusive Fee Bid In Texas Mass Shooting Suit
A law firm's request for $1.7 million in legal fees related to a 2017 mass shooting in a Texas church has been slammed as "morally wrong and abusive" in a sanctions motion alleging another court has already decided the firm is only entitled to a fraction of that amount.
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Proskauer Hires White & Case Antitrust Partner In DC
Proskauer Rose LLP has brought on a White & Case LLP antitrust partner to its litigation department in Washington, D.C.
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Fla. Firm Trenam Law Absorbs Patent Firm Smith & Hopen
Patent and trademark law firm Smith & Hopen — along with two shareholders, a registered patent agent and an associate — is joining Trenam Law in Tampa.
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Office Snapshot: Wilson Sonsini Rises From Studs In Calif.
More than three decades after the construction of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Silicon Valley headquarters in a Stanford Research Park building, the firm recently completed a total renovation that its leader says modernizes the space and inspires employees to come into the office.
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Attys Brace For Turbulence As Flight Cancellations Begin
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday cut hundreds of flights following an emergency order to slash air travel at 40 airports as the longest-running government shutdown in history drags on. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to attorneys who travel for work about how the air travel reduction is impacting them.
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Pot Biz Owner Can't Nix Atty Brother's $18.3M Contract Suit
A Michigan state judge won't let a man throw out a suit from his brother, an attorney, alleging that the man didn't pay up on an $18.3 million agreement to buy out his portion of a cannabis business.
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Panel Denies Vik's $11.5M Fee Bid In Deutsche Bank Dispute
Billionaire Alexander Vik and his company are not entitled to collect more than $11.5 million in attorney fees after beating Deutsche Bank in a long-running lawsuit over unpaid margin calls, a Connecticut appellate panel ruled Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off November with another busy week as BigLaw firms launched new office attendance policies and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds Real Estate Duo From Womble Bond
Dorsey & Whitney LLP has expanded its Southern California team, bringing in two Womble Bond Dickinson real estate attorneys in its Orange County office in Costa Mesa.
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Tom Girardi's Brother, Bankruptcy Trustee Settle Legal Fees
The brother of disgraced attorney Tom Girardi and the trustee for their now-defunct law firm, Girardi Keese, have reached an agreement resolving John Girardi's claim seeking legal fees for cases he worked on after leaving the firm, the trustee told the California bankruptcy court.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.