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Daily Litigation
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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.
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Former First-Chair Fed Prosecutor Joins Manatt In San Diego
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP is boosting its appellate team by bringing in a former federal prosecutor as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Chancery Dissolves Litigation Funder Amid Partner Deadlock
A hedge fund manager can wind down the litigation funding operation he ran with a Florida-based personal injury attorney, the Delaware Chancery Court has ruled, finding that a falling out between the two partners did not involve any wrongdoing.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Two Corporate Attys In New York, DC
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP expanded its transactional resources in New York and Washington, D.C., with the addition of two corporate attorneys with deep experience with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory matters and executive compensation, the firm said Thursday.
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Sheppard Welcomes Back Business Litigator In LA
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has rehired one of its former business litigators in Los Angeles following his stint as the legal leader of boutique family office Point Break Capital LLC.
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Court Told To Keep Holtec Suit Alleging Fraud Scheme Paused
Defendants urged a New Jersey state court to reject Holtec International's bid to lift a stay holding it back from pursuing fraud claims against its former general counsel and others for allegedly embezzling more than $700,000 from the company, arguing that keeping the suit on pause will serve judicial efficiency.
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Gibbons Bid To Trim Malpractice Suit 'Premature,' Court Told
A group of former Gibbons PC clients have asked a New Jersey state court to deny a call to trim their malpractice suit alleging the firm mishandled an appeal of a $35 million judgment against them, saying the request is "premature" and was made before "any meaningful discovery."
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Gordon Rees Grows In Texas With Martin Disiere Team
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has added an Austin-based, four-attorney litigation team from Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom LLP, strengthening the firm's bench in a growing market.
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Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.
The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.
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Firm Doesn't Owe Ex-Managing Atty Fees In Client Luring Suit
A New Jersey state appeals court rejected a request Wednesday for sanctions and attorney fees by an attorney formerly with the Law Offices of Gary S. Park PC, saying the firm's amended complaint alleging she lured away clients was not filed to harass her.
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3 Attys Escape Ford's 'Retaliatory' Lemon Law RICO Suit
A California federal judge has shut down Ford Motor Co.'s revised racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, saying the attorneys' underlying conduct in pursuing lemon law litigation is shielded by First Amendment protections.
Expert Analysis
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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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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.