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Beasley Allen Wants Talc DQ Paused Pending High Court Appeal
Hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder risk appearing in an upcoming trial without their preferred counsel from the Beasley Allen Law Firm, unless a New Jersey state court stays an order disqualifying the firm, it said.
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Benesch Expands NY Office With Pair Of Litigators
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced the addition of two experienced New York-based litigation partners, enhancing its capabilities in areas such as white collar, finance and commercial litigation.
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Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP scored wins for several major companies over the last year, including a Second Circuit ruling for X Corp. that courts cannot compel payment of arbitration fees mid-proceeding and one for AstraZeneca in a nearly $50 million equal pay dispute, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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Morgan & Morgan, Former Aide Settle Disability, Age Bias Suit
Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA and a former firm legal assistant have settled a Florida federal lawsuit that alleged age and disability discrimination, according to a filing in the court.
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Calif. Atty Faces Possible Sanctions Over Bogus Citations
A California federal judge has ordered an attorney to show cause as to why he shouldn't face sanctions over bogus case citations in an immigration case.
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Latham Adds Kirkland, Winston & Strawn Litigators In Texas
Latham & Watkins LLP has strengthened its complex commercial litigation practice with two new partners in the Lone Star State, one arriving from Winston & Strawn LLP and the other coming aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Gov't Seeks Exit From HUD Attys' Suit Over Fair Housing Work
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has pushed for the dismissal of a suit filed by current HUD attorneys who've alleged that the department intentionally reassigned them to other federal jobs in order to "cripple" HUD's own enforcement of fair housing laws.
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Del. Developer Accuses Ex-GC Of Drafting 'Unfair' Agreements
Real estate development and management company Harvey Hanna & Associates Inc. has sued its former general counsel in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing him of using his position to draft documents that unfairly gave him ownership stakes in several related companies.
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Atlanta Wants Ex-Judge's Arrest, Excessive Force Suit Tossed
The city of Atlanta called for the dismissal Tuesday of a civil rights suit filed by a former Georgia probate judge who was arrested after an altercation outside of a nightclub in 2024, arguing there's "no question" that police had a legitimate basis to handcuff and book her.
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Legal Services Hiring Started New Year Off With A Bang
The legal sector is off to a good start in 2026, with 5,500 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in December, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Workers' Attys Nab $4.6M Award In American Airlines ESG Suit
A Texas federal judge awarded $4.6 million in fees to lawyers who convinced the court that American Airlines improperly allowed environmental, social and governance factors to guide its employee retirement plan, despite the fact that they didn't secure any money damages.
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Pot Investor Sues Attys Over Securities Suit Loss
A cannabis company investor is suing his former attorneys in Washington state court, alleging he lost a Washington Securities Act suit because of their failure to object to the defendant's arguments and didn't tell him about his case's dismissal.
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McLaughlin & Stern Expands West With SF Boutique Tie-Up
East Coast-based full-service firm McLaughlin & Stern LLP is expanding to the West Coast, adding the lawyers and staff of San Francisco-based litigation and employment law boutique Dillingham & Murphy LLP.
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DC Circ. Seeks End To Atty Fight Over Fees From IRS Deal
The D.C. Circuit wants to stop a fight over almost $800,000 in attorney fees from a suit against the Internal Revenue Service that was settled years ago, telling the parties' counsel during oral arguments Tuesday they'd like to put the matter to bed for good.
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Swipe-Fee Class Wants Personal Injury Firm Sanctioned
A class of merchants in a lengthy antitrust litigation against Visa and Mastercard is seeking sanctions against a personal injury firm and one of its referral partners, arguing the third-party entities have repeatedly misled would-be class members about the case's settlement and how much recovery they might receive.
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Ex-DOJ Fraud Prosecutors Launch DC White Collar Boutique
Two former U.S. Department of Justice fraud prosecutors are opening their own Washington, D.C., boutique firm to represent clients in complex fraud and white collar cases, they said Tuesday.
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Ex-McDermott Atty Fights 'Harassing' Subpoena In Bias Suit
A Black attorney accusing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP of firing her for calling out racial bias has urged an Illinois federal court to reject the firm's bid to get employment records from her previous employer, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, saying the request serves no other purpose than to harass her.
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Suit Claims Atty Wrongly Sought Guardian Ad Litem For Client
A Colorado family lawyer and his law firm engaged in legal malpractice during the representation of a client and disclosed confidential information about the client without his consent, the former client has alleged in Colorado state court.
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Axiom Closes Ariz. Law Firm Amid Suit Alleging PE Control
Legal staffing and services provider Axiom received approval Tuesday to shutter its Arizona law firm subsidiary, while a pending lawsuit claims the experiment was tainted by Axiom's private equity backer putting "revenue over ethics."
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Akerman Names Leaders For Corporate, Tax Practices
Akerman LLP announced Tuesday it has appointed new leaders for its corporate practice group and that one of the co-chairs of its tax practice will continue to be the lone leader for the group.
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Tanenbaum Keale Deepens Bench With Goldberg Segalla Atty
Tanenbaum Keale LLP continued its growth with another new partner hire this week, adding an insurance litigation expert from Goldberg Segalla LLP with experience representing insurers on disputes in a range of industries.
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Weber Gallagher Adds Liability Partner In Philly Suburbs
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP has recently grown its litigation team in the Philadelphia suburbs with the addition of an attorney who specializes in representing clients in liability matters.
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Ex-Minn. Prosecutors Launch Firm After Fraught DOJ Exits
A pair of former Minneapolis federal prosecutors who resigned reportedly after being pushed to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent have launched a boutique firm centered on white collar defense, investigations, civil litigation and crisis management.
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Holland & Knight Adds US Atty Who Quit Amid 'Blue-Slip' Ire
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney who left his role as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia last year, after President Donald Trump considered firing the attorney over his reception of blue-slip approval from the commonwealth's Democratic senators.
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Lewis Brisbois, Ex-Paralegal Bring Dueling Suits Over Firing
Days after being sued to compel her to arbitrate her claims against the firm, a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal hit her ex-employer with a defamation suit claiming its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.