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Jackson Walker Can't Duck Judge Romance Suit, Court Told
A group of bondholders Thursday urged a Texas federal judge not to throw out its suit over a former Jackson Walker LLP partner's secret romance with a bankruptcy judge, arguing that the firm "has a problem with telling the truth" and it's "back at it again."
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Conn. Award Spotlights Day Pitney's Pro Bono Commitment
Day Pitney LLP was recently named this year’s Pro Bono Leader for Justice by the Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation in recognition of the firm’s decades-long partnership with the organization. Firm leaders, however, say the dedication to pro bono work spans across Connecticut and multiple areas of law.
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Kelley Kronenberg Launches Cyber Insurance Defense Team
Kelley Kronenberg announced that the firm has launched a team focused on handling cyber insurance defense matters in response to the fast growth and increased demand for services in the area.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 4 Partners On East, West Coasts
International firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP added four new partners to its corporate, intellectual property and litigation teams in offices in Los Angeles, Washington state, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., in September, the firm announced Thursday.
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Hall Booth Adds Workers' Comp Atty From Eraclides Gelman
Hall Booth Smith PC has added a partner to its Atlanta office from Eraclides Gelman, strengthening its workers' compensation team, the firm has announced.
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Steptoe & Johnson Moves Pa. Office, Names 2 Office Leaders
The relocation of its Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, location is one of three office changes Steptoe & Johnson PLLC made at the start of October, including new leadership in the firm's offices in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Columbus, Ohio.
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Genova Burns Lands NJ Education Vet From College GC Role
Genova Burns LLC added a longtime expert in New Jersey education law, most recently serving as general counsel for Essex County College, as of counsel, according to an announcement this week.
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Epstein Becker C-Suite Hires Talk 'Super Boutique' Ambitions
Epstein Becker Green recently built out its C-suite with two New York business and finance leaders amid its larger plans to position the midsize employment and healthcare firm as a high-value, streamlined alternative to its larger competitors.
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Snapshot: Delaware Expands Scope Of Anti-SLAPP Law
Delaware's governor recently signed into law expanded protections against lawsuits meant to discourage public participation and speech, including broadening whose speech is protected and requiring those who do file such suits to possibly pay attorney fees and damages.
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MG+M Absorbs 9-Atty Calif. Litigation Firm Berkes Crane
National litigation and trial firm Manning Gross & Massenburg LLP is expanding its ranks in California, announcing Wednesday it is bringing aboard nine attorneys from shuttering Los Angeles-based trial boutique Berkes Crane Santana & Spangler LLP.
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Mandelbaum Barrett Expands, Adding Partner In Bayonne, NJ
Mandelbaum Barrett PC is expanding into Hudson County, New Jersey, with the hire of a real estate expert with nearly 30 years of experience in Bayonne, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Tyson & Mendes Launches New Consulting Firm
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced Wednesday that it has started a consulting unit aimed at furthering the firm's efforts working with insurance clients to combat so-called "nuclear verdicts," which are jury awards exceeding $10 million typically found in personal injury or wrongful death litigation.
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Legal Tech's New Law Firm Experiment Faces Old Challenges
After years of selling software, some legal technology companies have bought or launched their own law firms or stepped further into providing legal services. What will be worth watching is whether these new firms learned from the lessons of the previous generation of would-be law firms, which mostly ended up in the tech graveyard.
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In-House Counsel Numbers Grow Much Faster Than Outside
A report from the Association of Corporate Counsel released Tuesday highlights "a dramatic and consistent rise in the number of in-house lawyers" in the U.S., showing that their numbers have nearly doubled since 2008.
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Hall Booth Adds Entertainment Co-Chair From Atlanta PE Firm
Hall Booth Smith PC has expanded its entertainment practice group with the addition of a new co-chair who is the former managing director for the media division of an Atlanta-based private equity firm.
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Robinson & Cole Adds Six-Atty Team From Norris George
Robinson & Cole LLP has added several members of Norris George & Ostrow PLLC, with two name partners from the boutique firm, which focuses on tax-exempt municipal bonds and loans transactions, joining in Washington, D.C.
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Steptoe Adds Ex-Mixhalo Prez, GC As Partner In LA
Steptoe LLP announced Tuesday it welcomed the former president of Mixhalo, who previously served as general counsel of the audio technology company, to its Los Angeles office as a new partner.
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Buchalter Adds Taylor Duma Corporate Atty Duo In Atlanta
Buchalter PC has strengthened its corporate practice with the addition of a pair of Taylor Duma LLP partners in Atlanta, providing what one attorney said was a larger platform to assist clients.
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DOJ Antitrust Atty Joins Brownstein Hyatt In DC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has announced that a former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust attorney has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a shareholder.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Fletcher Farley Litigator In Texas
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has boosted its litigation offerings in the Dallas-Fort Worth region with a new member who arrived from Fletcher Farley Shipman & Salinas LLP.
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Cohen Vaughan Builds Up Construction Group With New Chair
Cohen Vaughan LLP has hired a trial lawyer who is an expert on New York labor law and construction site accidents to serve in the newly created position of national construction practice chair, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Hagens Berman Misstep Ends Amazon-Apple Suit, For Now
A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action targeting an alleged pact between Amazon and Apple to limit device sales on the e-commerce platform, agreeing on Monday to revisit an earlier ruling after fresh facts surfaced showing that the former lead plaintiffs' counsel misled the court for months.
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Brown Rudnick Duo Who Sued Pornhub Launch New Firm
Two longtime litigators who sued the owners of pornographic website Pornhub over allegations of multiple videos showing underage sex and nonconsensual sex acts are now launching their own boutique firm.
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NY-based Moses & Singer Adds Commercial Litigator
New York-based Moses & Singer LLP has bolstered its litigation practice with an attorney who formerly operated his own firm and also has worked at McGuireWoods LLP, Mayer Brown and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
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CFPB Veteran Joins Spencer Fane In DC
A longtime Consumer Financial Protection Bureau attorney who was one of the founding members of the agency's office of regulations has joined Spencer Fane LLP's Washington, D.C., office as a partner from Husch Blackwell LLP, the firm announced Monday.