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Fees Sought For Missed Depo During Atty's Solar Eclipse Trip
In following up on a Florida federal judge's sanctioning of a lawyer whose client missed a deposition while the attorney was solar eclipse viewing, AAA is asking the court to award it more than $7,800 in fees and costs as it fights a gender discrimination lawsuit.
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NJ Firm Picks Up An Ex-NPE Patent Litigator
A small New Jersey firm has hired a longtime patent litigator from the "nonpracticing entity" trenches, who tells Law360 that he's since sworn off "NPE work," because it's become too hard to make money from those cases.
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How Immediation Went From Collapse To Comeback
Immediation, an Australia-based legal technology company that reached insolvency at the end of 2023, is back in business.
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Philly Landlord Settles Paralegal Assault Case For $6M
The landlord of a Philadelphia office tower will pay $6 million to settle a suit claiming that negligent security allowed a man to sneak into the building and sexually assault a paralegal at a small law firm working upstairs, according to the plaintiff's attorneys.
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Bedsheet Buyer Attys Clinch $3.5M Fee For Macy's Deal
Lawyers representing a class of consumers that accused Macy's of lying about the thread count of its sheets will get $3.5 million as part of a $10.5 million settlement with the retailer, an Ohio federal judge ruled, but gave the lead plaintiffs a pittance, saying they did not work hard enough to get more.
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Ga. Atty Disbarred For Trying To Steal $3M Settlement
The Georgia Supreme Court announced Tuesday that an Atlanta-area elder law and real estate attorney was disbarred because he conspired with online fraudsters to try to steal a $3 million settlement from an insurance company to its policyholder.
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Law Firm Must Face Ex-HR Manager's Pregnancy Bias Suit
A Florida federal judge refused Tuesday to allow a law firm to escape a former human resources manager's pregnancy discrimination suit, saying a jury should decide the dispute given the "peculiar" timing of her firing.
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Firms Escape Malpractice Suit Over Chicken Plant Pollution
Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico LLC and Schochor Staton Goldberg and Cardea PA have escaped a malpractice suit filed in Delaware Superior Court by parents who hired the firms to pursue claims alleging contamination from a Mountaire Corp. chicken plant caused "catastrophic injuries" to their child.
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Legal Insurers See 'All-Time High' In Price Tag Of Claims
Some of the nation's largest legal insurance companies are reporting an unprecedented rise in "claim severity," according to survey data released Tuesday, with 11 of 13 insurers reporting paying claims in excess of $100 million in the past two years.
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Insurer Files Another Suit Over Firm's Malpractice Coverage
After dropping a complaint in Washington federal court seeking a declaration that it does not have to indemnify Harris Sliwoski LLP for potential malpractice liability related to a $31 million judgment, Evanston Insurance Co. filed a similar action in New York on Tuesday.
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Fla. Law Firms Get Settlement Share Dispute Revived
Two Florida law firms may have another shot at collecting some of the settlement proceeds in a former client's construction dispute after a Florida state appeals court reversed a lower court's dismissal of the firms' claims for improper venue.
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Suspended Pa. Atty Gives Up License After Fraud Conviction
A Pennsylvania lawyer has given up his law license after being sentenced to serve more than two years in prison and pay more than $260,000 in restitution for tax evasion, wire fraud and mail fraud.
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Chevron Says $268K Fine For Fake News Clips Must Stand
Chevron on Friday urged the Ninth Circuit to summarily toss a Seattle attorney's appeal challenging an order that he pay $268,000 for filing a fake newspaper article as a court exhibit, saying the attorney is raising arguments that have already been rejected.
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Patent Pro, Litigation Atty Launch IP And AI Shop In Nashville
A boutique law firm that specializes in intellectual property, artificial intelligence and high-stakes litigation has opened in Nashville.
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Associate Sparks Idea For Small Law Firm's $20K Startup Tool
Wright Squared PLLC, a Kansas City-based law firm with just three attorneys, developed a tool to help startup founders raising capital understand how potential company growth and stakeholder value evolve.
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Pierce Law Shutters, Attys Join Pessah Law Group In Calif.
Entertainment law firm Pierce Law Group LLP has shuttered its doors just over 10 months after the death of its founder David Albert Pierce, with key personnel joining Beverly Hills, California, boutique Pessah Law Group PC.
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Buchalter Further Expands New Latin American Practice In LA
Buchalter PC is expanding its Latin America practice, bringing in a corporate whiz most recently with his own firm as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
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Conn. Quarry Wants $1.3M For Attys After $9.5M Trial Win
A Connecticut quarry that the town of East Haven was found to have shut down for political reasons should receive just under $1.3 million for its attorney fees after winning a constitutional challenge in federal court, the company said in a Friday filing.
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NJ Attys Settle Malpractice Suit Over Wawa Injury Claim
Attorneys at a New Jersey law firm have settled a malpractice lawsuit from a former client who claimed they caused him to lose his chance to sue convenience store chain Wawa over an on-the-job injury, according to a letter submitted Thursday to state court.
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Miles Mediation & Arbitration Adds Longtime Ga. Litigator
Miles Mediation & Arbitration LLC has brought on a litigator and mediator with more than four decades of experience, bolstering its office in Savannah, Georgia, the alternative dispute resolution provider announced this week.
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Austin Boutique Stone Hilton Sees Rapid Growth In First Year
Since its founding last fall by two former members of the Texas Attorney General's Office, Stone Hilton PLLC has expanded to include previous "top dogs" from the office for what its founders believe will be a bright future for the Lone Star State firm.
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Flaster Greenberg Real Estate Pro Joins High Swartz In Pa.
A corporate attorney specializing in commercial real estate transactional work moved his practice this week to High Swartz LLP's office in the Philadelphia suburbs after 10 months with Flaster Greenberg PC.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, Lewis Law PLLC and Kleppin Firm PA lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court determined that plaintiffs in copyright ownership disputes can recover damages beyond the three-year statute of limitations for bringing a claim.
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How Weight-Lifting Trial Ace Decided To Start New Calif. Firm
After more than three decades with his former law firm, California trial attorney Michael Schonbuch knew it was time to hang up a sign of his own.
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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Pomerantz's Murielle Steven Walsh
For Murielle Steven Walsh, the concept of standing up for the underdog came early in her life, as the longtime Pomerantz LLP partner described her constant battles with Catholic school teachers as some of the first motivating factors that led her to pursue a legal career that involves representing shareholders suing some of the world's biggest corporations.