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Lewis Brisbois Atty Jumps To Shipman & Goodwin In Hartford
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has fortified its school law practice group with a partner in Hartford who came aboard from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.
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Susman Godfrey Seeks Permanent Shut Down Of Trump Order
Susman Godfrey LLP on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court to permanently block President Donald Trump's executive order revoking the law firm's access to government resources, chiding the order as a clear case of "unconstitutional retaliation" and an obvious bid to "chill protected advocacy."
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Firm Can't Fight Conn. Scam Suit Fee Rulings, Ex-Client Says
A Connecticut judge should not reconsider an award of attorney fees and interest against the law firm Mancini Provenzano & Futtner LLC because it already waived its arguments or brought them up in a pending appeal of a negligence judgment, a former client said this week.
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Judge's Same-Sex Wedding Ban Legal In Texas, Justices Hear
A Texas appeals panel balked at a state judge's argument that refusing to officiate same-sex marriages keeps with Texas law during oral arguments Wednesday, saying the discussion had gotten "far afield" of the issues before the court.
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Fed. Circ. Won't Immediately Pause Sanctions On IP Attys
A Federal Circuit judge on Wednesday declined to provide immediate relief to attorneys from Texas patent firm Ramey LLP fighting sanctions they've deemed "career ending," letting stand penalties coming due for practicing without licenses in California, among other conduct.
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Pryor Cashman Atty, Telebrands Beat RICO Suit Over Hose IP
A Florida federal judge tossed Tristar Products' lawsuit claiming a Pryor Cashman LLP lawyer and his client Telebrands schemed to usurp a hose company's rights to a patent portfolio while also defrauding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, finding none of the conduct alleged "comes even close to racketeering."
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Disney Seeks $532K Atty Sanctions In Artist's 'Moana' Suit
Disney asked a California federal judge to issue $532,815 in sanctions against attorneys for an animator who alleged "Moana" lifted his Polynesian adventure story, arguing Tuesday that the plaintiff's lawyers vexatiously prolonged litigation with "sanctionable misconduct" by pursuing "baseless" trade secret misappropriation claims that were untimely and premised on a forged document.
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DC Judges Doubt Feds' Rationale For Orders Against Firms
Two D.C. federal judges on Wednesday expressed skepticism toward the Trump administration's justifications for targeting WilmerHale and Perkins Coie LLP with executive orders, with one judge invoking a comparison to the Red Scare.
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Iraq's Counsel Can Stay In $120M Award Fight, DC Circ. Says
The D.C. Circuit has declined to nix Pierson Ferdinand LLP's appearance as counsel for Iraq in an appeal challenging the enforcement of a $120 million arbitral award issued to a Cypriot construction and engineering firm, rejecting the company's allegations that Iraq engaged in "gamesmanship."
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Law Firm Fights Sanctions Bid In Mootness Fee Row
Attorneys at Monteverde & Associates PC urged an Illinois federal judge not to order certain sanctions against them in a challenge to so-called mootness fees paid to settle and dismiss allegedly baseless merger disclosure suits, saying more sanctions would be inconsistent with "well-established" pleading and sanctions standards.
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Judge Orders MyPillow Attys To Explain AI Use, Fake Citations
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to explain why she shouldn't refer them for discipline for a brief full of misquotes, miscited cases and references to cases that "do not exist," noting that it wasn't until she asked about artificial intelligence that one of the lawyers admitted to his use of it.
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Conservative Legal Group Sues For Federal Judiciary Records
In its latest federal suit, the Washington-based conservative litigation group America First Legal Foundation has brought a claim against Chief U.S. Justice John Roberts, alleging that records held by the Judicial Conference must be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Crypto Co. Drops Suit Against K&L Gates, For Now
A bitcoin mining company has dropped its lawsuit against its former counsel K&L Gates LLP, ending for now its claims that the firm overbilled it and missed a key deadline in a separate bankruptcy action.
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Woman-Led Alvarez Dispute Resolution Adds 3 Ex-Litigators
Florida-based Alvarez Dispute Resolution — a woman-led mediation, arbitration and special masters services firm — has expanded its bench of neutrals with a former Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder, a formerly self-employed attorney and a former Rumberger Kirk and Caldwell PA lawyer, mediator and arbitrator.
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Ex-Atlanta Atty Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Sex Harassment Suit
A former attorney for the city of Atlanta urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to revive her sexual harassment and disability discrimination suit against the city alleging she was fired after complaining that her boss, a prominent civil rights lawyer, made sexual advances towards her.
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Ex-Morgan & Morgan Client Seeks Remand In Malpractice Suit
A former client of Morgan & Morgan has urged a Georgia federal court to return his proposed class action to state court, arguing that his complaint accusing the firm and a trial attorney of legal malpractice is a "local controversy" while the firm says he should arbitrate his claims.
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The Office Is Back, But Are Lawyers On Board?
The tug-of-war over remote work is far from over, but the latest data from Law360 Pulse's March survey indicates law firms are more comfortable laying down rules requiring at least some office attendance — and lawyers, for the most part, are learning to live with them.
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Judge Slams TCPA Atty Over Filing With 'No Legitimate Basis'
A North Carolina magistrate judge on Wednesday chastised a Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigant and his attorney for filing a reply to a discovery motion after the court had already ruled on it, striking the reply from the docket and warning that further filings without "a legitimate basis" could lead to sanctions.
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Ex-CEO Fires Back At Jackson Walker's Standing Argument
The former CEO of a defunct barge company is fighting to keep alive his lawsuit blaming the company's downfall on the judicial secret romance scandal that has consumed the Texas bankruptcy courts, claiming Jackson Walker LLP is using its own misdeeds to shield itself from liability.
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O'Melveny Brings On Former Lenovo IP Litigation Leader
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Wednesday it has bolstered its intellectual property and technology practice with the addition of an experienced litigator who most recently oversaw global IP litigation for technology company Lenovo.
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Commercial Foreclosure Atty Joins Offit Kurman's NYC Office
Offit Kurman said Wednesday that it had added David Yohay, a veteran real estate attorney with expertise advising lenders on commercial foreclosures, to its commercial litigation practice group in New York City.
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Investment Fund Insists On DQing Connell Foley From Bias Suit
A Black-owned investment company asked a New Jersey federal court to overturn a magistrate judge's decision denying its bid to disqualify a Connell Foley LLP attorney from representing the state in the investment firm's bias case.
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Associates Feel Partners' Absence In Return To Office
While law firms continue to push return-to-office policies, recruiters say they have yet to see mass departures in response. The real friction point for associates, they noted, is with senior partners.
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Jones Walker Adds Ex-Mississippi Firm Leader In Houston
Jones Walker LLP has added a special counsel in Houston to the firm's energy litigation team who has served as managing partner of a small personal injury firm in Mississippi.
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Bernstein Litowitz Looks To Hire SEC's Ex-Top Crypto Cop
Investor-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has disclosed in a court filing that it is seeking to hire Jorge Tenreiro, the former head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's crypto enforcement unit as well as the onetime chief of the agency's entire litigation team.
Expert Analysis
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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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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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.