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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous
A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.
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Judge OKs Sanctions In $500M Miss America Ownership Fight
A Florida federal judge Monday sanctioned a businessman and his attorney for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using the documents to put the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Reed Smith, Greenberg Traurig Fight Gas Feud Sanctions
Both Reed Smith LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP provided nothing more than "zealous advocacy" for their respective clients amid an international petroleum shipping dispute between Eletson Holdings and Levona Holdings Ltd., the two law firms have argued in separate opposition briefs fighting sanctions motions stemming from the matter.
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Rhodium Ex-Directors, Attys Rebuke Ch. 11 Sanctions Bid
Barnes & Thornburg LLP and former board members for cryptocurrency miner Rhodium Encore LLC balked at Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP's bid for sanctions in Rhodium's Chapter 11 case, saying they had done nothing wrong in initially contesting a nearly $9 million fee.
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5th Circ. Says Atty's Flaky Handling Justifies Axing Bias Suit
A trial court was right to toss a suit from a former correctional facility employee who said he was passed over for promotion because he's Black and was fired when he complained, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, faulting his lawyer for ignoring her duty to pursue his case.
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Ga. County DA Sidelined In Election Case Legal Fee Fight
The Fulton County district attorney's office cannot fight President Donald Trump and his co-defendants' bid for millions of dollars in legal fees incurred defending a now-dropped election interference case, a Georgia judge ruled Monday, saying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office had been "'wholly disqualified'" by an appeals court.
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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit
A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.
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Einhorn Barbarito Brings On 6 Donnelly Minter Litigators In NJ
Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC added a team of six attorneys from the firm formerly known as Donnelly Minter & Kelly LLC effective Monday, including a new co-chair for its commercial litigation and ethics practices.
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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.
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Kirkland Adds Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Leader In New York
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, who most recently helped oversee corporate enforcement matters, cases dealing with foreign bribery, fraud, sanctions and more, the firm announced on Monday.
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Dilworth Paxson Launches Appellate Advocacy Practice
Dilworth Paxson LLP announced Monday it had assembled a team of more than a dozen attorneys to provide expertise focused on appellate matters for clients in state and federal courts.
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Paul Hastings Adds A&O Shearman Securities Litigator Duo
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has hired two San Francisco-based securities litigation attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as partners, including A&O Shearman's former managing partner of the California offices.
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Arnold & Porter Hires RE, IP Attys For West Coast Offices
Arnold & Porter hired an experienced real estate finance attorney and a veteran IP attorney for partner and counsel roles in its Seattle and San Francisco offices respectively, the firm announced Monday.
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DOJ Forges Ahead With Law Firm EO Appeals At DC Circ.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting four law firms, just three days after the agency backtracked on its decision to drop the fight.
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NJ Talc Suit Will Proceed Amid Beasley Allen DQ Appeal
The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to stay multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder brought by hundreds of women who allege their ovarian cancer was linked to the product, while Beasley Allen appeals its removal as plaintiff's counsel over a firm partner's collaboration with the pharmaceutical giant's former outside counsel.
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Constantine Cannon Defends Handling Of Sutter $75M Fee
Constantine Cannon LLP pushed back against Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's allegations it unfairly reduced Schneider Wallace's share of a $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million antitrust deal, arguing in California federal court that the firm "sat on the sidelines" for most of the decadelong fight and isn't entitled to a bigger cut.
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'Cop City' Protester Sues UNC Law Over Campus Lockout
A former University of North Carolina law student has sued the school and several administrators alleging that they initiated an unconstitutional disciplinary process that resulted in banning them from campus and blocking graduation attendance based on "baseless" criminal charges stemming from "Cop City" protests in Atlanta.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases this week, including a fight over drug users' right to own guns, and issued decisions in two, one involving New Jersey Transit's immunity from suit and the other concerning courts' ability to review immigration decisions. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Investors Accuse Alston & Bird Of Aiding $328M Crypto Fraud
Several investors have brought a Florida federal proposed class action alleging legal malpractice against Alston & Bird LLP, accusing the law firm of drafting joint venture agreements that were used to aid a $328 million cryptocurrency scam.
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Former Acting NJ Comptroller To Join Langer Grogan In Philly
Former acting New Jersey Comptroller Kevin Walsh will join the Philadelphia-based consumer and antitrust class action firm Langer Grogan & Diver PC in March, the firm announced Friday.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped convince the Sixth Circuit to end the government's net neutrality rules in one of the highest-profile cases turning on the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision and won two appellate rulings in favor of FirstEnergy Corp. in litigation over a $1 billion bribery scandal, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Louisiana Atty Sanctioned Over AI Hallucinations In Filing
A Louisiana attorney was fined $1,000 Thursday for his use of artificial intelligence in drafting an error-riddled brief, while three co-counsel were spared penalty.
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Morgan & Morgan Adds Coffey McPharlin Personal Injury Pro
Morgan & Morgan has added a trial attorney who has helped clients in personal injury cases secure millions in damages from tobacco giants and other companies during his lengthy legal career, which has included a stint operating his own firm and a long tenure at Kelley Uustal.
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Brach Eichler Adds Transactions Pro From Newman Simpson
Brach Eichler LLC grew its corporate practice this week with the hire of a transactions expert with a unique background as a trial litigator joining from Newman Simpson & Cohen LLP.
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Legal Jobs Up 19th Straight Month In 'Goldilocks' Economy
The legal sector continued its lengthy upward streak in February, with 2,600 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in January, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Expert Analysis
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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.