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Antitrust, Gov't Enforcement Attys Join Foley & Lardner
Foley & Lardner LLP has hired the former Washington, D.C., office founder of litigation finance firm Omni Bridgeway, alongside a longtime government enforcement defense lawyer, who focuses her practice on white collar defense, trade sanctions and related matters, who both join the firm in the nation's capital.
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Lewis Brisbois Adds To Its IP Bench With Ex-GC In Del.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added a partner in its Delaware office who most recently worked in-house at health and wellness company GOLO LLC and whose private practice experience includes a stint at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
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ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations
Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.
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'Lapse In Judgment' Didn't Merit Atty DQ, Ga. Panel Rules
The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's disqualification of an attorney from a property dispute over discussions the lawyer had that initiated property damage central to the case, ruling that while the talks showed a "lapse in judgment," they did not warrant his removal.
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Boy Scouts Claimants Look To Remove Slater, Citing Probe
Alleging trial lawyer case aggregators at Slater Slater Schulman have "run amok" in the Boy Scouts sexual abuse case, a claimants group has moved for a bankruptcy court order terminating contingency fee legal service agreements with victims and a reduction in fees paid to the firm.
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Del. Justices Ask How Court Can Uphold Musk Pay Unwinding
A Delaware Supreme Court justice on Wednesday pressed a Tesla Inc. stockholder class attorney on how founder Elon Musk — facing a Court of Chancery strike-down of his $56 billion, multiyear compensation plan — can be "put back to the status quo ante after six years of achieving what he was asked to achieve."
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Atty Fights Walgreens Sanction Bid In Georgia Bias Suit
A former pharmacist suing Walgreens for discrimination asked a Georgia federal judge to reject the chain's sanctions bid against her attorney, saying the chain did not give the lawyer enough time to respond to a series of communications that led to the motion for sanctions.
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NY Court Tosses Most Of Ex-Lil Wayne Atty's Contract Claims
A New York state judge has dismissed most counterclaims a former attorney for Lil Wayne pursued in a fee dispute with his ex-client, but the lawyer may still attempt to collect some funds he claims to be owed by the rap star.
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Crowell & Moring Adds Seasoned Healthcare Trial Atty
Crowell & Moring on Wednesday announced that it is expanding its healthcare team with the addition of a first-chair trial attorney who co-founded the healthcare practice at Robins Kaplan LLP, where he was most recently a partner.
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Veteran NJ Trial Attorney, Civil Litigator Joins Hall Booth
Hall Booth Smith PC expanded its New Jersey office this week with the hire of a litigator with more than 40 years of experience trying cases dealing with complex negligence, personal injury and professional liability throughout the state.
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Coffey Modica Continues Southeast Expansion With Ga. Office
Business and insurance defense litigation firm Coffey Modica LLP has opened its first office in Georgia and named a partner with litigation expertise to open and lead the new location, a move that comes after the firm launched its first office in Florida.
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Former DOJ South Fla. Appellate Leader Joins Boutique
The former appellate chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida joined appellate boutique Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP in Miami.
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Seward & Kissel Faces Bid To Expand NJ Malpractice Suit
The wife of a co-founder of hedge fund Two Sigma Investments LP asked a New Jersey state court this week to expand her malpractice suit against Seward & Kissel LLP with counts of fraud and conspiracy to defraud, based on documents turned up in discovery.
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Ex-WH Ethics Attys Slam 'Vindictive' Comey, James Charges
Three former White House ethics attorneys have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice over what they call the "vindictive and meritless" criminal prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Brown Paindiris & Scott Eyes Deal In Data Breach Suit
After the defense pointed to ongoing discussions that could lead to a "resolution," a Connecticut federal judge has agreed to stretch a deadline for Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP to respond to a proposed class action complaint that accuses the law firm of waiting more than a year to notify clients of a 2023 data breach.
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NJ, Del. Judges Stress Value Of Local Counsel For IP Attys
Six judges with significant experience overseeing pharmaceutical patent litigation in the districts of New Jersey and Delaware urged litigators on Tuesday to rely on the expertise of local counsel if they're hoping to impress the court.
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California Bans Fee Sharing With 'Alternative' Law Firms
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that blocks Golden State lawyers and firms from sharing contingency fees with out-of-state firms owned by non-lawyers.
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J&J Talc Unit Objects To Brown Rudnick's 'Unnecessary' Fees
Johnson & Johnson talc spinoff Red River Talc has again urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject Brown Rudnick LLP's $4.3 million fee request for representing the talc claimants committee in Chapter 11 proceedings, arguing that the firm's retention was never approved and its services "were unnecessary, inappropriate and duplicative."
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Mining Company Seeks Judge's Removal From Citgo Auction
A bidder in the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt has asked to disqualify a Delaware federal judge from the forced judicial auction, saying it submitted the top bid of $7.9 billion but unfairly lost out to a competitor's lower bid.
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As Shutdown Drags On, Judiciary To Face Belt-Tightening
With no end in sight to the government shutdown, the situation for the federal judiciary will get worse after Friday.
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Ex-Fujitec Atty May Sue Over Defamation But Not Race Bias
A Cincinnati federal judge has ended racial discrimination claims brought by the former top lawyer for Fujitec America against the elevator company, while leaving intact a defamation claim the attorney is pursuing against a colleague who he said made bogus allegations leading to his firing.
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NJ Mayor Pans US Atty's 'Breathtaking' False Arrest Defense
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Tuesday slammed a move by acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba to escape his malicious prosecution and false arrest civil suit as doomed to fail.
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NY State Court Sanctions Atty For Doubling Down On AI
A New York state court said a New Jersey-based attorney must face sanctions for both submitting filings with inaccurate and outright made-up case details written in part by artificial intelligence and for subsequently doubling down by submitting more "AI-hallucinated" material to defend his conduct.
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Musk Blasts Investors' Late Bid To DQ Spiro In Twitter Case
Elon Musk should be allowed to keep lead trial counsel Alex Spiro since the investors accusing the billionaire of trying to tank Twitter's stock waited until the last minute to attempt to disqualify Spiro, who has Musk's consent to his being both trial counsel and witness, Musk told a California federal judge.
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Law Firm Seeks Court Order To End Trademark Dispute
Personal injury law firm CR Legal Team LLP has asked a North Carolina federal court to rule that it did not infringe another law firm's trademarks, arguing that the two firm's legal services are dissimilar and don't cause client confusion.
Expert Analysis
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Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
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NY's Cybersecurity CLE Rule Is A Sign Of Changing Times
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
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Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark
Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
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A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
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Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
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Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
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3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.