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Judge Rejects Bid To DQ Wash. Atty In Her County Bias Suit
A Seattle federal judge won't bar an attorney from representing herself in a racial discrimination lawsuit accusing a Washington county of sidelining her from hearing certain cases during her tenure as a part-time judge, rejecting the defense's claims of a conflict of interest.
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Law Firms Using 'Creative Ways' To Fund Operations
Law firms are using "creative ways" to fund their business operations under existing legal regulations, David Perla, vice chair at financial services company Burford Capital, said during a panel at the Chicago Athletic Association.
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3 Firms Seek Lead Roles In Conn. Medical Data Breach Suit
Attorneys with three plaintiffs' firms are seeking appointment as interim co-lead counsel and liaison counsel in a series of proposed class actions that they want to consolidate, over a Connecticut medical rehabilitation network accused of waiting nine months to let patients know it was hit with a cyberattack that exposed private information.
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Kendall Brill Adds Ex-Prosecutor Who Quit Over Plea Deal
Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP has added a former federal prosecutor in California who resigned earlier this year after her objection to a proposed plea deal for a convicted sheriff's deputy, the firm has announced.
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Keesal Young Litigator Moves To Frost Brown In SF
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced that an experienced litigator who spent over 20 years with Keesal Young & Logan has joined the firm's San Francisco office as a partner.
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Fox Rothschild Adds Buchanan Ingersoll Litigator In Fla.
Fox Rothschild LLP expanded its litigation capabilities in both Sarasota, Florida, with the addition of a new partner from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC who will also maintain a practice in New York.
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Justices Asked To Rethink Gellert Seitz Malpractice Ruling
Lawyers for a homebuilder are asking Delaware's Supreme Court to reconsider its decision affirming the dismissal of a legal malpractice suit against Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC over damages the builder said it suffered due to the firm's negligence handling loan-restructuring disputes, arguing that key issues have been left unresolved.
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5th Circ. Calls For Narrow Sanctions In Southwest Bias Fight
The Fifth Circuit stood by its decision to scuttle a contempt order mandating religious bias training for attorneys representing Southwest Airlines in a flight attendant's discrimination suit, but tweaked a May panel ruling to instruct a trial court to impose "narrowly tailored" sanctions.
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Netflix Keeps Win In Documentary IP Suit From Atty's Film Co.
A New Jersey federal judge this week declined to reconsider his order throwing out an attorney's copyright infringement suit against Netflix Inc. over his documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America.
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Saul Ewing Asks For End To Ex-Conrail CEO's Legal Mal Suit
Following a federal court decision upholding an $11 million arbitration award against former Conrail CEO David LeVan that stemmed from a failed Gettysburg casino project, Saul Ewing has urged a Philadelphia judge to find that LeVan is time-barred from bringing his malpractice case against the firm, in which he accused it of poorly advising him during the fallout of the collapsed deal.
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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.