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Pa. Law Firm Escapes Ex-Paralegal's Bias Claims, For Now
A federal judge largely nixed a suit brought by a former paralegal for a Pennsylvania law firm who claimed she was fired for taking medical leave to treat her panic disorder, ruling her complaint was short on specifics about whether she was disabled under the law.
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Law Firm Must Face Trial For Ex-CPO's Retaliation Claims
A personal injury law firm can't dodge a suit from its former chief people officer accusing the firm of firing her after she raised concerns about pay bias, a Tennessee federal judge ruled, because the firm didn't back up its claim that she was fired for insubordination.
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Legal Leaders Largely Favor Agreement Management Tools
Legal teams are cutting down on case resolution times, reducing out-of-compliance requests and seeing more favorable litigation outcomes when using advanced agreement tools, according to the results of a new survey on Wednesday.
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Atty Sues After His Dog-Themed Meme Coin Gets Hacked
A former BigLaw attorney who created a meme coin in honor of his pet dachshund has sued the crypto wallet provider he used to hold his tokens over "catastrophic security failures and deliberate regulatory evasion" that allegedly allowed a hacker to steal half a million dollars' worth of his meme coin and tank the value of the project in the process.
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Boies Schiller Can't Escape Guo Clawback Claim, Judge Rules
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP must face a Chapter 11 trustee's nearly $654,000 clawback case for receiving cash from a company connected to since-convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled, advancing the case against the firm's motion to dismiss.
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NJ Judge Unsure Of Law Prof's Bid To Revive Free Speech Suit
A New Jersey federal judge seemed unconvinced by a law professor's argument that he should reconsider dismissing her lawsuit alleging Kean University violated her free speech, noting during oral arguments Tuesday that he'd already tossed the case twice.
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Hogan Lovells IP Pro Jumps To Venable In San Francisco
Venable LLP is expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Hogan Lovells IP litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Holland & Knight Litigator Heads To Florida Boutique
Florida-based litigation and appellate boutique Lawson Huck Gonzalez PLLC has added a former Holland & Knight LLP partner to its Miami-area office, bringing on an attorney who has handled high-stakes litigation and appellate matters for clients in private practice.
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Law Students Say EEOC Overreached With DEI Info Demands
A trio of law students sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in D.C. federal court Tuesday, claiming the agency "grossly overstepped" by demanding workplace diversity information, including personal details about applicants and workers, from prominent law firms.
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NJ Judicial Privacy Law Is Unconstitutional, 3rd Circ. Told
A group of data brokers told the Third Circuit that the New Jersey judicial privacy measure, Daniel's Law, is facially unconstitutional and that a federal district judge effectively "rewrote" it when he found otherwise.
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Ares Nabs Stake In Legal Asset-Focused PE Fund For $203M
Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway, advised by DLA Piper, on Tuesday announced that major private equity firm Ares Management Corp., led by Clifford Chance LLP, has acquired a majority stake in its ninth continuation fund for approximately AU$320 million ($203 million) in cash.
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McGuireWoods Immune From Defamation Case, NC Panel Told
McGuireWoods LLP and a former partner have told a North Carolina state appeals court that they have absolute privilege over allegedly defamatory statements made in connection with an investigation into the former CEO of a managed care organization, arguing that the trial court should have granted them a pretrial win.
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4th Circ. Overturns Fee Award In Maryland Wage Dispute
The Fourth Circuit upended an order awarding lower-than-requested fees to attorneys representing workers in an unpaid overtime lawsuit against a nail salon, ruling Tuesday that a lower court was wrong to give so much authority to Maryland hourly rate guidelines.
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DC Judge Blocks Trump Order Against Susman Godfrey
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday largely blocked President Donald Trump's executive order over Susman Godfrey's handling of election litigation, saying the "Framers of the Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power."
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Ga. Plant Alleges Ex-CFO Tried To Bribe Atty In Bogus Letter
The owner of a now-shuttered Atlanta plastics manufacturing plant has alleged it was the company's disgruntled former financial chief who authored a letter offering to pay off the attorney representing sibling plaintiffs in a federal discrimination lawsuit, in a response this week to a sanctions bid.
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King & Spalding Lands E-Discovery Ace From Kirkland In LA
King & Spalding LLP has added an e-discovery attorney from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to its products liability and mass torts practice group to advise clients about information governance and other matters.
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Harris Beach Adds NYC Litigator To Life Sciences Group
Harris Beach Murtha — a recently combined enterprise of Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina LLP — announced Monday that it has hired a senior counsel who joins the firm's medical and life sciences industry team after 12 years defending New York City against thousands of personal injury and civil rights cases as a member of the New York City Law Department's Special Litigation Unit.
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NJ Law Firm Hit With Bias Suit From Cancer-Stricken Aide
A former legal assistant at a New Jersey personal injury firm is suing the firm alleging that she was fired for requesting a workplace accommodation after she was diagnosed with and had surgery for ureter cancer.
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Weil White Collar Co-Leader Joins Ropes & Gray In NY
A former senior federal prosecutor and the co-head of the global white collar defense practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has come aboard Ropes & Gray LLP in New York as a partner, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Moye White Says It Was Evicted To Make Way For Tech Co.
Defunct law firm Moye White LLP is fighting back in Colorado state court against its Denver landlord's nearly $4 million lawsuit, alleging in counterclaims that the landlord unlawfully evicted the firm and its subtenants from a downtown office building in order to make room for a technology business.
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DOJ Drops Equal Pay Suit Against Mississippi Senate
A U.S. Department of Justice suit accusing the Mississippi state Senate of paying a Black attorney less than her white colleagues came to an end in federal court Tuesday after the government agreed to toss the case.
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Husch Blackwell Adds Chamberlain Hrdlicka Bankruptcy Ace
Husch Blackwell LLP has fortified its insolvency and commercial bankruptcy practice with a partner in Austin, Texas, who came aboard from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry.
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Buchalter Lands 4 White Collar Pros From Steptoe, DOJ
Buchalter PC is expanding its white collar team, bringing in a former federal prosecutor most recently with Steptoe LLP as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office, plus three of his former colleagues from Steptoe and the Department of Justice.
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Susman Godfrey Asks To Block 'Unconstitutional' Order
Susman Godfrey LLP on Monday asked a D.C. federal judge to immediately restrain the federal government from enforcing President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional" executive order revoking the firm's access to government resources, saying the directive is blatant retaliation for the firm's representation of clients and causes the president doesn't like.
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UK Co. Says Ex-Sikorsky Atty Gave 'Inconsistent' Testimony
A British company locked in a $64 million contract feud with Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft accused its former in-house counsel of giving testimony "blatantly inconsistent" with other evidence at a Connecticut trial, requesting the alleged transgressions be discussed after a Texas bankruptcy judge slammed the lawyer for providing "false statements" in a separate matter.
Expert Analysis
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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.