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Atty Escapes Firm's Suit Over Co-Counsel Deal 'Gone Bad'
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a fee dispute between a New Jersey law firm and its former co-counsel, finding that the plaintiff firm needed to name the co-counsel firm, not just the principal individual attorney behind it, as a defendant.
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Kostelanetz Adds Ex-IRS Criminal Investigation Chief In NY
Kostelanetz LLP has hired a former chief of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's law enforcement branch who spent more than 30 years there investigating tax and financial crime, domestically and abroad, the firm announced Friday.
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Texas Panel Finds No Shield For Paralegal From Stalking Suit
A Texas appeals court has refused to throw out a suit from an attorney alleging a paralegal stalked, harassed and threatened her, finding that the paralegal's statements and communications aren't shielded by the Texas Citizens Participation Act.
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'No Easy Task': Atty Seeks Fees For Ending Practice Limit Law
A New Jersey attorney and his law firm told a state judge on Friday that they should be awarded counsel fees after they successfully challenged the constitutionality of a state law provision that penalizes attorneys who specialize in debt adjustment for representing debtors.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Insights on 2026 law firm performance and BigLaw firm efforts to expand practice offerings made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Nelson Mullins Hires Career Faegre Drinker Pharma Trial Atty
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has expanded its bench of trial attorneys with a lawyer who represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability, consumer fraud and class action matters.
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McKool Smith's Patent Trial Legend Sam Baxter Retires
Sam Baxter of McKool Smith has announced his retirement after more than five decades in the legal profession, wrapping up a storied career as a patent litigator in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Cannabis Dispute Ends With Plaintiff Co. Facing $1.34M Default
A California state court snuffed out a Los Angeles cannabis company's fraud lawsuit against its investors and landlords, which were accused of stealing $40 million and wrecking its cannabis license, opening the door for the ex-business partners to score a $1.34 million default judgment.
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Pa. Atty Says Ex-Partner Ran Firm Into Ground, Won't Pay Up
A Pennsylvania patent attorney is accusing his former partner in a state court lawsuit of mismanaging the firm they started, improperly winding down operations and refusing to pay him all the money he says he is owed.
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Choice Of Trump's Attys For Bench Worries Some, Not Others
President Donald Trump is drawing from a pool of his own personal lawyers to fill some seats on the federal bench — a change in strategy from his first term that some experts say is unremarkable, but that others worry will undermine the legitimacy of the courts.
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Ex-Husch Blackwell Partner Urges Discovery In ERISA Dispute
A former Husch Blackwell LLP partner has urged a Missouri federal court to ignore the firm's request for summary judgment in a dispute over employee retirement benefits, arguing discovery should proceed in the proposed class action.
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Former NLRB Atty Joins Mitchell Silberberg In New York
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP announced Wednesday that an experienced attorney who formerly worked at the National Labor Relations Board has joined the firm's New York office as a partner from Paul Hastings LLP.
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Ga. Lawyer Says Fraud Coverage Ruling Misread State Law
A Georgia attorney on Wednesday urged a federal judge to undo a recent ruling declaring his professional liability insurer doesn't owe him coverage in an underlying lawsuit alleging the lawyer schemed with a client to enrich themselves, arguing the court erred by finding his alleged conduct didn't fall under the policy.
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How Benesch Again Defeated Fake Price Markdown Claims
A Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP appellate team has scored its second notable victory for retailers accused of deceptive discount practices, convincing the state supreme court in the usually consumer-friendly Washington to reject a proposed class action by drilling down into what constitutes an injury.
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J&J Says Ill. Ruling Backs Beasley Allen's DQ From Talc Suits
Johnson & Johnson told a New Jersey federal court that a recent ruling in Illinois backs the Beasley Allen Law Firm's disqualification from multidistrict litigation over its talcum powder.
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Buchalter Adds Engineer Turned Patent Atty From Mintz
Buchalter PC announced Wednesday that it has welcomed an engineer-turned-lawyer to its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, touting her long-standing experience as a patent litigator and registered patent attorney.
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Kane Russell Adds Six Attys Across Dallas, Houston, Austin
Lone Star State law firm Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC has bulked up its litigation, labor and employment, bankruptcy and emergency response offerings with new attorney hires across its offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston.
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Sheppard Adds 15 Perkins Trial Attys As It Targets IP Growth
Sheppard announced another major addition to its intellectual property practice on Thursday, welcoming a 15-lawyer litigation team from Perkins Coie that includes five partners.
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Citgo Bidder Violating Confidentiality Agreement, Court Hears
Counsel for the oil giant Citgo has accused an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP of improperly revealing and distorting its confidential information as the parties inch closer toward ending a long-running saga aimed at satisfying billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt.
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Texas Couple Drops Data Suit Against Personal Injury Firm
A Houston couple who accused a law firm and a since-dismissed Progressive unit of conspiring to share the private information of car crash victims has dropped federal claims against the firm after reportedly finding no evidence that it engaged in the conduct they alleged.
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Hall Benefits Law Expands To North Carolina, Ohio
National benefits boutique Hall Benefits Law announced Wednesday that the firm has opened offices in North Carolina and Ohio with the hiring of two attorneys.
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Coupang, Ex-In-House Lawyer To Drop Iran Whistleblower Suit
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang and a former in-house compliance attorney have agreed to dismiss the lawyer's suit claiming he was wrongly fired for bringing attention to the company's alleged illegal business dealings with Iran, according to a joint filing Wednesday in Seattle federal court.
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Demand Rebound, Rising Rates Fuel BigLaw Revenue Jump
BigLaw firms had a strong first quarter of 2026, driven by ever-increasing billing rates and higher-than-expected demand for legal services, according to survey results released Wednesday.
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3rd Circ. Skeptical Law Prof Harmed By NJ Employment Policy
The Third Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical that an attorney has standing to challenge the constitutionality of a workplace policy for New Jersey employees, asking what imminent harm she faces now that she is no longer subject to the policy.
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2nd Circ. Stands By $83M Carroll Verdict As Full Court Splits
In a splintered ruling Wednesday, the full Second Circuit refused to rehear President Donald Trump's appeal challenging an $83.3 million verdict for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in his response to her sexual abuse allegations.
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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.