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Retired Pa. Trial Judge Joins JAMS In Philly
Months after her retirement from the bench, a former Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge has joined the roster of alternative dispute resolution providers at JAMS.
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Polsinelli Moves To New Philadelphia Office, Doubling Space
More than a year after entering the Philadelphia market, Polsinelli PC has completed its relocation to a new office in Center City and doubled its working space.
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NJ Justices Won't Hear Challenge To State Bar Diversity Plan
The New Jersey Supreme Court has allowed to stand an appellate decision approving a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership, which a state attorney accused of being a discriminatory quota system.
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Fla. Judge Denies NY Atty's Early Exit From Malpractice Suit
A Miami federal judge has denied a New York lawyer an early win in a malpractice case stemming from advice she gave a client in an underlying SEC action, finding "reasonable minds" may disagree on whether the lawyer's actions breached the duty of care.
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Greenberg Traurig, Procopio Mourn 'Selfless' Litigator In Calif.
Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder S. Todd Neal, who died Saturday from a terminal illness a few months after joining the firm in San Diego from Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, was a "selfless" team player who brought compassion and wisdom to the job, his former colleagues said.
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Fox Rothschild Adds Music Law Trio In New Jersey
Fox Rothschild LLP announced Tuesday that it has bolstered its entertainment and sports law department with a music law trio in New Jersey, including two partners.
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Westlaw Notes Uncopyrightable, AI Company Tells 3rd Circ.
An artificial intelligence-powered legal search engine has asked the Third Circuit to reverse a district court's decision that its use of Westlaw headnotes did not constitute fair use, arguing its utilization of them "radically promoted scientific progress" and increased access to justice.
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Robbins Geller To Steer Ford Investors' Warranty Costs Suit
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP was selected on Monday to lead a consolidated putative class action accusing Ford Motor Co. and its executives of concealing rising warranty costs that later caused an 18% stock price decline.
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Baker McKenzie Says Atty Is 'Trolling' Firm With Assault Claims
A former Baker McKenzie tax associate who has flooded social media with allegations that she was sexually assaulted by the leader of the international law firm's D.C. office is now facing a defamation lawsuit accusing her of "trolling" the firm with false claims.
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Newman Urges Full DC Circ. To Let Judges Sue Their Courts
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has invoked a D.C. Circuit panel's "implicit invitation" for the full court to reconsider precedent limiting the rights of disciplined judges, as she continues to fight her suspension.
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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week, Match.com secured approval for a $30M settlement over its 2019 reverse spinoff from IAC, and Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn urged decorum among Delaware lawyers, comparing recent legal turmoil to dark times in British monarchy history. Here's the latest from the Chancery Court.
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Calif. County Defender To Pay $200K In Harassment Probe
A California public defender's office has agreed to pay $200,000 to an employee to resolve the worker's claims that a superior sexually harassed them on the job through inappropriate comments and unwanted touching, the state's Civil Rights Department announced Monday.
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Crime-Fraud Exemption Applies To Eletson Docs, Judge Says
Reed Smith LLP has until the end of the day on Monday to turn over a dozen client files related to its prior representation of shipping company Eletson Holdings amid a dispute with rival Levona, after a Manhattan federal judge found probable cause that a fraud was committed in an underlying arbitration.
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Social Media Co. Calls For Disqualification Of Influencer's Atty
A social media optimization company has moved to disqualify a social media influencer's attorney from a copyright infringement suit in Texas federal court, saying attorneys from the same firm had previously met with the company in meetings where confidential information was discussed.
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Atty Gets Last Chance To Sue Ex After $30K Loan Judgment
A Florida employment lawyer suing his ex and her attorneys for bringing an allegedly vexatious lawsuit will have one more chance to file "simple, concise and direct" claims in a fourth amended complaint, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Monday while dismissing Wells Fargo and a mortgage consultant as defendants.
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McDermott Adds Steptoe Litigator In Chicago
McDermott Will & Schulte announced Monday it is expanding its litigation team by welcoming a trial attorney from Steptoe LLP as a partner in its Chicago office.
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DOJ Fights Dismissal Bid In NY ICE Courthouse Arrests Case
The Trump administration has doubled down on its challenge to a New York law that blocks immigration officials from making arrests near state courthouses, saying the law poses "intolerable obstacles" to immigration enforcement and must be swept aside.
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Law Firms Spar Over Affidavit In Cannabis Malpractice Fight
Trif & Modugno LLC faced repeated questioning at a Monday hearing in New Jersey state court over its argument that Lowenstein Sandler LLP's claims against the firm must be dismissed because Lowenstein Sandler never filed an affidavit of merit in a suit over the collapse of a cannabis dispensary.
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Trial Atty Named To Become Tucker Ellis Managing Partner
The head of Tucker Ellis LLP's Chicago office will take over as its next managing partner at the start of 2026, replacing the managing partner who has led the firm since 2010, the firm announced Monday.
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Chubb Unit Loses Atty DQ Bid Appeal In Coverage Row
A New Jersey appellate court on Monday affirmed a trial court order denying Chubb Insurance Co. of New Jersey's bid to disqualify plaintiff's counsel, solo personal injury attorney Eric Dinnocenzo, in an insurance coverage action involving an alleged $772,500 jewelry theft, saying the company failed to demonstrate the lawyer was a necessary trial witness.
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3rd Circ. Slams Attys For Debt Disputes Designed To Fail
Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates sent rambling, handwritten debt dispute letters in its clients' names that were intended to fail so the attorneys could sue collectors for not recognizing the dispute, a Third Circuit panel said Monday in upholding sanctions against the firm in a pair of lawsuits.
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Floridians Defend Moore & Van Allen Malpractice Claims
A proposed class of Floridians accusing Moore & Van Allen PLLC of mishandling their employee stock ownership trust have told a federal court that a change in venue is unwarranted, and that despite the law firm's claims to the contrary, they have personal standing to sue on behalf of the trust.
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Rosenberg & Estis Adds Attys To Commercial Litigation Team
Rosenberg & Estis PC has hired a former Ford O'Brien Landy LLP partner as a member and an ex-Milbank LLP associate as counsel for its general commercial litigation team in New York City, the firm announced.
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Pa. Court Backs Toss Of Malpractice Suit Against NY Atty
A Pennsylvania appellate court won't revive a paint removal chemical company's malpractice suit against an intellectual property attorney it had hired to review one of its products, saying there weren't enough ties to the commonwealth for the case to proceed there.
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Magna Legal Services Joins With Texas Investigations Firm
The national litigation support services company Magna Legal Services has merged with Pipkins Investigations, a private investigations agency based in Houston, Magna announced Monday.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.