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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.
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Saltz Mongeluzzi Brings On 3 Attys From Shuttering Boni Zack
Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is growing its class action team with three attorneys who will be moving their practices from Boni Zack & Snyder LLC to Saltz Mongeluzzi's office in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case
A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.
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Texas Law Firm Settles Ex-Worker's Sexual Harassment Suit
A Houston personal injury law firm has resolved a former employee's lawsuit claiming the firm's founder repeatedly made sexual comments and unwanted advances toward her that eventually forced her to quit, according to filings in Texas federal court.
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Fisher Phillips Unveils New Branding To Mark Growth
Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips debuted new branding this week, featuring a new logo and updated website, to mark its growth in the last several years into what it called a global power in the employment law space.
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Former Netflix Litigation Head Joins JAMS In Los Angeles
A former top legal executive for Netflix has joined alternative dispute resolution firm JAMS to provide mediation services at its Los Angeles center.
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Workers Challenging Trump DEI Firings Seek Class Status
Former federal workers who claimed they were illegally fired after President Donald Trump ordered the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion positions in the government urged a D.C. federal judge to award them class certification, arguing the firings impacted thousands of employees.
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More DLA Piper Employment Attorneys Join Vartabedian Katz
Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes LLP has continued to expand a labor and employment practice the firm launched last month with two former DLA Piper partners, adding another partner and two senior associates from DLA Piper.
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Cruz Fights Subpoena Review In Stone Hilton Employee's Suit
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has opposed the request of a former Stone Hilton PLLC staffer for a federal court to reconsider subpoenaing him in an ongoing employment lawsuit against two of the firm's partners.
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11th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Fee Dispute From BCBS MDL
The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of an attorney fee dispute between two lawyers on the plaintiffs' side of a $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield multidistrict litigation, ruling Tuesday that neither an oral deal nor a letter between the two lawyers was binding on their payouts.
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Crystallex $15M Fee Request Justified, Special Master Says
A lawyer for the special master overseeing the auction of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt has defended his request for more than $15.3 million in fees on top of nearly $63 million already paid, saying the request follows an "extraordinarily complex" sale process.
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McDermott Must Trim 'Vastly Overbroad' Subpoena In Atty Suit
A Black attorney who is suing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP for racial bias secured a court order Tuesday quashing the law firm's subpoena for some of her previous employment records, as a federal judge called the request "vastly overbroad" and directed the firm to narrow it.
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Litchfield Cavo Makes Ohio Debut With Insurance Team Hire
Litchfield Cavo LLP announced that a 10-person team based in Cleveland has joined the insurance defense firm, marking its first office in Ohio and the 25th location in its portfolio.
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Cozen Professional Liability Pro Joins Eckert Seamans
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has grown its professional liability practice in Philadelphia with the addition of a Cozen O'Connor PC attorney specializing in representing healthcare professionals in medical malpractice litigation, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ex-Georgia Judge Not Immune From Jailing Suit, Court Told
A woman has asked a Georgia federal court to reject a former state judge's bid to escape a lawsuit alleging the judge improperly jailed her when she was a witness in her parents' divorce, arguing judicial immunity didn't shield the decision to lock her up.
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Winston & Strawn Hires Antitrust Partner From DOJ In DC
A Justice Department trial attorney who helped represent the government in its ad technology monopolization fight against Google has joined Winston & Strawn LLP's Washington, D.C., team.
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King & Spalding Adds 3 More Attys From Winston & Strawn
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it is continuing to expand in Dallas by adding three more attorneys from Winston & Strawn LLP.
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Day Pitney Faces DQ Bid Over Ex-Justice's Role In $1.3M Case
Day Pitney LLP should be sidelined from a $1.3 million private equity management company's windup lawsuit because former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a partner at the firm, heard the case before it was earmarked for a new trial, three company owners have argued.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP secured significant appellate rulings in its favor last year, including in U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with the deadline to petition for judicial review of a removal order and whether a trademark plaintiff can recover profits from entities other than named defendants, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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NJ Firm Faces DQ Bid After Port Authority Chair Added To Suit
A former McCarter & English LLP attorney suing over alleged anti-veteran discrimination in New Jersey state court has moved to have his opposing counsel at O'Toole Scrivo LLC disqualified after having named the firm's managing partner — chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — as a new defendant.
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Berger Singerman Expands In Fla. With Litigation Firm Combo
Attorneys and staff members at litigation firm Rocke McLean Sbar have joined Florida business law firm Berger Singerman LLP through a business combination.
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Skadden Hit With Sanctions Over 'Vexatious' Gaming Suit
A Manhattan federal judge has sanctioned Papaya Gaming and its attorneys from Skadden for what the court said was a "blatant" attempt to relitigate claims in Virginia that had already been dismissed in a false advertising dispute in New York with Skillz Platform, one of its competitors.
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NY Judicial Watchdog Says Complaints Break Record Again
New York's judicial watchdog has reported a record number of new complaints filed against judges for the fourth year in a row in 2025.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds New Partners In 4 US Offices
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced the hiring of four partners across the U.S. to bolster its corporate, employment, intellectual property and litigation departments.
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Texas Boutique Rebrands With Norton Rose Litigator
A San Antonio litigation boutique formerly known as Valkenaar PLLC has changed its name to Valkenaar O'Donnell PLLC with the addition of a veteran trial lawyer who most recently served as managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright's office in the Texas city.
Expert Analysis
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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.