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Justices Won't Hear Claims Highland Ch. 11 Judge Is Biased
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear arguments from the founder of hedge fund Highland Capital Management that the judge who presided over Highland's bankruptcy case was biased, and that two novels she has published prove it.
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Paul Hastings Taps DOJ Alum From Cravath As Litigation Head
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it is continuing to expand its litigation department with the hire of a former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official who most recently chaired Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's investigations and regulatory enforcement practice, calling him "one of the nation's top litigators."
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Jack Smith Debuts Litigation Boutique With Fellow DOJ Alums
Jack Smith, the former U.S. Department of Justice special counsel appointed to investigate President Donald Trump, two of Smith's top deputies, and the co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's investigations and enforcement practice, have launched their new firm, Heaphy Smith Harbach & Windom LLP.
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Netflix Wins Atty Fees In 'Orgasm Inc.' Defamation Case
A California state appellate court affirmed an award of attorney fees to Netflix Inc. after the streaming giant's anti-SLAPP victory in a defamation case over its documentary "Orgasm Inc.: The Story of OneTaste," saying the trial court had the authority to award fees despite the case being under appeal.
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Goldberg Segalla Fights Ex-IP Co-Chair's $4M Arbitration Bid
An arbitration fight Goldberg Segalla LLP initiated against a former co-chair of its intellectual property group over proceeds from transferred cases spilled into New York state court, where the firm is seeking relief from his counterclaims that it shorted him nearly $4 million in compensation.
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Ramey Ducks BlackBerry's Sanctions Bid Over 'Frivolous' Suit
Patent attorney Bill Ramey has avoided sanctions requested by BlackBerry Corp. for what the smartphone company called the "frivolous and unreasonable" way he litigated a case brought on behalf of Silent Communications LLC.
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Biz Owner's RICO Suit Says 5 Calif. Attys Helped Loot IT Co.
A business owner has filed a lawsuit accusing five attorneys from five different small California law firms of conspiring with his ex-business partner to steal assets from a company the two had jointly owned.
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New Trade Group Joins Litigation Finance Lobbying Fight
A new trade group for litigation funders has launched with the aim of enlisting personal injury and mass tort attorneys in a fight against proposed federal laws that it says could threaten the $16 billion litigation finance industry.
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How New Judges Can Quell Patent Litigation Fears
Patent litigation has a reputation for being particularly complex due to its technical content, which can be intimidating for litigants, attorneys and judges alike. In the first of a two-part series, several judges in the trenches of patent law spoke with Law360 about how new judges can make patent litigation less overwhelming.
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Ex-Prosecutor OK For Drug Pricing MDL, Special Master Says
Former Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Joseph Nielsen and his law firm, Lowey Dannenberg PC, should not be disqualified from representing insurers in multidistrict litigation over generic drug price-fixing because he did not have any special knowledge that the states suing drugmakers hadn't already shared with the private plaintiffs, according to a special master's report and recommendation.
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Ex-Chester County Judge Heads Back To MacElree Harvey
A former Chester County, Pennsylvania, judge is returning to MacElree Harvey Ltd. and picking up his litigation and mediation practice where he left off after a brief stint filling a vacancy on the bench last year.
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Chartwell Adds Workers' Comp Atty In Harrisburg, Pa.
With his law partner preparing to retire at the end of March, a workers' compensation attorney recently decided to move his practice to Chartwell Law Offices LLP's Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, location after nearly 15 years of co-managing his own firm.
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Calif. Wage Suit Settles Months After Atty Admits To AI Mishap
A proposed wage and hour class action that drew the legal world's attention in November after the plaintiff's counsel admitted to using a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a botched motion has now ended, with a Northern California federal judge granting a joint dismissal following a settlement agreement.
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How NY Atty Helped Win 12-Year Fight Over Hospital Pricing
When Matthew Cantor got involved in a sweeping antitrust case against California-based healthcare network Sutter Health, his youngest son was in the first grade. By the time the case settled in the fall, he was a sophomore in college. Here’s the story of how Cantor and his team kept fighting for more than a decade.
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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.
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Texas Law Firm Sues Former Clients Over $11M Unpaid Fees
Law firm Williams Simons & Landis PC is suing a group of its former clients, saying they breached a representation contract by failing to pay more than $11 million owed to the firm after a successful trade secrets suit against Walmart.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Calif. Law Firm Wins $3M From Deal Made Without Client's OK
A California state appeals court ruled that a Los Angeles personal injury law firm was entitled to over $3 million in payout from a $6 million settlement even though the firm initially entered into the deal without its client's consent and was later fired.
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House OKs $540M For Imperiled Legal Services Corp.
The "minibus" appropriations bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Thursday includes a lifeline $540 million allocated toward the nonprofit Legal Services Corp. — representing a reduction of $10 million, or 3.6%, compared to fiscal year 2025's budget — whose funding the White House previously suggested should be slashed.
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Conn. Steel Firm's Counsel Shuffle Averts Ch. 11 Meltdown
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge Thursday allowed a steel company to replace its counsel at Pullman & Comley LLC after failing to pay the firm more than $389,000 in fees and expenses, avoiding a possible dismissal of the Chapter 11 case.
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Bernstein Litowitz Shakeup Brings In Ross Aronstam Atty
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP announced Thursday it has bolstered its corporate governance practice by bringing on a Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP attorney as it reorganizes its governance department following the contentious departure of a group of attorneys for a boutique firm.
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Ga. Panel Orders New Fee Calculation Against Attorney
The Georgia Court of Appeals said a trial court shouldn't have imposed a $50,500 lump sum legal fee award against an attorney who brought a frivolous suit on behalf of his clients, sending the case back for the lower court to do the appropriate award calculations.
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Smith Katzenstein Brings On Litigation Partner In Delaware
Delaware firm Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP has added a corporate and commercial litigator who was formerly a named partner at Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce LLC.
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Miami Dade College Seeks Judge DQ In Trump Library Case
Miami Dade College said a Florida state judge should be disqualified from presiding over a dispute concerning its transfer of land to the state for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, arguing that the judge thanked and hugged the retired Florida International University professor challenging the transfer and discussed facts that weren't in court documents.
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3 Decades After Mail-Room Start, Varnum Atty To Lead Firm
Michigan's Varnum LLP tapped a former mail-room messenger who started in 1995 and worked his way up to partner in the litigation and trial practice team to serve as its next executive partner.
Expert Analysis
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Roundup
Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Series
Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Help After Mental Health Leave?
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
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Tips For Attracting Stellar CLOs In A Competitive Landscape
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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'Golden Handcuffs' May Be A Double-Edge Sword For Firms
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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The 10-Min. Rule For Building A Business Development Habit
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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5 Pointers For Firm Leaders Communicating Tough Decisions
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
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Looking Under The Hood Of The $3,000 Billable Hour
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In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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How Law Firms Can Keep Nonequity Partners Happy
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty Bio
If maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Promote Thoughtful Use Of AI?
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.
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Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan
Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.