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Daily Litigation
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AltaClaro, Verbit Team Up For Deposition Simulation Software
Lawyer training program AltaClaro Inc. and artificial intelligence-powered transcription platform Verbit announced Wednesday the joint launch of DepoSim, which provides deposition simulation training for attorneys.
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Kirkland, Ex-Tech Worker End Caregiver Bias Suit
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has reached an agreement with a Black former tech support supervisor to close his suit claiming the law firm paid him less than his white colleagues and discriminated against him for being a parent, according to a Wednesday filing in D.C. federal court.
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Land Use Atty Moves Practice To Leech Tishman In Pittsburgh
An attorney with deep experience representing clients on matters regarding land use and zoning laws has joined Leech Tishman's Pittsburgh office after more than three years with Babst Calland.
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Benesch Launches State AG-Focused Practice Group
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has launched a practice to bolster its capacity to represent clients across the U.S. in regulatory, enforcement and litigation matters.
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4 Tips For Attys To Climb The In-House Ladder
With just over one-third of the lawyers who participated in the In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey saying they’re satisfied with their advancement prospects, Law360 Pulse spoke with seasoned general counsel about how they advanced in their careers.
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Big Workloads Burning Out Mid-Level In-House Legal Execs
While in-house counsel generally report they are satisfied with their jobs, crushing workloads coupled with shriveling budgets are causing serious burnout among those sandwiched between the top dogs and junior attorneys, experts said.
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
Most in-house lawyers remain satisfied with their roles and would choose the career again, but advancement opportunities continue to lag behind other measures of satisfaction, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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Morgan Lewis Adds Fenwick Litigator Duo In LA, Seattle
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues boosting its West Coast litigation team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a pair of Fenwick & West LLP trial attorneys as partners in its Los Angeles and Seattle offices.
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Atty Can't Both Lead And Rep Class In Lawsuit, NJ Court Says
An attorney can't be both the lead plaintiff and class counsel in a class action, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Tuesday, leaning on a more than 40-year-old state supreme court decision in denying class certification in a lawsuit accusing an electric bike maker of selling defective products.
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Law Professors Sue EEOC For Firm DEI Letter Records
Two professors at law schools in Michigan and Florida have sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in D.C. federal court, seeking documents related to 20 letters the agency sent to law firms over their purported diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
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Conn. Judge Says Attys 'Unprepared' At Pretrial Conference
A Connecticut state judge on Tuesday chastised the parties in a medical malpractice case where the plaintiffs have sought more than $12 million, saying they were "completely unprepared" and "utterly ignored" a previous scheduling order.
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DC Judge Won't Halt Bidding Process For New Dulles Terminal
A D.C. federal judge refused to stop the bidding process for a private luxury terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport, finding that a company in the running can't show that it was injured if the contract hasn't been awarded yet, undercutting its injunction request.
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GrayRobinson Expands In Fla. With Four Litigators
GrayRobinson PA announced Tuesday it expanded its Fort Myers, Florida, office with a seasoned group of litigators coming from the firm now known as Aloia Roland.
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Litchfield Cavo Opens Irvine Office With 3 McGlinchey Attys
Litigation- and insurance-focused law firm Litchfield Cavo LLP has added its second California office in Irvine with a trio of attorneys from the recently closed McGlinchey Stafford PLLC.
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Firm Rebrands To Vartabedian Katz With DLA Piper L&E Team
A 2-year-old Texas litigation boutique formerly known as Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP announced Tuesday that it has rebranded as Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes with the addition of a Dallas-based labor and employment team coming aboard from DLA Piper.
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Firm Seeks Sanctions For Rhodium Settlement Fee Fight
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to sanction members of the board of bankrupt cryptocurrency miner Rhodium Encore LLC and their attorneys, saying they used false claims of misconduct to delay an $8.9 million fee payment.
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J&J Fights Beasley Allen's Bid To Pause Talc DQ Ruling
A New Jersey state court lacks standing to block an appellate panel's removal of Beasley Allen from representing hundreds of women with ovarian cancer pursuing claims against Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder, the pharmaceutical company has argued in an opposition brief.
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Freight Co. Can't Notch $3.9M Judgment Against Texas Firm
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday pressed pause on a $3.9 million default judgment against a Texas lawyer accused of botching a Minnesota freight broker's personal injury defense, after finding the logistics company had not stated that the lawyer was served with the default motion.
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Ex-McCarter & English Atty Adds Port Authority To Bias Case
A former McCarter & English LLP attorney suing the firm for alleged anti-veteran discrimination added the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the agency's head to the litigation this week, claiming they retaliated against him by canceling a charity event he runs.
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Insurer Demands $1.5M Over Hotel's AI-Based Legal Filings
A South Dakota hotel and its owner are pressuring defense counsel provided by an insurance carrier in an underlying racial discrimination lawsuit to submit filings relying on artificial intelligence that could potentially violate legal ethics rules, the insurer alleged in Nebraska federal court Tuesday.
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Ex-Federal Workers Say Reductions Were 'Political' Firings
A group of more than 140 ex-federal employees has sued the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies in Maryland federal court, challenging the Trump administration's use of "reductions in force" to make what they contend are politically motivated firings.
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Managed Services Organization Opensity Debuts After Merger
A new managed services organization created by the previously announced merger of three legal industry providers, backed by a private equity firm, officially launched on Tuesday.
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Atty Fee Fight Brewing After Google's Chatbot Injury Settlement
An Orlando, Florida, law firm has urged a federal court to grant it contingency fees from a pending settlement in a suit accusing Google LLC and a chatbot company of causing the suicide of a teen, saying the firm was left in the dark about the deal.
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Ga. Judge Rejects 'Conspiracy Theories' Behind DQ Bid
A Georgia federal judge rejected Friday a Florida couple's bid to disqualify the judge overseeing their medical malpractice case after it was tossed for using falsified video footage, writing that the effort was based on "nothing but speculative and attenuated conspiracy theories."
Expert Analysis
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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.