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6th Circ. Says Facebook Posts About Firm Not Defamation
The Sixth Circuit has declined to revive a defamation suit over social media posts alleging an unethical connection between a New Jersey-headquartered law firm and members of the Flint, Michigan, city council.
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Chartwell Brings On Litigation Partner In Fla. From Lydecker
Chartwell Law Offices LLP expanded its civil litigation capabilities in industries such as hospitality, retail, real estate and insurance with the addition of a new partner in Tampa from Lydecker LLP.
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Gibbons Names New Leader Of Public Interest Fellowship
Gibbons PC announced this week that its John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law has gained a new executive director, with Lawrence Lustberg stepping down from the role after 35 years.
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Former California Solicitor General Joins WilmerHale In SF
WilmerHale is expanding its appellate team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in the former California solicitor general as a partner in its San Francisco office starting in early December.
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Software Co.'s Ex-Chair Faces Jurist Ire Over 'Sloppy' Practices
A New York federal judge expressed frustration with the former chairman of The Resource Group International Ltd. in his bid to challenge his ouster from the software investment company following a widely reported sexual harassment scandal, criticizing the executive's "sloppy and irresponsibly careless practices" in the proceeding.
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Arnall Golden Sanctioned For Giving Feds ERISA Suit Docs
A California federal judge has ordered Arnall Golden Gregory LLP to pay a $50,000 penalty for giving the U.S. Department of Labor confidential documents United Behavioral Health turned over in a class action accusing the insurer of overcharging workers for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments.
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Ill. Judge Trims Dispute Over Firm's IOLTA Disbursement
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday ruled a New York man may proceed with a claim that a Chicago firm stiffed him out of a $500,000 repayment he was owed from a settlement, finding the creditor plausibly alleged conversion, but throwing out other claims for breach of fiduciary duty and fiduciary fraud.
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Black Atty Hits Ga. Public Defender Council With Bias Suit
The Georgia Public Defender Council and chief public defender in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit were sued by a former assistant public defender who claimed he was fired and faced an "unwarranted" bar complaint after expressing concerns about a demotion that would deprive his unit of its "sole Black male attorney."
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Gibbons, Frost Brown Combining As 800-Atty Nationwide Firm
Gibbons PC and Frost Brown Todd LLP announced Wednesday that they will combine at the beginning of 2026 to form FBT Gibbons LLP, creating a nationwide firm with strengths in litigation and transactional work.
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Georgia Public Defender's Office Must Face Atty's Bias Suit
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday allowed an attorney's claims of race and gender bias against the Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defender's Office and its leader to move forward, but dismissed claims against the state's Public Defender Standards Council and its leader.
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Democracy Forward Hires Ex-White House Lawyer, CFPB Atty
Democracy Forward, the quickly growing progressive nonprofit that has taken on more than 85 actions against the Trump administration, has hired four more attorneys to its expanding team of lawyers, including a former member of Joe Biden's White House Counsel's Office and a litigator from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Dentons Litigator Joins Frost Brown In Pittsburgh
A veteran attorney who spent more than 35 years at Dentons Cohen & Grigsby building a practice defending clients in a wide variety of cases including those involving product liability and wrongful termination disputes has recently moved his practice to Frost Brown Todd LLP's Pittsburgh office.
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Shumaker Lands Former Florida Associate Deputy AG
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP announced Wednesday that it has expanded its litigation and disputes service line with a partner who is the former chief of cyber fraud enforcement with the Florida Attorney General's Office.
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Hinshaw Continues East Coast Growth With NY Area Litigator
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that an experienced defense litigator joined the firm's New York and Iselin, New Jersey, offices as a partner from local firm Marshall Conway & Bradley PC.
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NJ Court Urged To Keep $3M Ice-Cream-Biz Malpractice Suit
A Florida physician is fighting bids to dismiss his legal malpractice suit against Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP and several attorneys whom he accused of botching documents in a low-calorie ice cream business project, arguing the $3 million suit belongs in New Jersey, where the attorneys were based.
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Colo. Justices Rule Newspaper Is 'Citizen,' Can Get Atty Fees
The Colorado Supreme Court weighed in on a local newspaper's battle against the city of Aurora, ruling for the first time that a corporation is a "citizen" under the state's open meetings law and can recover litigation costs.
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Hicks Thomas Adds Longtime Texas Federal Law Clerk
Hicks Thomas LLP, a Texas-based litigation firm, has added a longtime federal judicial law clerk and adjunct law school professor as a senior counsel in Houston.
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Gibson Dunn Lands NY Real Estate Pro From Skadden
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Tuesday that a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP lawyer has joined its real estate practice in New York.
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11th Circ. Rules Atty Privacy Invasion Suit Can't Be Arbitrated
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday denied two Florida attorneys' request for the out-of-court resolution of a lawsuit brought by former clients alleging their private legal information was disclosed in public court dockets, ruling that the claims against the lawyers aren't covered by a retainer agreement's arbitration clause.
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NY Appeals Court Nixes Chris Cuomo's Arbitrator Bias Claim
Ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday could not convince a New York appeals court to revive his bid to disqualify the JAMS arbitrator overseeing his $125 million unlawful termination claim against CNN due to the arbitrator's representation of the news network more than two decades ago.
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Musk Atty Alex Spiro Faces DQ Bid Ahead Of Twitter Deal Trial
A certified class of former Twitter investors accusing Elon Musk of tanking the social media platform's stock during acquisition negotiations has urged a California federal judge to disqualify Musk's proposed lead trial counsel Alex Spiro before a January trial, arguing he's a "critical first-hand witness" and may testify, according to documents unsealed Monday.
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Price-Fixing Judge Rejects Recusal Bid As Insincere
A Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday refused to recuse himself from consolidated private price-fixing litigation against a raft of pork producers, saying the defense's claims of bias due to one of his clerks' internships for plaintiff firms are a "fabricated" claim of impropriety.
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Ex-Kline & Specter Atty, Firm Trade Barbs In Post-Deal Row
A TikTok video and alleged audit noncompliance took center stage Tuesday in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas as Kline & Specter PC and former firm lawyer Tom Bosworth voiced their distrust of each other during a hearing on legal battles that erupted over the deal resolving Bosworth's departure.
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Georgia Bar Continues Fight To Nix Atty's Bias Suit
The State Bar of Georgia on Tuesday doubled down on a request to expand its arguments seeking dismissal of an Atlanta attorney's bias suit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination in attorney discipline, telling a federal judge that the time was right to bring the broadened motion.
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Fitch Even's $1.2M Fee Fight Appears Headed To Arbitration
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP's $1.2 million fee dispute with a former client and a litigation funder's CEO may be paused and sent to arbitration before the firm can convince an Illinois federal judge to halt any alleged use or transfer of the money at issue.
Expert Analysis
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.