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Ex-Ga. Atty Says Former Law Firm Violated Severance Deal
An attorney who was disbarred in Georgia earlier this year has sued his former Atlanta-area law firm claiming that it owes him more than $70,000 for breaking his termination settlement by confiscating his files and trashing his name to his former paralegal and clients.
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Calif. Judge OKs $1.3M Deal Over Houser LLP Data Breach
A California federal judge on Oct. 31 signed off on final approval of a $1.3 million settlement and $351,000 in attorney fees in a class action against business litigation firm Houser LLP over a 2023 data breach.
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Okla. Justices Claim Immunity In Pot Atty's Suspension Suit
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is urging a federal court to dismiss a suit from a disbarred attorney who claimed his suspension was retaliation for public criticism of the justices and the state bar, saying the high court has sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
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Cole Schotz Adds Litigator From Delaware Boutique
Cole Schotz PC has added a litigator in Delaware from Wilmington-based Seitz Van Ogtrop & Green PA to expand its capacity to advise clients in commercial, bankruptcy, intellectual property and construction matters.
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Ex-Young Conaway Corporate Litigation Head Joins Akerman
Akerman LLP has brought on an experienced corporate attorney who formerly steered Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP's corporate litigation and counseling group to bolster its litigation practice group in Delaware.
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Everclear Maker Wants Plaintiff's Atty Gagged For Harassment
Everclear's manufacturer has asked a Massachusetts federal judge to order an attorney representing an international exchange student claiming to have suffered third-degree burns fueled by the high-proof spirit to stop sending harassing emails and otherwise trying to upend the trial through public disclosures made in social media posts.
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Del. Justices Hear Early Challenge To Corp. Law Amendments
Delaware's corporate litigation elites squared off before the state's Supreme Court on Wednesday over arguments that state lawmakers either righted — or subverted — the Court of Chancery's equity powers in amending the state's General Corporation Law earlier this year.
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Greenspoon Marder Adds NY Litigator, Aviation Expert
Greenspoon Marder LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Wednesday that it is bringing in an Arnon Tadmor-Levy commercial litigator and aviation expert as a partner in its New York office.
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Fired E-Biz Execs Sue Jackson Walker Over Judge's Romance
A pair of former executives at e-commerce company Volusion LLC have hit Jackson Walker LLP with the latest in a series of suits accusing the firm of legal malpractice stemming from the undisclosed romance between a former partner and a Texas bankruptcy judge.
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Atty Owes More Than $1M For Note Default, Ga. Bank Says
An attorney and his companies defaulted on a promissory note for more than $1.1 million, as well as interest, fees and costs, a Georgia-based bank alleges in a complaint filed Tuesday in Louisiana federal court.
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NJ Appeals Court Tosses Claim In Ex-Prosecutor's Suit
A New Jersey state appeals court dismissed one count on Wednesday from the former Warren County prosecutor's suit against Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin that alleges he was deceived into resigning from his role.
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Fed. Judiciary Tackles Design, Need For AI Evidence Rules
Federal judiciary members wrestled Wednesday with the appropriate parameters of a proposed rule that would govern machine-generated evidence, while questioning the need for another proposed rule dealing with so-called deepfake evidence.
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After Atty DQ, Family Preserves Claims Against Home Depot
A child whose foot was run over by a lawn mower driven by her father will be allowed to put on hold her lawsuit against Home Depot USA Inc. and the mower's maker, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, giving the family time to find replacement counsel after their prior firm was disqualified due to a conflict.
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Conn. Firm Says Departing Atty Failed To Pay For Clients
A five-attorney family law firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, told a state court that a contract attorney violated her employment agreement by failing to pay a fee for clients who went with her when she started a new practice at the end of her employment.
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Ex-US Atty, AUSA Pair Joins Baker Donelson In Raleigh
A former U.S. attorney and a former assistant U.S. attorney have jumped from K&L Gates LLP to Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in North Carolina.
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Husch Blackwell Brings On Morris Manning Insurance Pro
Husch Blackwell LLP has brought on a Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorney in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm with an attorney experienced in handling complex insurance coverage litigation and commercial litigation, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Paul Weiss Atty Joins Freshfields In NY To Co-Head AI Group
Freshfields announced Wednesday that it has landed a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner who represents some of the most sophisticated artificial intelligence labs and technology developers in the world as the new global co-head of its AI practice.
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Stearns Weaver Adds Longtime Gov't Atty In Florida
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA added a new of counsel to its Tallahassee office who has almost 15 years of experience in local government service.
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Robbins Geller's 'Eye-Watering' $28M Fee Bid Cut To $10.4M
A California federal judge has rejected a $28 million attorney fee request from Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd as part of a $150 million investor settlement with Zoom, calling it an "eye-watering figure," and saying the firm can collect about $10.4 million instead.
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Google Reaches Deal With Epic For Android App Changes
Google has agreed to make a number of changes to the way apps are distributed on Android devices in a deal with Epic Games, potentially resolving their yearslong antitrust battle after Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.
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BakerHostetler Lands Knobbe Martens IP Trio In California
BakerHostetler continues expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in three Knobbe Martens intellectual property attorneys as partners in its Los Angeles and Orange County offices.
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Bankruptcy Judge Taken Off GWG Case Amid Scandal Fallout
The federal judge overseeing GWG Holdings' bankruptcy case has been removed because of his professional relationship with embattled former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones, a decision the chief bankruptcy judge attributed not to the GWG judge's "own actions," but to Jones's "abuse" of judicial authority.
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Hagens Berman Owes $2M Over Failed Suit, Tech Giants Say
Amazon and Apple have told a Seattle federal judge that Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP should cover nearly $2 million in defense costs because of the firm's "misrepresentations" while litigating a lawsuit accusing the two companies of conspiring to limit device sales on the e-commerce platform.
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Judge DQs Levi & Korsinsky Over 'False Press Releases'
A California federal judge disqualified Levi & Korsinsky from serving as lead counsel in a proposed investor class action after finding that the firm issued press releases to attract clients with headlines stating it had filed certain suits when in fact, the firm hadn't actually filed those cases.
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10th Circ. Revives Atty's Free Speech Retaliation Case
A Colorado water attorney's First Amendment case against her former employer was revived by the Tenth Circuit after a three-judge panel found the attorney's comments were not made as an ordinary part of her duties.
Expert Analysis
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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.