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Dilworth Paxson Launches Appellate Advocacy Practice
Dilworth Paxson LLP announced Monday it had assembled a team of more than a dozen attorneys to provide expertise focused on appellate matters for clients in state and federal courts.
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Paul Hastings Adds A&O Shearman Securities Litigator Duo
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has hired two San Francisco-based securities litigation attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as partners, including A&O Shearman's former managing partner of the California offices.
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Arnold & Porter Hires RE, IP Attys For West Coast Offices
Arnold & Porter hired an experienced real estate finance attorney and a veteran IP attorney for partner and counsel roles in its Seattle and San Francisco offices respectively, the firm announced Monday.
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DOJ Forges Ahead With Law Firm EO Appeals At DC Circ.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting four law firms, just three days after the agency backtracked on its decision to drop the fight.
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NJ Talc Suit Will Proceed Amid Beasley Allen DQ Appeal
The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to stay multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder brought by hundreds of women who allege their ovarian cancer was linked to the product, while Beasley Allen appeals its removal as plaintiff's counsel over a firm partner's collaboration with the pharmaceutical giant's former outside counsel.
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Constantine Cannon Defends Handling Of Sutter $75M Fee
Constantine Cannon LLP pushed back against Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's allegations it unfairly reduced Schneider Wallace's share of a $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million antitrust deal, arguing in California federal court that the firm "sat on the sidelines" for most of the decadelong fight and isn't entitled to a bigger cut.
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'Cop City' Protester Sues UNC Law Over Campus Lockout
A former University of North Carolina law student has sued the school and several administrators alleging that they initiated an unconstitutional disciplinary process that resulted in banning them from campus and blocking graduation attendance based on "baseless" criminal charges stemming from "Cop City" protests in Atlanta.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases this week, including a fight over drug users' right to own guns, and issued decisions in two, one involving New Jersey Transit's immunity from suit and the other concerning courts' ability to review immigration decisions. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Investors Accuse Alston & Bird Of Aiding $328M Crypto Fraud
Several investors have brought a Florida federal proposed class action alleging legal malpractice against Alston & Bird LLP, accusing the law firm of drafting joint venture agreements that were used to aid a $328 million cryptocurrency scam.
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Former Acting NJ Comptroller To Join Langer Grogan In Philly
Former acting New Jersey Comptroller Kevin Walsh will join the Philadelphia-based consumer and antitrust class action firm Langer Grogan & Diver PC in March, the firm announced Friday.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped convince the Sixth Circuit to end the government's net neutrality rules in one of the highest-profile cases turning on the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision and won two appellate rulings in favor of FirstEnergy Corp. in litigation over a $1 billion bribery scandal, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Louisiana Atty Sanctioned Over AI Hallucinations In Filing
A Louisiana attorney was fined $1,000 Thursday for his use of artificial intelligence in drafting an error-riddled brief, while three co-counsel were spared penalty.
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Morgan & Morgan Adds Coffey McPharlin Personal Injury Pro
Morgan & Morgan has added a trial attorney who has helped clients in personal injury cases secure millions in damages from tobacco giants and other companies during his lengthy legal career, which has included a stint operating his own firm and a long tenure at Kelley Uustal.
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Brach Eichler Adds Transactions Pro From Newman Simpson
Brach Eichler LLC grew its corporate practice this week with the hire of a transactions expert with a unique background as a trial litigator joining from Newman Simpson & Cohen LLP.
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Legal Jobs Up 19th Straight Month In 'Goldilocks' Economy
The legal sector continued its lengthy upward streak in February, with 2,600 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in January, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began the month of March facing a new conflict in the Middle East and developments on executive orders targeting BigLaw firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Cleary Rehires Former Federal Prosecutor From Paul Weiss
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced on Thursday that it has rehired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP lawyer who previously served as co-chief of the Southern District of New York's General Crimes Section.
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Kahana Feld Arrives In Philly Area With Wood Smith Attys
Kahana Feld has announced that it has opened an office in the Philadelphia area by bringing on a general liability practice partner and two other senior associates from Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP.
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Why Firms Are Investing In State AG Practices
As clients face heat from state attorneys general amid a changing federal enforcement landscape, a growing number of law firms are building up their state attorney general practices, including Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, which announced a new task force this week.
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White & Case Adds Winston & Strawn LA Securities Litigator
White & Case LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a Winston & Strawn LLP securities litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Lindsey Halligan Faces Fla. Bar Investigation, Watchdog Says
The Florida Bar is investigating Lindsey Halligan, the former interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who pursued controversial indictments against President Donald Trump's political opponents, according to a letter the Campaign for Accountability made public Thursday.
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OpenAI Practices Law Without A License, Insurer Alleges
OpenAI is practicing law without a license, according to an insurer's lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court that alleges artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT provided faulty legal advice to a woman seeking disability benefits that led to a breached settlement and a flurry of frivolous court filings.
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A Look At Four States' Tort Reform Legislation Fights
There are currently four states debating whether to install business-friendly tort reform legislation or medical malpractice guardrails. The issues include a potentially brutal showdown in California over auto collision litigation and efforts in Florida to expand wrongful death liability for healthcare providers.
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Ex-Wells Fargo Worker's Atty Fee Bid Denied, For Now
A federal judge rejected a request for attorney fees by a former Wells Fargo worker who won a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict, saying he will consider the motion again after the Fourth Circuit renders its decision in the bank's appeal.
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5th Circ. Upholds $919K Fee Award In Overtime Suit
The Fifth Circuit upheld an award of $919,000 in attorney fees to hospital employees who won an overtime pay dispute with Texas health providers, ruling Thursday that the lower court reasonably reduced a request for more than $3 million in fees.