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End Payors Seek $66M In Atty Fees In Generic Drug MDL
End payors in a generic drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation are seeking a Pennsylvania federal court's approval for a $66 million award of attorney fees, representing one-third of the $200 million settlement between the classes and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. and Taro Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
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Ga. Justices Disbar Atty Over Abandonment Of Six Cases
The Georgia Supreme Court disbarred a suspended attorney on Tuesday for accepting a total of $33,900 from six clients but failing to handle their cases, finding that the attorney also failed to respond to the disciplinary process.
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Fla. Boutique Sanchez Fischer Lands Black Srebnick Litigator
Sanchez Fischer Levine LLP has ramped up its commercial litigation capabilities with a new partner in Miami from Black Srebnick.
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Winston & Strawn Fights 'Anti-Woke' Fintech $1.7B Crash Suit
Winston & Strawn LLP is asking a Texas bankruptcy court to toss a lawsuit from the trustee of self-styled "anti-woke" financial technology startup GloriFi, saying that holding the law firm responsible for the company's failure would set "extraordinary and dangerous precedent."
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Hall Booth Making Arrival In Philadelphia In New Year
Hall Booth Smith PC will officially open an office in Philadelphia on Jan. 1 under the leadership of two attorneys, marking the Atlanta-based firm's first outpost in Pennsylvania and its 29th overall.
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Baker Donelson Tries Again To Escape Miss. Timber Ponzi Suit
Baker Donelson has moved for summary judgment against claims the firm allowed a timber company's nine-figure Ponzi scheme to unfold under its nose, with other defendants and the receiver also seeking rulings in their favor in the Mississippi federal suit.
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Wilson Elser Picks Up 6-Atty Team In LA From Booth
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a six-attorney team from the now-shuttered Booth LLP in Los Angeles, including that firm's former managing partner.
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Pond Lehocky Expands In South NJ With Veteran Litigator
Pond Lehocky Giordano is expanding in South Jersey with a new Haddonfield office to be led by a litigator who comes aboard from Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC with experience handling high-profile employment cases.
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McElroy Deutsch Adds 2 Litigation & Insurance Pros In NJ
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP has added two attorneys in New Jersey who spent lengthy tenures at Tompkins McGuire Wachenfeld & Barry LLP to bolster its litigation and insurance services practice group.
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Marino Finley Adds Top DC Litigator From Barnes & Thornburg
Marino Finley LLP has hired a Barnes & Thornburg LLP white collar group partner in Washington, D.C., who joins the firm as of counsel to represent clients in high-stakes litigation, the firm announced this week.
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Law Firms Announce Merger To Widen Reach In Central NY
Binghamton, New York-based Levene Gouldin & Thompson LLP said this week that it will merge with Ithaca law firm Schlather Stumbar Parks & Salk LLP on Jan. 1 to increase its presence throughout central New York.
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OpenAI Sets Policy Against Legal, Medical Advice
OpenAI has updated its user policy across its artificial intelligence platforms, including ChatGPT, saying its products can't be used by individuals to provide any legal or medical advice.
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2nd Circ. Denies Reed Smith Relief In Eletson Discovery Feud
The Second Circuit has rejected a bid from Reed Smith to pause a lower court ruling ordering the new owner of international shipping company Eletson Holdings to turn over documents requested by competitor Levona Holdings Ltd, finding the law firm failed to make its case to hold off on granting access to the documents.
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Paymentus Faces Trial Over Fintech Atty's Age Bias Claims
A former in-house attorney for billing company Paymentus Corp. can bring her retaliation, age discrimination and wrongful discharge claims to trial after a North Carolina federal judge on Monday granted only partial summary judgment in the company's favor.
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Insurance Law Firm's Bid For $600K Biz Tax Refund Flops
Washington appellate judges spurned a Pacific Northwest law firm's request for a roughly $600,000 tax refund on Monday, agreeing with state regulators that the firm owes business taxes on legal services for insurance clients when the litigation unfolded within the Evergreen State.
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Fla. Law Firm Escapes Data Breach Class Suit
A Florida federal judge Monday tossed a proposed class action suit claiming Miami-headquartered national law firm Zumpano Patricios PA failed to protect sensitive information prior to a data breach, ruling that a threat of misuse of the information was not enough to confer standing for the plaintiffs.
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10th Circ. Affirms Atty Fees Award In Habeas Actions
The Tenth Circuit on Monday held that the Equal Access to Justice Act authorizes fee awards in habeas actions challenging immigration detention, affirming a Colorado federal court's ruling that a Guatemalan national can receive attorney fees after successfully petitioning for habeas relief from her immigration detention.
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Dorsey & Whitney Opens In Chicago, Joining Other Firms
Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced Monday that it has opened a Chicago office led by a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alumnus from Perkins Coie, who arrives along with six colleagues.
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Calif. Prop 65 Expert Joins Carlton Fields In Los Angeles
Carlton Fields announced Monday that an experienced defense litigator who focuses on California's Proposition 65 matters has joined the firm's Los Angeles office from Steptoe LLP.
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Cannabis Cos. Allege Hinckley Allen Malpractice Cost $25M
A group of cannabis companies have claimed that Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP's alleged malpractice stemming from the purported decision to prioritize the personal interests of a manager in a 2017 investor suit ended up costing them over $25 million in damages.
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New Loan Forgiveness Rule Targets Trump Critics, States Say
Two lawsuits filed Monday, one by a coalition of states and the other by a group of cities, unions and advocacy organizations, are challenging a new Trump administration rule imposing "intentionally vague" and allegedly illegal restrictions on student loan forgiveness for public employees intended to stifle dissent.
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Littleton Chambers Adds Atlanta Litigator Turned ADR Neutral
Littleton Chambers has brought on an arbitrator and mediator at Hendrix ADR LLC in Atlanta with decades of litigation experience, the London-based firm announced Monday.
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Ex-Paxton Attys Defend Conspiracy Suit Tied To Impeachment
Three of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's top deputies are not immune from allegations that they conspired to retaliate against former colleagues who raised allegations of witness tampering and other ethical misdeeds during Paxton's impeachment, those former colleagues have told a Texas federal court.
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Hartmann Doherty Adds Veteran Federal Prosecutor In NJ
Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP expanded its white collar practice on Monday by adding a partner bringing nearly 30 years of experience as both a federal and state prosecutor in New Jersey.
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Leech Tishman Adds Labor Partner In Erie, Pittsburgh Offices
Leech Tishman announced Monday the firm has expanded its employment law resources in Pennsylvania with the addition of an attorney who moved his practice to the firm's Erie and Pittsburgh offices following more than 30 years with Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto Inc.
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.