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Volkswagen Defect Class Gets Final OK For $1.95M Fee Award
A New Jersey federal judge has granted final approval to a class action settlement for 3.9 million Volkswagen and Audi owners, resolving claims over alleged turbocharger defects and awarding $1.95 million in fees and expenses to the plaintiffs' attorneys.
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Ex-DOJ Criminal Chief For NJ Joins Abell Eskew Landau
The former chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey moved into private practice as a partner at the white collar boutique Abell Eskew Landau LLP after a 13-year run as a prosecutor.
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MVP: Cohen Milstein's Benjamin D. Brown
Benjamin D. Brown of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC pushed the UFC to increase its settlement payout to "life-changing" sums for fighters accusing it of wage suppression, earning his place as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.
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MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman
Steve W. Berman, managing partner of plaintiffs' class action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, helped secure a historic $2.78 billion class action settlement for college athletes and a $418 million settlement for home sellers from the National Association of Realtors, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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Ga. Judge Rejects Judicial Bias Claims In Katt Williams Suit
A Georgia federal judge has declined to reconsider his ruling tossing a suit by four women against comedian Katt Williams, rejecting claims that judicial bias infected the ruling and defending his decision to refer their attorney to the state bar for filing a brief with numerous fake case citations generated by artificial intelligence.
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Jury Expert Sues Atty For 'Pirating' Her Jan. 6 Venue Report
A New Hampshire defense attorney representing a defendant charged for crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sued in D.C. federal court for allegedly stealing a copyrighted study analyzing attitudes in the jury pool of the District of Columbia.
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Paralegal Seeks Contempt Order Over Firm's Emails For OT
A Texas law firm should face sanctions after it flouted a court's order to turn over emails that could determine how much overtime a former paralegal worked, the former employee told a federal court, saying the firm provided "unusable garbage."
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$32M Malpractice Suit Was Filed Too Late, Judge Says
A federal magistrate judge recommended tossing a lawsuit accusing Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP and one of its partners of aiding a scheme to divert tens of millions of dollars from the Orly Genger 1993 Trust, finding on Friday that every claim lodged by the trust's assignee is barred by the statute of limitations.
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Ex-Derailment Deal Admin Faces Irked Judge In Contempt Bid
The ex-administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement over the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment met skepticism as it admitted to a federal judge Friday that it had made some mistakes in distributing funds, but denied class counsel's key contention that $120 million for personal injury claims had to be divided evenly among all the claimants.
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Immigration Lawyers Battle Burnout Amid Deportation Surge
As the Trump administration carries out a mass deportation campaign across the country, immigration attorneys faced with heavy demand and changing norms are feeling the impact of burnout and stress on their practices and emotions, they told Law360.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Lieff Cabraser's handling of a lawsuit by fired federal employees involved in diversity, equity and inclusion work and Wiley's work defeating a bid challenge on behalf of a federal contractor lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Nov. 14 to Dec. 5.
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Judge Won't Exit Agri Stats DOJ Case Over Clerk Connection
A Minnesota federal judge refused to recuse himself from a case accusing Agri Stats of helping meat processors exchange sensitive information based on a clerk's past work on related cases, after refusing a similar request in a case over pork prices.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, weighing a $1 billion jury award against an internet service provider for failing to thwart online piracy, an anti-abortion pregnancy center's effort to squash a subpoena, and a preacher's lawsuit challenging a law regulating protest.
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Law School Admissions Council Settles DEI Staffer's Bias Suit
The former manager of the Law School Admission Council's diversity program has reached a settlement with the council in her racial discrimination lawsuit alleging she was passed over for promotion because she complained about bias, according to a court order filed Friday.
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Utah Atty Avoids Monetary Sanction For 'Hallucinated' Cases
A Utah federal judge handling a trademark infringement matter has sanctioned an attorney for filing court documents with "hallucinated" cases, but instead of issuing a fine, the lawyer was ordered to read all the cases and authorities cited in the opinion and file a summary statement within 30 days.
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Rosen Law Firm Sanctioned Over 'Frivolous' Investor Suit
A Wisconsin federal judge has sanctioned The Rosen Law Firm PA for failing to conduct an adequate investigation before filing a "frivolous" securities complaint against an airline holding company.
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Fla. Court Upholds Atty Disqualification In $1M Estate Dispute
A Florida state appellate court on Friday affirmed the disqualification of an attorney who abandoned his client and began representing his client's adversaries in a $1 million probate case, finding that he likely violated ethics rules regarding conflicts of interest.
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MVP: Sidley's Angela Zambrano
Angela Zambrano of Sidley Austin LLP's litigation practice group secured a victory for the Big 12 Conference in a proposed antitrust class action over name, image and likeness rights for former college athletes and helped achieve a subsequent $2.78 billion settlement to create a system of revenue sharing in major collegiate sports, along with key wins for Match Group and Amazon, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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Stone Hilton Wants Cruz Subpoena Tossed In Harassment Suit
Stone Hilton PLLC is asking a Texas federal court to toss a subpoena from a former executive assistant for information about a firm partner's past tenure with the office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, saying the purpose of the request is to "intimidate, burden and harass."
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Atlanta Media Co.'s Lack Of Counsel Can't Get It Out Of IP Row
A Georgia federal judge has ruled that a media company operated by a parent who is defending copyright infringement claims lodged by other parents over their respective children's content on social media and streaming sites cannot escape the lawsuit because it is unable to obtain counsel.
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Mass Tort Firms Targeted Over Benicar MDL Fees In NJ Suits
Robins Kaplan LLP and Pendley Baudin & Coffin were hit with proposed class actions in New Jersey state court from former clients in multidistrict litigation over the blood pressure medication Benicar alleging that the firms overcharged on their fees.
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Stinson Adds Bankruptcy Partners From Leech Tishman In LA
Stinson LLP has again expanded its attorney roster in its Los Angeles office that opened earlier this year, this time adding two bankruptcy partners from Leech Tishman and a business litigation associate.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off December with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms continued bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Morgan Lewis Brings Back Employment Pro From Sidley
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is welcoming back an employment litigation partner who is also an Occupational Safety and Health Administration expert, from Sidley Austin LLP, the firm announced Friday.
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NY AG Applauds Reports Grand Jury Declined To Reindict
New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday hailed reports that a Norfolk, Virginia, federal grand jury had declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, refusing to revive a case that President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against his "guilty as hell" political opponent.
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.