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Berger Singerman Adds Duo From Fla. Litigation Boutique
Florida business law firm Berger Singerman announced Monday that it picked up a trial lawyer duo with expertise in high-stakes, bet-the-company and complex civil litigation from Zebersky Payne LLP in Fort Lauderdale.
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Saxton & Stump Grows In Lancaster With Seasoned Litigator
Pennsylvania-based mid-sized firm Saxton & Stump bolstered its litigation services at its Lancaster, Pennsylvania, office with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his practice after nearly 13 years as a co-founding partner at Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli LLC.
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Conn. High Court Snapshot: Atty's 'Double' ID Theft Damages
When it convenes for its next term, Connecticut's highest court will weigh whether an attorney whose identity was stolen can skirt a panel's ruling that he is not entitled to a "double recovery" of damages, and it will consider an insurance agent's responsibilities when a policyholder's coverage is canceled.
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Mortgage Lenders, Attys Stole From NY Debtors, Suit Says
A New York homeowner filed a proposed class action in Brooklyn federal court alleging that the state's mortgage lenders, loan servicing agents and foreclosure attorneys have conspired to inflate the amounts owed on post-foreclosure sales.
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Judge Urges Attorneys Not To Use AI For 'Hard Work'
While attorneys should use generative artificial intelligence tools, they shouldn't use the technology for "hard work" like giving them legal answers and filling up a blank page, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Scott Schlegel said during a panel at the American Bar Association Techshow 2025 in Chicago.
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Class Action Spending Could Top $4.5B As Settlements Drop
Companies are facing more class action lawsuits and are spending more money to defend against them than ever before, with that spending expected to exceed $4.5 billion in 2025, according to a new report from Carlton Fields.
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Blank Rome Expands Dallas Bench With Solo Real Estate Atty
Blank Rome LLP has added an attorney in Dallas from a solo practice, further expanding the firm's national real estate group.
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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
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Ex-Prosecutor Opens Defense Shop From Former Firm Office
Paul Murphy, a former federal prosecutor with more than three decades of experience, launched his own litigation shop out of his old law firm's New York office in an arrangement he said will afford him greater freedom over cases and clients.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.
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Steps Small Law Firms Can Take Against Cyber Threats
Small law firms might think they will not be targeted by cybercriminals, but artificial intelligence tools make it easier to orchestrate cyberattacks, so small firms need to take steps to protect themselves, according to a panel at the American Association Bar Techshow 2025 in Chicago.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm Mergers Lag Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties
U.S. law firms announced 20 combinations in the first three months of 2025, fewer than nearly every other year going back a decade, according to the Law360 Pulse Merger Tracker.
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Frost LLP Brings On Ex-NBCUniversal Atty As IP Partner In LA
Business litigation boutique Frost LLP is boosting its litigation team, bringing in an intellectual property expert who most recently was an in-house counsel with NBCUniversal as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Trump Lawyer Brings 'Fierce' Style To New US Atty Post In NJ
With a litigation style both praised as "assertive" and criticized as "over the top," Alina Habba's commitment to President Donald Trump — her client in some of his most high-profile trials in recent years — has taken her from managing partner of a small New Jersey law firm to the top federal prosecutor in the Garden State.
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Fla. Atty Cites Law School Debt In Bid To Skip Conn. Oral Args
A Florida employment attorney embroiled in state and federal proceedings over a judgment requiring him to repay his ex's $30,000 contribution toward his law school loans says he can't afford to travel to Connecticut to argue an appeal because his debts and lack of income while traveling make in-person attendance difficult.
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Law Firm Says Insurer Shorted On Defense Of Blackmail Suit
A law firm accused by a Florida state judge of causing her emotional distress via blackmail is suing its insurer, alleging the insurer underpaid the firm's defense counsel by nearly $600,000 in connection with the settled underlying lawsuit she filed.
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Law Firm Fights Ex-Paralegal's Anonymity Bid In Bias Suit
A former paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm made speculative and illogical arguments to take her identity away from her overtime and retaliation suit, the firm said Thursday, urging a federal court to keep her name known.
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Ex-Rimon Trio Launches Distributed Equity Model Firm
Lucendo LLP officially launched under the leadership of three former Rimon PC partners on Thursday, breaking the mold as a distributed law firm at which attorneys can work remotely and set their own rates with an equity profit-sharing model.
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Atty Suspended Over Billing Lapses In State Street Case
The former managing partner of Thornton Law Firm LLP has received a 30-day license suspension for his decision to sign an inaccurate billing declaration to a federal judge in an investor action against State Street Bank.
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Boutique IP Litigator Returns To Mintz In Miami
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC strengthened its Miami ranks with the addition of a new patent litigator from his own firm, Goma Law PLLC.
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'Beer Law' Firm Says Confusion Is Brewing Over Rival's Name
A North Carolina law firm, one of whose managing partners focuses on advising businesses in the beer, wine and craft beverage industries under the name "Beer Law Center," on Wednesday accused a Colorado law firm of coasting off its reputation by offering services under the confusingly similar "Beer Law HQ."
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Client Says Colo. Injury Attys Didn't Tell Him About Settlement
A personal injury plaintiff is suing his former attorneys and their Colorado law firm for malpractice after they allegedly failed to notify him of a settlement offer in time, forcing the case to trial where jurors issued a verdict that was less than the settlement offer.
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'Values-Led' Health Law Boutique Kicks Off In Atlanta
A pair of founders of Health Law Strategists LLC announced Wednesday they have launched a national boutique in Atlanta called Aligned Health Law LLC.
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Phelps Dunbar Grows In Florida With Panhandle Firm Tie-Up
Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Wednesday that it will combine with Pensacola's Beggs & Lane on May 1, venturing into the Florida Panhandle for the first time.
Expert Analysis
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Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.