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AI Speeds Up Litigation Tasks But Not Overall Pace Of Cases
Artificial intelligence can plow through mountains of information to unearth pertinent details far faster than any associate or paralegal, but the technology can't really speed up individual cases since lawyers still need to decide how to best use the material to make their arguments in court, litigators say.
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Stearns Weaver Adds Ex-Asst. US Atty In Florida
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA has expanded its trust, estate and probate litigation capabilities with the addition of a former assistant U.S. attorney and asset forfeiture coordinator for the Northern District of Florida.
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Potomac Law Adds Kelly Hart Water Law Chair In Austin
Potomac Law Group PLLC announced Wednesday that it has strengthened its water, environmental and litigation practices with a pair of Austin-based partners, including the former chair of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP's water law practice.
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PTPA Power Struggle Spurs Suit Accusing Ex-GC Of 'Coup'
An internal leadership battle within a professional tennis player advocacy group escalated Monday, when the Professional Tennis Players Association claimed in Illinois federal court that its ex-general counsel staged a "coup" by recruiting a rogue executive committee to seize control of the organization and its antitrust suit against tennis's governing bodies.
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Calif. Judge Asks About Standing In Google Antitrust Case
A California federal judge overseeing an antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines has asked for evidence showing that the consumers bringing the case have standing.
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Ex-In-House Counsel Accused In Hospital Takeover Scheme
American Healthcare Systems Corp. and its founder announced Tuesday that they have filed an amended complaint in California state court against the company's former in-house counsel, alleging he orchestrated a coordinated extortion and takeover scheme to seize control over the corporation.
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Less NJ Attys Litigated Disbarments In 2025 After Rule Change
Fewer Garden State attorneys are litigating their disbarments than in previous years, possibly due to the creation of a path to readmission for disbarred attorneys, according to the newly released annual disciplinary report for 2025 from the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics.
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Ogletree Co-Founder Deakins, 'Beacon Of Wisdom,' Dies At 90
A co-founder of the global labor and employment juggernaut Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC died Monday after decades of helping shape the firm's values of honesty and transparency.
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ChatGPT Edits Weren't 'Knowing' Errors, Conn. Justices Told
A GLG Law LLC lawyer who blamed ChatGPT for misquotes and citation errors in three filings told the Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday he did not violate an ethics rule requiring candor to the tribunal because his briefs, though inaccurate, contained correct assertions about the law.
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Manatt Adds 2 Class Action Litigators From Blank Rome In LA
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP announced that a pair of experienced litigators focused on class action defense and consumer protection matters have joined the firm's Los Angeles office from Blank Rome LLP.
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NJ Panel Backs Atty's Trimmed Government Pension Credits
A New Jersey state appeals court said the state's public employee pension system was right to shave eight years of service off a government prosecutor's retirement credits, finding he couldn't skirt a change in law that blocked contractors of professional services from collecting benefits.
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Veteran Patent Atty Joins Jeffer Mangels In San Francisco
Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP announced Monday that a patent attorney with nearly 30 years of experience has joined the firm's San Francisco office as a partner from HG Law LLP.
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Winston Taylor Hires IP Trio From DLA Piper In DC, Calif.
Winston Taylor has hired three attorneys from DLA Piper, who focus their practices on IP litigation and rejoin a colleague from their former firm who took a role as leader of its U.S. International Trade Commission practice last month, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Celsius Ex-GC's Ch. 11 Suit Against Other Execs Tossed
A New York bankruptcy judge tossed a former Celsius Network LLC executive's lawsuit that blamed alleged oversight issues at the crypto platform on three other executives, finding that his claims belonged to Celsius and were waived under its Chapter 11 plan.
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Legal Tech Co. Drops Suit After Anthropic Embargo Is Lifted
Legal tech company Legion has voluntarily dropped its claims against the Commerce Department over an order forcing artificial intelligence platform Anthropic to shut down two of its advanced models to foreigners, days after news broke that the government had rescinded the directive.
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Weber Gallagher Gains Med Mal Atty From Marshall Dennehey
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP has grown in New Jersey with the hire of a new partner from Marshall Dennehey who specializes in complex medical malpractice defense, the firm announced this week.
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Pryor Cashman Adds Simpson Thacher Atty To Litigation Team
Pryor Cashman LLP said Tuesday it has continued growing its litigation group with a longtime Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP lawyer, who has represented "some of the most prominent names in private equity and finance," the firm said.
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LSAC Says Test Prep Co. Flouted Fees, Infringed TMs
The Law School Admission Council, purveyor of the LSAT, has sued a test preparation company in Pennsylvania federal court over alleged unpaid licensing fees and continued unauthorized use of its trademarks in certain digital offerings.
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Longtime Goodwin Procter IP Lawyer Moves To Pillsbury In DC
A career Goodwin Procter LLP lawyer, who spent nearly two decades at that firm working on high-stakes intellectual property disputes, has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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Judge Says No To Amicus On Attorney Privilege In FTC Case
A defense bar advocacy group will not get a chance to weigh in on the FTC's antitrust case against Amazon over allegations the e-commerce behemoth used attorney-client privilege to hide evidence from discovery after a Washington federal judge declined to hear from the group.
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Kasowitz Sued Over College Antisemitism Settlement Fees
A group of Columbia University students who reached a settlement with the school over alleged antisemitism on campus accused Kasowitz LLP of wrongfully taking over $6 million from the deal and engaging in "self-dealing and misappropriation."
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Paralegal Says NC Law Firm Fired Her Out Of Disability Bias
North Carolina law firm Whitaker & Hamer PLLC fired a paralegal after she asked to bring her service dog to work and for additional time off to manage flare-ups of her disability, according to a Monday lawsuit the former employee filed in federal court.
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After Tense Terms, Hints Of High Court Harmony With Circuits
Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.
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The Moments That Shaped The Monsanto Decision
U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.
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Univ. Says Montgomery McCracken Must Face Negligence Suit
Rider University panned Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP's move to dismiss a malpractice suit against it over the botched sale of a $42 million school property as "laughable" in a recent brief to a New Jersey Superior Court.
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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.