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  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    Insights on 2026 law firm performance and BigLaw firm efforts to expand practice offerings made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Nelson Mullins Hires Career Faegre Drinker Pharma Trial Atty

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has expanded its bench of trial attorneys with a lawyer who represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability, consumer fraud and class action matters.

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    McKool Smith's Patent Trial Legend Sam Baxter Retires

    Sam Baxter of McKool Smith has announced his retirement after more than five decades in the legal profession, wrapping up a storied career as a patent litigator in the Eastern District of Texas.

  • Cannabis Dispute Ends With Plaintiff Co. Facing $1.34M Default

    A California state court snuffed out a Los Angeles cannabis company's fraud lawsuit against its investors and landlords, which were accused of stealing $40 million and wrecking its cannabis license, opening the door for the ex-business partners to score a $1.34 million default judgment.

  • Pa. Atty Says Ex-Partner Ran Firm Into Ground, Won't Pay Up

    A Pennsylvania patent attorney is accusing his former partner in a state court lawsuit of mismanaging the firm they started, improperly winding down operations and refusing to pay him all the money he says he is owed.

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    Choice Of Trump's Attys For Bench Worries Some, Not Others

    President Donald Trump is drawing from a pool of his own personal lawyers to fill some seats on the federal bench — a change in strategy from his first term that some experts say is unremarkable, but that others worry will undermine the legitimacy of the courts.

  • Ex-Husch Blackwell Partner Urges Discovery In ERISA Dispute

    A former Husch Blackwell LLP partner has urged a Missouri federal court to ignore the firm's request for summary judgment in a dispute over employee retirement benefits, arguing discovery should proceed in the proposed class action.

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    Former NLRB Atty Joins Mitchell Silberberg In New York

    Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP announced Wednesday that an experienced attorney who formerly worked at the National Labor Relations Board has joined the firm's New York office as a partner from Paul Hastings LLP.

  • Ga. Lawyer Says Fraud Coverage Ruling Misread State Law

    A Georgia attorney on Wednesday urged a federal judge to undo a recent ruling declaring his professional liability insurer doesn't owe him coverage in an underlying lawsuit alleging the lawyer schemed with a client to enrich themselves, arguing the court erred by finding his alleged conduct didn't fall under the policy.

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    How Benesch Again Defeated Fake Price Markdown Claims

    A Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP appellate team has scored its second notable victory for retailers accused of deceptive discount practices, convincing the state supreme court in the usually consumer-friendly Washington to reject a proposed class action by drilling down into what constitutes an injury.

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    J&J Says Ill. Ruling Backs Beasley Allen's DQ From Talc Suits

    Johnson & Johnson told a New Jersey federal court that a recent ruling in Illinois backs the Beasley Allen Law Firm's disqualification from multidistrict litigation over its talcum powder.

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    Buchalter Adds Engineer Turned Patent Atty From Mintz

    Buchalter PC announced Wednesday that it has welcomed an engineer-turned-lawyer to its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, touting her long-standing experience as a patent litigator and registered patent attorney.

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    Kane Russell Adds Six Attys Across Dallas, Houston, Austin

    Lone Star State law firm Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC has bulked up its litigation, labor and employment, bankruptcy and emergency response offerings with new attorney hires across its offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston.

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    Sheppard Adds 15 Perkins Trial Attys As It Targets IP Growth

    Sheppard announced another major addition to its intellectual property practice on Thursday, welcoming a 15-lawyer litigation team from Perkins Coie that includes five partners.

  • Citgo Bidder Violating Confidentiality Agreement, Court Hears

    Counsel for the oil giant Citgo has accused an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP of improperly revealing and distorting its confidential information as the parties inch closer toward ending a long-running saga aimed at satisfying billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt.

  • Texas Couple Drops Data Suit Against Personal Injury Firm

    A Houston couple who accused a law firm and a since-dismissed Progressive unit of conspiring to share the private information of car crash victims has dropped federal claims against the firm after reportedly finding no evidence that it engaged in the conduct they alleged. 

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    Hall Benefits Law Expands To North Carolina, Ohio

    National benefits boutique Hall Benefits Law announced Wednesday that the firm has opened offices in North Carolina and Ohio with the hiring of two attorneys.

  • Coupang, Ex-In-House Lawyer To Drop Iran Whistleblower Suit

    South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang and a former in-house compliance attorney have agreed to dismiss the lawyer's suit claiming he was wrongly fired for bringing attention to the company's alleged illegal business dealings with Iran, according to a joint filing Wednesday in Seattle federal court.

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    Demand Rebound, Rising Rates Fuel BigLaw Revenue Jump

    BigLaw firms had a strong first quarter of 2026, driven by ever-increasing billing rates and higher-than-expected demand for legal services, according to survey results released Wednesday.

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    3rd Circ. Skeptical Law Prof Harmed By NJ Employment Policy

    The Third Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical that an attorney has standing to challenge the constitutionality of a workplace policy for New Jersey employees, asking what imminent harm she faces now that she is no longer subject to the policy.

  • 2nd Circ. Stands By $83M Carroll Verdict As Full Court Splits

    In a splintered ruling Wednesday, the full Second Circuit refused to rehear President Donald Trump's appeal challenging an $83.3 million verdict for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in his response to her sexual abuse allegations.

  • Atty Denies Defaming Sig Sauer In Gun Safety Trial Comments

    A Connecticut attorney's claims that a Sig Sauer pistol is dangerous and defective aren't defamatory because they are opinions grounded in expert analysis presented during personal injury litigation, he argued Wednesday in a motion to dismiss the gunmaker's counterclaims in federal court against him.

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    GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach

    After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.

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    Fenwick Adds 5-Atty IP Team From Winston & Strawn

    Fenwick & West LLP announced Wednesday it has welcomed a team of five attorneys from Winston & Strawn LLP, saying their additions "[deepen] Fenwick's patent litigation work across telecommunications, hardware, software, and semiconductors."

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    Epport Richman Litigator Joins Fox Rothschild In LA

    Fox Rothschild LLP announced Wednesday it has added a Los Angeles-based partner from Epport Richman & Robbins LLP to its litigation department, touting his experience representing corporate clients in commercial disputes, corporate governance lawsuits and securities litigation.

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