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Nixon Peabody Taps Ex-NY, Fed Prosecutor As Litigation Head
A former New York prosecutor who helped take down hundreds of members of the notorious MS-13 gang has been tapped to lead Nixon Peabody LLP's litigation department, according to the firm.
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Justices Seek Input On NJ State Bar Diversity Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the federal government to weigh in on a Garden State appellate court's decision that approved a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership that was accused of being discriminatory.
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'Mortified' Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight
A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.
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Ford Says 'Lemon Law' Firm Faked Bills Using Overseas Staff
Ford Motor Co. accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.
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Mich. Panel Sanctions Atty Over AI-Hallucinated Cases
A medical malpractice suit in the Michigan Court of Appeals led to financial sanctions against an attorney who the court said during litigation repeatedly cited nonexistent cases that were generated by artificial intelligence.
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A Private Equity Firm Charts A Rare Public Path In MSO Deals
Private equity firm Uplift Investors hasn't been shy about its foray into the legal industry, continuing this week its unusually public run of unveiling deals between the company's managed services organization and personal injury law firms, a market drawing increasing attention from outside investors.
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NY High Court Upholds Mandatory Judge Retirement Age
New York's highest court Thursday affirmed a ruling that rejected jurists' challenges to the Empire State's mandatory retirement age of 70 for state judges and justices, finding that the centuries-old constitutional mandate doesn't conflict with a recent state civil rights amendment banning age discrimination.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Robinson & Cole's work on a special purpose acquisition vehicle transaction and Berger Montague's handing of a suit over college athlete compensation lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 5 to 18.
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Jones Walker Adds 2 More Clark Partington Attys In Florida
Jones Walker LLP grew its litigation team in its new Pensacola, Florida, office with another two attorneys from Clark Partington Hart Larry Bond & Stackhouse PA, including a new partner with over 25 years of experience as a trial attorney, the firm said this week.
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'Nip/Tuck' Actor-Turned-Attorney Joins Harris Beach In Conn.
Becoming an attorney after starring in a Golden Globe-winning television series, a Disney animated classic and an Oscar-nominated foreign film might not seem like a natural career path to some, but it's the one Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC's newest attorney took.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Law firms continued to dole out raises and bonuses during another busy week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Former Federal Prosecutor Joins Babst Calland In Pittsburgh
Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC picked up a former federal prosecutor as a partner in the litigation practice at its Pittsburgh headquarters, the firm announced this week.
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Ex-Court Clerk Wants Murdaugh Jury-Tampering Suit Dismissed
Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh cannot tie the money he spent on his criminal defense in his since-nullified murder trial back to a former court clerk's alleged jury tampering, so his lawsuit over that tampering should be tossed, the former clerk told a South Carolina federal court Thursday.
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Ga. Ethics Panel Fights Ex-Candidates' Bid To Nix Statement
Georgia's judicial ethics commission has asked a federal court to reject a bid from two defeated Peach State Supreme Court candidates to withdraw public statements the watchdog issued shortly before the state's primary election day last month, stating that the judicial hopefuls may have committed ethics violations, arguing that their request is moot now that the election has passed.
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Small Firm Builds National Business Fighting Debt Relief Cos.
A Chicago-area law firm files arbitration actions and lawsuits across the country on behalf of ordinary people who say they lost money by paying into dubious debt relief schemes. One of the firm's lead attorneys says the group has found ways to make this consumer law practice a sustainable business.
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NY Judge Won't Grant Fee Requests In Public Charge Suits
A New York federal judge refused to award over $1 million in attorney fees and costs to organizations that challenged "public charge" immigration policies the first Trump administration enacted, ruling that preliminary injunctions did not give them prevailing party status.
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Lawyer Dads Seek Better Balance Of Work, Family Time
Eli Albrecht remembers the day early in his career when a senior partner at the BigLaw firm where he was working told him, "You can either be a great M&A lawyer or a great father, but you can't be both."
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Maron Marvel Marks 30 Years With Plans To Keep Growing
Delaware-based Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month with an eye on continued growth in the next decade and beyond.
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NY Judge Rejects Permanent Ban In Eletson Award Feud
A New York judge Wednesday declined to permanently bar former majority owners of Eletson Gas from attempting to exercise control over the company or interfering with new leadership, finding the request goes beyond the initial relief sought.
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Colo. Firm Accused Of Keeping Atty's Wages, Commissions
A Denver employment law firm has not paid a former lawyer with the firm all wages and commissions she is owed, the attorney alleged in Colorado state court.
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ADT Says Worker Can't 'Veto' Ogletree In Pregnancy Bias Suit
ADT urged a Georgia federal court Wednesday to uphold an order denying a bid by a former ADT worker's attorney to disqualify Ogletree from representing the security company in a pregnancy bias suit, saying she's essentially asking for "veto power" to knock out an opposing party's counsel.
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Why 'The Kentucky Hammer' Keeps Suing Its Former Lawyers
The personal injury firm Isaacs & Isaacs PSC, which broke into national prominence with a series of elaborate Super Bowl ads, has sued five of its former attorneys in the last three years, largely over what one former associate is calling a monopolistic employment agreement requiring departing lawyers to remit much of their future earnings back to the firm.
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Defense Boutique Opens Sports Practice With Ex-NHL Exec
New York boutique McGovern Weems is launching a sports practice with a former pro athlete and NHL executive at the helm.
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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line
An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."
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Winston Taylor Fills Leadership Roles In DC, Miami, Europe
Winston Taylor announced Wednesday that it made senior appointments across four major commercial centers around the globe.