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Del. Senate Panel Sends Corp. Law Overhaul To Full Chamber
Delaware legislation that could narrow stockholder opportunities to sue state-chartered corporations for fiduciary duty breaches or access to books and records moved to the state's full Senate on Wednesday after a less than 90-minute committee hearing that leaned toward the bill's supporters.
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Willkie Beats Malpractice Suit Over ERISA Ch. 11 Advice
An Ohio federal judge affirmed Tuesday a bankruptcy court's decision tossing legal malpractice claims filed by a coal company executive's estate against Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, rejecting the estate's arguments it sufficiently alleged Willkie was grossly negligent in failing to warn the estate about a potential $6.5 billion ERISA liability.
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Judge Blocks Order Limiting Perkins Coie Government Access
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday halted enforcement of the Trump administration's executive order against law firm Perkins Coie LLP that cited issues including its representation of Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential run, calling the order "viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple."
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As Perkins Coie Fights Order, How Will Other Firms Respond?
Perkins Coie LLP, represented by Williams & Connolly LLP, is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its security clearance and launching investigations into its diversity efforts. But other firms have remained silent, raising questions about the order's potential effects on how firms handle public policy litigation, publicly support their right to defend all clients and pursue hiring initiatives.
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Widow Blames Lawyer's Death On Heat From Atty, Biz Partner
A lawyer who co-founded a successful college athletics database took his own life after both his former business partner and his personal attorney falsely accused him of stealing from the company and sought to take control of his assets as repayment, his family said in a state court complaint that seeks to sort through the "financial wreckage."
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Boies Schiller Adds Calif. Litigator Experienced In AI Cases
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is boosting its California team, bringing in a Joseph Saveri Law Firm litigator in San Francisco who brings expertise in navigating cases touching on artificial intelligence, the firm announced this week.
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DLA Piper Litigation Duo Follows Colleagues To Dentons
Less than a month after a pair of DLA Piper insurance litigators joined Dentons' New York office, two more attorneys from the same practice have decided to follow their colleagues' lead, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
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Drew Eckl Can't Keep Breakaway Firm In Arbitration Over Fees
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday found that Burke Moore Law Group LLP — founded by former Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP partners and others — cannot be subject to arbitration over fees between Drew Eckl and those ex-firm partners since Burke Moore did not sign the agreement at issue.
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Even Judges Have Regrets? Prof Makes Case To Study Them
Judges' regrets over past rulings have been largely unexplored in legal scholarship and analysis, but public expressions of remorse could have a positive impact on the legal system if studied and taken into account, according to a new paper.
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Buzbee, Ex-Client Say Roc Nation Can't Exit Conspiracy Suits
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation "spearheaded" efforts to launch malpractice suits against the Buzbee Law Firm in retaliation for a lawsuit the firm filed accusing the rap star of rape, so it cannot exit a Texas federal suit over that effort by claiming a lack of jurisdiction, the firm said.
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Tony Buzbee Accused Of Duping Another Seaman
Texas personal injury attorney Tony Buzbee and his firm have been hit with another lawsuit from a seaman who alleges that the firm misappropriated payments he received after a 2020 ship injury.
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2nd Circ. Upholds Sanctions In Chinese Billionaire's Ch. 11
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday torpedoed an appeal from the daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo — also known as Ho Won Kwok — and her attorney seeking to overturn a nearly $83,400 discovery sanction, saying the contempt ruling was merited.
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Former Jones Day Litigator Joins Boutique Watstein Terepka
National boutique Watstein Terepka LLP has brought on to its Atlanta office a former Jones Day trial lawyer with experience as a federal prosecutor and as a guide to then-Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential transition team.
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Houston Harbaugh Welcomes New Labor Practice Chair
Pittsburgh-based Houston Harbaugh PC expanded its employment law services with the recent addition of an attorney and new practice leader who joined the firm after 14 years with Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bostick & Raspanti LLP.
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Fox Rothschild Hires Lewis Brisbois Litigator In DC
A trial attorney who spent the past four years at Lewis Brisbois, has moved his practice to Fox Rothschild LLP and told Law360 Pulse in an interview Wednesday that his new role continued a family tradition of Fox Rothschild attorneys stretching back 100 years.
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McCarter & English Wins $3.77M From Ex-Client In Billing Spat
McCarter & English LLP is entitled to nearly $3.77 million from Jarrow Formulas Inc., a nutritional supplement company that refused to pay its legal bills after losing a trade secrets trial and a subsequent malpractice claim against the firm, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.
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Steptoe Hires National Security Veteran In New York
Steptoe LLP has hired a former Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP attorney known for his defense of Guantanamo Bay detainees and other high-profile national security matters, who joined the firm in New York as a partner.
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Atty Wants Early Win In NJ Malpractice Suit Over Land Dispute
New Jersey sisters who sued Fox Rothschild and a firm attorney over the handling of their late stepfather's estate lack standing to bring their claims, the lawyer argued in a motion for summary judgment, also telling the trial court that the plaintiffs were decades late in filing.
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Venable Adds 2 Patent Partners From Axinn In San Francisco
Venable LLP has hired two technology-focused partners from Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP to expand its intellectual property team in San Francisco.
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Duane Morris Adds Meyers Nave Enviro Litigation Duo In LA
Duane Morris LLP is expanding its environmental team, bringing in a pair of Meyers Nave environmental litigators at its Los Angeles office.
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Lit Funder Mustang Bets On Predictive AI To Boost Profits
Mustang Litigation Funding has told Law360 Pulse exclusively it is deploying predictive artificial intelligence into its operations, launching an ongoing double-blind test of the technology in its underwriting process to evaluate risk and profitability.
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Perkins Coie Slams Trump's Executive Order Retaliation
Perkins Coie LLP sued the Trump administration Tuesday over an executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures including former Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, calling the order "an affront to the Constitution" that aims to chill future representation of certain clients.
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BigLaw Firms Join To Support Del. Corporate Law Changes
Twenty-one law firms with Delaware corporate practices have jointly endorsed pending state legislation, S.B. 21, that aims to narrow stockholder avenues for challenging corporate acts and clarify the definition of company controllers.
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A Brief Look At Delaware's Divisive Corporate Law Bill
Delaware state Senate Bill 21, up for a Judiciary Committee vote on Wednesday, overturns some provisions of landmark state Supreme Court rulings, from Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. in 2014 to In re Match Group a decade later, which call for plaintiff-friendly entire fairness review for controller transactions.
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Threats Against Judges 'Top Priority,' Fed. Judiciary Says
Protecting federal judges is a "top priority" as violent threats spike against a polarized political backdrop, making congressional funding for additional security measures more important than ever, the U.S. Judicial Conference said Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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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.