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Hodges & Foty Attys Dissolve Houston Firm To End Spat
The co-founders and name partners of Houston law firm Hodges & Foty LLP have agreed to dissolve the firm and settle claims that arose as their partnership soured.
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Texas, Washington Immigration Firm Rivals Settle Suit
A Washington state-based immigration firm and a Texas rival have agreed to settle a trade secrets battle between them, telling a Houston federal court they've agreed to drop all the allegations in the case.
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Meet The Judge Targeted By Admin In Jenner & Block Suit
The D.C. federal judge facing criticism from the Trump administration over his ruling in Jenner & Block's lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department — and no stranger to ire from Trump and his allies — is a long-serving and experienced judge who has been director of the federal judiciary and presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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NJ AG Cleared To Appeal Ex-Prosecutor's Resignation Claim
The New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division granted Attorney General Matthew Platkin's request to rule on a lawsuit from a former Warren County prosecutor claiming that Platkin misled him into resigning from his post last year.
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Hagens Berman Sanctioned Over Disappearing Client
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is facing monetary sanctions in a proposed class action against Apple and Amazon, after a Washington federal judge said the firm misled her about a problem client who disappeared and wasted the court's time in the process.
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Holland & Hart Adds 2 More Ariz. Perkins Coie Enviro Attys
Holland & Hart LLP is continuing to expand its environmental bench, announcing that it has welcomed two Perkins Coie lawyers to the Phoenix office it opened last month with two former Perkins Coie partners.
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Ex-Vt. US Atty Talks Gov't Service, Recent Move To Boutique
After nearly a decade and a half of public service, Nikolas Kerest recently resigned as U.S. attorney for Vermont and joined boutique firm Stris & Maher. He spoke with Law360 Pulse about his transition back to private practice and what he said was the largely unseen role of civil litigators in U.S. attorneys' offices.
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Carlton Fields Class Action Ace Jumps To Stinson In Tampa
Stinson LLP has expanded its class action capabilities in Tampa, Florida, with a new partner from Carlton Fields.
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Keller Postman Denies Breaching Arbitration Deal With Tubi
Keller Postman LLC shot back at Tubi Inc.'s claims that it violated an agreement meant to cool a heated dispute amid the video streaming service's tortious interference suit over mass arbitration against its user agreement, with the firm arguing it "complied with every stipulation it made to this court."
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry has had another busy week with another executive order targeting a law firm, several lateral moves and notable office changes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Prominent Jan. 6 Prosecutor Leaves Kobre & Kim
Michael Sherwin, a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor who suggested that the insurrectionists of Jan. 6, 2021, could be charged with sedition, has left disputes and investigations firm Kobre & Kim after four years with the firm.
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Judge Romance Fee Disputes Moved From Bankruptcy Court
A Texas federal district court agreed to preside over a suit brought by the U.S. Trustee's Office to make Jackson Walker LLP forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a one time-partner from the firm.
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Mondelez In-House Atty Returns To Ogletree Deakins In NJ
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC's Morristown, New Jersey, office this week has welcomed back a former partner with 15 years of legal experience who left the firm for an in-house role at the food company Mondelez International.
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BigLaw Shying Away From Some Pro Bono Work 'Out Of Fear'
Amid President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, nonprofit leaders whose organizations have long worked with the industry tell Law360 Pulse they have seen attorneys shy away from certain legal work that may be looked on unfavorably by the administration.
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'Showboating' Or Accessible? Circ. Dissents Up For Debate
Circuit court judges are increasingly authoring separate opinions for the general public rather than for their colleagues. This "showboating" could damage the federal judiciary's legitimacy, a new paper says, while others applaud these rulings' accessibility.
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Ga. Tort Reform Promises Relief From Insurance Industry Ills
Georgia is on the cusp of enacting major reforms to its tort claims system that aim to reduce outsize jury awards and other expenses contributing to rising liabilities, which carriers and policyholders hope will relieve strains on the insurance industry.
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Conn. Firm Fights Atty Fee Award In Client's Suit Over Scam
Connecticut law firm Mancini Provenzano & Futtner LLC has asked a Constitution State court to reconsider its decision to award attorney fees and prejudgment interest to a former client after a fraudster used the firm's email system to rob the client of $90,586, arguing there was no bad faith to warrant such an award.
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Judge On Bid To Redo Wawa Breach Atty Fees: 'I Don't Buy It'
A Third Circuit panel on Thursday considering a class member's request to reconsider a $3.2 million attorney fee award in the Wawa data breach litigation seemed unconvinced of the argument that the number was the result of side-dealing attorneys, with one judge telling counsel, "I don't buy it."
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Conn. Justices Seem Open To Redo Of Atty's Scam Damages
Justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Thursday to an attorney's argument that they should boost the damages he won against scammers in an identity theft case, and asked probing questions about how the $450,000 award was calculated, then recalculated, in two lower courts.
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Carlton Fields Beats DQ Bid In Fla. $500M Miss America Suit
A Florida federal judge denied a bid to disqualify Carlton Fields in a $500 million lawsuit over the ownership of the company that runs the Miss America pageant, saying such a remedy is extraordinary, and that the allegations are "scattered and speculative."
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Willkie IP Pros Join New York-Based Gemini Law
New York-based intellectual property firm Gemini Law LLP has announced that it has added two former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partners to enhance its capabilities to serve biotechnology, biopharmaceutical and medical technology clients.
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Levine Lee Rehires Florida Federal Prosecutor
New York's Levine Lee LLP has welcomed back the first attorney it ever hired after her approximately five-year stint with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
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Gunster Adds Byrd Campbell Litigation Atty In Orlando
Florida business law firm Gunster has added a new shareholder with expertise in complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy law and creditors' rights matters to its Orlando office from Byrd Campbell PA.
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Retired NJ Judge Rejoins Einhorn Barbarito As ADR Leader
Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC brought on a new leader for its alternative dispute resolution practice this week, tapping a former state court judge in Morris County who previously worked at the firm for 17 years for the role.
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Littler Hires Veteran Atty From Small New Haven Firm
A veteran attorney from a small firm in Connecticut has joined BigLaw employment firm Littler Mendelson PC to serve as special counsel in its New Haven office, the firm announced this week.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.