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BCLP Seeks Nearly $1M Unpaid Fees From Miss America Org
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP launched a suit in Florida state court last week seeking to recoup nearly $1 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest from Miss America Organization Inc. entities, marking the latest legal volley in years-long litigation over the fees.
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Constangy Brings On More Jackson Lewis Attys In San Diego
Three former Jackson Lewis PC attorneys have come aboard at the San Diego office of labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, joining four onetime Jackson Lewis colleagues who arrived at Constangy this summer.
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Barrister Accused Of Groping Paralegal At Work Dinner
A barrister with One Essex Court groped a legal assistant during a work dinner, the Bar Standards Board told a tribunal Wednesday.
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Jones Day Litigators Jump To Holland & Knight In Mexico City
Holland & Knight LLP has hired two lawyers from Jones Day for its Mexico City office, where they will handle a sharp increase in litigation and arbitration cases in the country.
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Ex-Simpson Millar Pro Can't Use Privilege Docs In Ouster Spat
Documents detailing failed settlement negotiations between a former director at Simpson Millar LLP and the firm are inadmissible in the solicitor's claim that he was unduly coerced in the lead-up to his dismissal, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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Philly Firm Says It's Owed Referral Fee On Injury Case
The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP is going after a fellow personal injury firm in Pennsylvania for alleged breach of contract, contending it has refused to pay referral fees on a civil rights case against the city of Scranton that was settled for $900,000.
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Pietragallo Launches In South Jersey With Former Bush Atty
Pittsburgh-based Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP announced on Tuesday the opening of a new office in New Jersey to be led by a former associate counsel to President George W. Bush and Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP partner.
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Anapol Weiss Absorbs 5-Atty Mass Tort Boutique In DC
The Philadelphia-based mass tort and personal injury firm Anapol Weiss has expanded into Washington, D.C., as it absorbs a five-attorney outfit helmed by former Wilkinson Stekloff LLP founding partner Alexandra Walsh.
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Ex-Conn. Town Atty Slams Official's Defamation Suit Defense
The former attorney for Newington, Connecticut, and the town's tax assessor bickered over whether the latter's allegedly defamatory sentiments linked to now-dismissed ethics complaints were made publicly, with the lawyer insisting the statements were made to select groups of individuals and therefore weren't motivated by concern for the municipality's citizens.
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Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11 Case Nixed As 'Bad Faith'
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP convinced a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to throw out the Chapter 11 filing of its former chief financial officer, who is behind bars for stealing over $1 million from the firm, with the judge finding Tuesday that the petition was brought in "bad faith" to stall related state litigation.
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Will Tom Girardi's Age Impact His Sentence?
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's age and mental decline did not help him avoid conviction last month on charges that he stole millions in client funds, but it's an open question how much these factors will affect his sentencing, set for December.
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McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Prosecutor, Former Fintech GC In SF
McGuireWoods LLP continues to bolster its West Coast presence, announcing Tuesday that it has added a former federal prosecutor and the former general counsel for a fintech company as partners at its San Francisco office.
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Fulton County Tries To Chop Court Staffer's Harassment Suit
A Georgia county this week fired back against a former courts employee's claims she was disciplined, passed over for promotion and threatened with a longer commute for speaking out about a supervisor's sexual abuse, contending her lawsuit is missing key supporting facts.
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Spencer Fane Keeps Growing, This Time With Tampa Litigator
Spencer Fane LLP has reinforced its Tampa, Florida office with a litigator whom law firm brass touted for her range in representing clients across several industries.
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Lewis Brisbois Lands 9 Litigators From Pillinger Miller
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added more litigation muscle with a nine-attorney pickup from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, expanding the larger firm's head count in locations including New Jersey and New York.
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Middle Temple Beats Catering Head's Unfair Dismissal Claim
The former head of catering at one of London's four inns of court has failed in his unfair dismissal claim, as a tribunal found on Tuesday that the professional association for barristers had treated him fairly during the redundancy process.
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Philips Balks At Dentons' Request To Exit IP Case
Dutch health technology conglomerate Philips Medical Systems Nederland BV is balking at Dentons US LLP's request to withdraw as counsel for Transtate Equipment Co. Inc. in a wide-ranging copyright and unfair competition case, insinuating that the move is a stalling tactic to avoid a final judgment.
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FAMU Must Face Law Professor's Race Bias Claims
A Florida federal judge won't toss a Florida A&M University College of Law professor's suit claiming that she was subjected to race-based discrimination, ruling that although her latest complaint could benefit from "significant refinement," it properly alleges her claims.
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Legal Pros Adopting Gen AI Faster Than Past Tech
U.S. legal professionals may be adopting generative artificial intelligence tools far faster than they started using cloud-based tools, according to results released Tuesday from a survey on technology trends in litigation and investigation that e-discovery software provider Everlaw conducted with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.
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Klayman's PGA Tour Antitrust Case Tossed By Fla. Court
Conservative legal firebrand Larry Klayman said Friday he will appeal a Florida court's decision to dismiss his lawsuit accusing the PGA Tour of colluding with the Official World Golf Ranking and others to kill the LIV Golf tour and overcharging spectators.
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Qorvo Gets Nearly $12M In Fees After $39M Trade Secrets Win
A federal judge said Monday that wireless company Qorvo Inc. was entitled to more than $11.7 million in legal fees after a jury earlier this year awarded the business $38.6 million in a trade secrets case against Akoustis Technologies Inc.
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Ohio Train Derailment Plaintiffs Seek Final OK Of $600M Deal
Residents and others affected by the Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, last year are asking an Ohio federal court for final approval of a $600 million settlement, including a $162 million payout for their attorneys.
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DC Circ. Revives Legal Malpractice Suit Over Terrorism Case
The D.C. Circuit has revived legal malpractice claims brought by the family of a bombing victim who was killed in Jerusalem in 1997 by Hamas militants, after the family claimed their counsel's slow progress deprived them of a chance at a larger recovery in a mass disbursement of Iranian assets to terrorism victims.
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Conn. Atty Defaults In Real Estate Client's Overcharge Suit
A Connecticut Superior Court clerk has entered a default judgment against a law firm accused of botching a real estate transaction, leaving the firm's namesake attorney to face allegations that he distributed home sale proceeds to unknown people and wrote a bad check to the true beneficiary of a trust.
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Akin Gump Employment Ace Joins Bracewell In Houston
Bracewell LLP has strengthened its Houston office with the addition of a former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner who helped guide Olin Corp. in successfully asking a Texas federal judge to vacate an arbitration award in June in an employment dispute.
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.