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A Virginia federal court didn't support its decision to award nearly $420,000 in attorney fees and costs in two consolidated suits seeking unpaid overtime from a healthcare company, the Fourth Circuit ruled, sending the cases back.
Prince Lobel Tye LLP announced that the Boston-based firm opened an office in the nearby city of Worcester, Massachusetts, led by four attorneys formerly of local firm Bowditch & Dewey LLP.
Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems are again urging a D.C. federal judge to disqualify a Michigan attorney from representing former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit, saying she and her client "lack any respect for the rule of law" and pose risks to Dominion employees.
From cameras in the courtroom to explanatory law review articles to posts on social media, Judge Stephen Dillard uses every tool at his disposal to improve transparency at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Cozen O'Connor announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its intellectual property department with a Dallas-based litigator who came aboard from Carter Arnett Bennett & Perez PLLC.
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the second quarter of this year.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has hired the former head of Winston & Strawn LLP's Houston litigation practice as a partner in its general litigation and energy industry practice groups, it announced on Tuesday.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's newest lateral hire is stepping back into private practice after two years as associate general counsel for orthopedic implant company Exactech, and should be a familiar face around the firm's Indianapolis office.
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a lower court should have determined whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent Doraleh Container Terminal SA before deciding whether to enforce a $486 million arbitral award issued against Djibouti.
Jessica Benvenisty of King & Spalding LLP led the trial team for the mobile gaming platform Skillz Inc. and won a $42.9 million jury verdict in California in February against rival Aviagames for patent infringement related to fraud allegedly enabled by bots, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Elizabeth Bock of O'Melveny & Myers LLP has mounted a staunch defense of Medicare Advantage organizations in False Claims Act cases, including her work securing the dismissal of two qui tam cases against Elevance Health Inc., earning her a spot among the healthcare attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Julian W. Kleinbrodt recently helped tobacco company Swisher undo an antitrust judgment after uncovering fraud on the part of plaintiff Trendsettah and has played a role in a number of recent victories for Apple Inc. in battles over antitrust claims related to its app store and watch, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
A Virginia bankruptcy judge Tuesday approved a settlement of more than $1.4 million of claims against the estate of the defunct LeClairRyan law firm by two former firm attorneys.
Spencer Fane LLP's chair and managing partner has told Law360 Pulse that the firm's newly unveiled organizational structure is intended to foster a culture that gives attorneys more decision-making opportunities and control over their career paths.
A bankruptcy trustee who is removed can't retroactively receive administrative expenses, the Fourth Circuit has ruled, saying a former bankruptcy trustee is not allowed to later file an application for professional fees.
Vedder Price PC's newest Miami shareholder, Javier Lopez, always wanted to become a doctor, until a college baseball injury changed the trajectory of his life.
O'Toole Scrivo LLC has a new head for its alternative dispute resolution practice group in a former judge who recently retired after serving 15 years on the New Jersey Superior Court bench, bringing with him a reputation as an "admired" and "beloved" jurist.
Large law firms are hungry for top litigation partners who can bring strong client relationships and big books of business along with them, according to legal recruiters. But many are finding that a tall order in today's legal industry, where everyone is looking for the same thing and portability as a litigator can be a challenge.
The Eighth Circuit on Monday threw out a $78.7 million attorney fee award for plaintiffs' attorneys who negotiated a $350 million settlement with T-Mobile over a massive data breach in 2021, saying the award amounts to a "windfall" for class counsel.
The California Supreme Court on Monday revived a race bias suit brought by a longtime employee of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, finding that her co-worker's one-time use of a racial slur may indeed have been so severe that it created a hostile work environment.
A New York federal judge imposed new restrictions Monday on Live Nation in-house counsel's access to documents and testimony from witnesses from its rivals in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit, tightening a days-old two-tiered system after hearing concerns from those competitors.
A Florida judge on Monday paused part of a $20 million dispute between former law partners after finding that some of the claims involved are related to those that he has already sent to arbitration last month.
A Seventh Circuit panel has affirmed sanctions against a Chicago employment attorney for cursing and pushing opposing counsel who represented the Chicago Board of Education in a First Amendment dispute, finding Monday that the record supports the finding that the attorney knowingly lied when she claimed the physical contact was "unintentional."
Two partners in a law firm have asked a Florida court to dismiss a derivative lawsuit brought by an investor claiming that they orchestrated a litigation funding fraud, arguing that the investor has no right to bring the suit without a vote from the other members of the company.
American Express reached a $3 million deal to settle claims brought by the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee accusing the credit giant's banking unit and another subsidiary of enabling $50.25 million in fraudulent transfers as part of the now-defunct law firm's scheme to defraud creditors.