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J. Crew Wins Confirmation Of Ex-GC's Arbitration Loss
A New York federal judge confirmed an arbitrator's ruling Monday that found J. Crew hadn't fired its former legal chief, Maria DiLorenzo, in retaliation for her complaints about colleagues' discriminatory comments about her hearing loss.
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Gaming Websites Can't Stop Law Firms' Arbitrations
A D.C. federal judge has nixed a lawsuit by two online "social casino" websites that accuse two law firms of filing meritless arbitration against them, finding that his court doesn't have jurisdiction over the firms.
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Del. Bar Panel OKs Corp. Law Bill To Curb Class Suits, Fees
A key panel of the Delaware's State Bar Association overwhelmingly approved on Monday a pending bill to put new constraints on corporate stockholder lawsuits, over objections that the measure will snuff out shareholder protections from conflicted boards and corporation controllers.
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Paxton Says Ex-Aides Want Excessive Whistleblower Atty Fees
The Texas attorney general's office and four of Ken Paxton's former deputies took jabs at each other over whether a court should hear more evidence in their long-running whistleblower suit, with the office alleging the aides have sought attorney fees outside the scope of the case while the ex-employees say the office "misses the point."
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2 Firms Sued After Cyber Thief Steals $442K From Estate
Law firms SutterWilliams LLC and Allender & Allender PA were hit with a negligence and malpractice suit after a cybercriminal allegedly used spoofed email accounts to trick an attorney at the latter firm into handing over $442,600 from the sale of a late Pennsylvania sheriff's deputy's house in Florida.
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Hagens Berman Comms With Ghosting Client Kept Privileged
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP doesn't have to turn over texts and emails with a client who disappeared from a putative class action against Apple and Amazon, a Washington federal judge has ruled, despite the tech giants' accusations that the firm lied about those communications.
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Quarles & Brady Taps IP Ace To Lead Denver Office
Quarles & Brady LLP announced Monday that a Denver-based intellectual property partner has been named office managing partner and office chair of the IP practice.
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Former Cooley Atty To Co-Lead Troutman Cybersecurity Team
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has welcomed a veteran cybersecurity and privacy attorney from Cooley LLP to co-lead its privacy and cyber team.
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Perkins Coie Adds 2 Finnegan IP Attys In Calif.
Perkins Coie LLP is growing its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in two Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP intellectual property attorneys as partners in its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, California.
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Texas Atty Wants Allstate Sanctioned Over 'Dead' Expert Claim
A prominent Houston lawyer has denied filing a document purportedly signed by a long-dead expert witness and urged a Texas federal judge to sanction Allstate for accusing him of doing so, saying the signature actually belonged to the deceased expert's similarly named son.
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King & Spalding Gets Mass Torts Pro From Winston & Strawn
King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has hired for its Chicago office a mass torts and products liability litigation attorney who formerly was a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP.
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Patent Exec Seeks Defamation Win Over Atty's Statements
A patent-licensing company executive has asked a Florida federal court to rule in his favor on a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP attorney representing Starbucks in a Texas patent case and toss a counterclaim from the attorney, saying her abuse-of-process allegation "reads like a failed exercise in ontological gymnastics."
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Gross McGinley Leader Eyes Growth After Move Into Philly
With Gross McGinley LLP approaching its 50th year of operation, managing partner John F. Gross joined Law360 Pulse to discuss shepherding the firm through a notable growth spurt at the start of 2025.
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Loeb & Loeb Adds 5-Atty Litigation Team From Kasowitz In NY
Loeb & Loeb LLP has expanded its litigation offerings in New York with the addition of five attorneys from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, including the leaders of the firm's software litigation and real estate litigation practices.
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Fla. Judge Won't Exit DaBaby Suit Over Sanctions, Comments
A Florida federal judge will not step aside from a lawsuit against rapper DaBaby over an altercation before a scheduled performance, saying his imposition of sanctions on the plaintiffs' attorney and statements during trial do not amount to bias.
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Buchalter Launches FDA Regulatory Compliance Group
Buchalter PC is launching a new practice group to guide clients through the complex regulatory landscape of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and related agencies.
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Ex-Kirkland IP Atty Can't Fire Her Bias Suit Atty 'For Cause'
A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property associate suing the firm over bias claims cannot fire her counsel at Filippatos PLLC over professional misconduct allegations, a California federal judge ruled Thursday while allowing Filippatos to withdraw as her counsel.
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How To Tell If A Litigation Funder Is Helping Your IP Opponent
Knowing when a litigation funder is involved in an intellectual property case can help attorneys better understand their adversary's footing in a dispute, and while most courts don't have disclosure requirements, lawyers told Law360 there are several signs attorneys can look out for to determine whether their opponent is receiving funding from an outside party.
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Judge Slams 'Unreasonable' Atty Fee Request in FOIA Case
A D.C. federal judge rejected an asylum-seeker's request for more than $130,000 in attorney fees in a successful Freedom of Information Act case against the federal government, saying "serious deficiencies" in her attorney's billing practices render the request "patently unreasonable."
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Fired MGM Worker Seeks Atty Fees After COVID Vax Trial Win
A former MGM Grand Detroit casino worker who was fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination has asked a judge to award attorney fees and pre- and post-judgment interest on top of a Detroit jury's $133,000 verdict in his favor.
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Atty Fights $190K Demand After Malicious Litigation Trial Loss
A lawyer who recently lost her malicious prosecution lawsuit against three Blank Rome attorneys and an aviation parts company is fighting their demand that she pay $190,000 in costs stemming from the litigation, arguing the amount is excessive and otherwise unrecoverable.
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Greenspoon Marder Beats Fla. Suit After Missed Arbitration
Greenspoon Marder LLP has secured a Florida state appellate decision that upheld the dismissal of a malpractice suit against the firm over its representation of a luxury concierge service because the business failed to comply with a court order to engage in arbitration.
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Aecom Gets $8M Atty Fee Award In Colo. Toll Lanes Dispute
A Colorado federal judge has awarded design firm Aecom nearly $8.3 million in attorney fees for prevailing in a contract fight over a state toll lanes project, but did not award the full amount the company requested because it failed to justify certain costs and separate attorneys' work across different disputes.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Sills Cummis and Irell & Manella's work on behalf of Johnson & Johnson and Young Conaway's work on Blink Fitness' Chapter 11 proceedings lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 21 to March 7.
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Dispensary Fights Lowenstein Sandler's Bid To Merge Suits
A cannabis dispensary has urged a New Jersey state court to reject Lowenstein Sandler LLP's bid to consolidate its malpractice suit against the firm and the firm's unpaid legal fee suit against the business, saying combining the cases would "reward Lowenstein's blatant litigation tactics."