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Legal Insurers See 'All-Time High' In Price Tag Of Claims
Some of the nation's largest legal insurance companies are reporting an unprecedented rise in "claim severity," according to survey data released Tuesday, with 11 of 13 insurers reporting paying claims in excess of $100 million in the past two years.
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Ga. Justices Wary Of Gov't Listening To Atty-Client Calls
The Georgia Supreme Court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to find that a man convicted of assault had his Sixth Amendment rights violated because a detective and a prosecutor listened to his jailhouse phone calls with his attorney.
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What's Behind 'Nuclear' Verdicts? Skeptical Juries, Attys Say
Jurors becoming more skeptical of corporations are handing down sky-high verdicts, and trial attorneys say it's forcing a shift in the strategies they employ as they aim to score — or prevent — so-called nuclear verdicts.
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11th Circ. Says Class Attys Self-Dealt In $35M TCPA Settlement
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday dismissed a proposed $35 million settlement of a class action alleging GoDaddy.com violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unwanted marketing texts, saying the deal may have come by through nefarious means.
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Skanska Promotes GC To Lead USA Building Business Unit
Construction and development company Skanska said Monday it has promoted its general counsel and chief administrative officer to serve as president of Skanska USA Building Inc.
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Wireless Charging Co. Promotes General Counsel To CEO
WiTricity Corp., which sells wireless charging systems for electric vehicles, on Monday announced it has appointed its chief legal officer as the private company's next chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.
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Ga. Judicial Candidate Asks State High Court To Review DQ
A woman who had been running to take the seat of the judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has asked the state's supreme court to review a recent ruling striking her from the ballot.
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Ga. Election Workers Ask Court To Stop Giuliani's Lies
Two Georgia poll workers have asked a New York federal bankruptcy judge to bar Rudy Giuliani from continuing to repeat the same "malicious" false claims that led a jury to award them $148 million last year because of the former New York City mayor's lies that the pair committed ballot fraud during the 2020 presidential election.
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Ogletree Opens Workplace Violence Prevention Group
Management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC is launching a new practice group of more than two dozen attorneys focused on workplace violence and threat assessment and response, the firm recently announced.
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Law's Up And Coming Job Title? Coach.
A title that once belonged to the athletic field is now increasingly common in the legal industry, with law firms expanding the ways in which they use coaches and building out their in-house coaching departments.
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Ga. Dept. Of Law, Ex-Paralegal Settle Race Discrimination Suit
A Georgia federal judge has closed a former paralegal's discrimination and retaliation case against the Georgia Department of Law and a former deputy attorney general now working as a Cobb County Superior Court judge, saying a settlement has been reached.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Benesch's handling of a $354 million aerospace initial public offering and Hinckley Allen's handling of a suit against Red Bull lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 26 to May 10.
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Miles Mediation & Arbitration Adds Longtime Ga. Litigator
Miles Mediation & Arbitration LLC has brought on a litigator and mediator with more than four decades of experience, bolstering its office in Savannah, Georgia, the alternative dispute resolution provider announced this week.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, Lewis Law PLLC and Kleppin Firm PA lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court determined that plaintiffs in copyright ownership disputes can recover damages beyond the three-year statute of limitations for bringing a claim.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made new hires across offices and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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The Week In Trump: All Eyes On NY As Other Cases Lag
Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial took center stage with dramatic testimony from adult film actress Stormy Daniels, while the former president's criminal cases in Georgia and Florida ran into delays that could last through Election Day.
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As Debt Rises, New Grads More Likely To Pick Law Firm Jobs
More than half of recent law school graduates are choosing jobs at law firms, an uptick from recent years, and some students and administrators say there’s a simple reason: mounting student loan debt.
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Morris Manning's AI Head On Coming 'Regulatory Sea Change'
When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, Morris Manning & Martin LLP partner Matt San Roman said the technology is evolving much faster than the efforts by regulators and lawmakers to put guardrails around it.
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Congress Wants Wade To Testify About Fani Willis Romance
A congressional committee on Thursday asked Nathan Wade, a former special prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case, to testify behind closed doors about his romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of its investigation into her motives for prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his allies.
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'You Have To Engage,' Judge Tells Attys In Damages Debate
A Georgia federal judge on Thursday chided attorneys for a man hoping to beat back a challenge to a $3.4 million discrimination verdict he won last year, saying that they needed to put a little more sweat equity into their filings if they hoped to keep their hefty judgment whole.
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Rehires Tax Atty From Atlanta Boutique
Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry PC has rehired one of its former tax attorneys, who joins the firm in Atlanta after working at a tax law-focused boutique, the firm announced Wednesday.
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ABA Directs Attys To Avoid Sharing Client Info On Listservs
It is in the best interest of clients for their legal counsel to avoid sharing information related to representation while seeking advice in an online listserv forum, if the comments or questions could be connected to a client's identity, according to American Bar Association guidance published Wednesday.
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ABA Will Study Rape Questions' Necessity For Bar Applicants
An American Bar Association commission will issue a report and recommendations by August on the practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
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DLA Piper Taps Danske Bank Officer For New AI Leader Role
Global law firm DLA Piper has brought on the former group chief data officer for Danske Bank A/S — Denmark's largest bank — as its inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer, making it the latest BigLaw firm to have created an AI-related leader role to focus on the emerging technology.
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Fani Willis Is Outraising Primary Challenger More Than 5 To 1
Less than two weeks from the first hurdle in her bid for reelection, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis is boasting a campaign war chest more than five times heftier than her Democratic challenger's, according to campaign finance disclosures filed this week.