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The Top Judicial Ethics Cases Of 2024
Multiple federal judges, including a U.S. Supreme Court justice, found themselves in ethical hot water in 2024, with the fallout from some of the highest-profile of those cases likely to continue in 2025.
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Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca Taps Ex-DOJ Official As Policy Chair
Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP has hired a former senior U.S. Department of Justice official and Capitol Hill pro as the leader of its newly formed public policy and legislative affairs practice.
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Lewis Brisbois Wins $543K In Fees In Name TM Spat In Texas
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is entitled to $543,146.81 in fees after securing a $1.5 million judgment in a trademark lawsuit it prosecuted against the owners of a mediation business that took the BigLaw behemoth's name, a Texas federal judge said Tuesday.
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Law Student Diversity Staying Constant, Despite High Court
The racial diversity of 2024's incoming law school classes remained largely unchanged from 2023, according to data from the American Bar Association, even in the face of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning race-based admissions criteria.
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PBS Atty Rolls The Dice With New Supreme Court Board Game
A forthcoming board game designed by Talia Rosen, an associate general counsel for PBS and lifelong gaming enthusiast, lets players experience the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Bonuses At Susman Godfrey, Other Boutiques Top Milbank's
Susman Godfrey LLP, Pallas Partners, Yetter Coleman LLP and other litigation boutiques are offering associates bonuses exceeding the market scale set by BigLaw firms this year.
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Pa. Atty Suspended Following Client Theft Charges
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a western Pennsylvania attorney from the bar following his arrest last month on charges that he allegedly stole more than $30,000 from a jailed elderly woman and used the money for trips to a casino.
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NYC Mayor's Former Top Adviser To Join Morvillo Abramowitz
Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC announced on Tuesday the former chief counsel to the mayor of New York City will join the firm following her resignation from her City Hall role in September.
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Ex-Tenn. Law Firm Manager Accused Of $1.2M Embezzlement
A Tennessee federal grand jury indicted the former office manager of a Memphis law firm on charges she embezzled more than $1.2 million from the firm to buy luxury goods and travel for herself and her relatives.
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Medical Facility Or Prison? Judge Mulls Tom Girardi's Fate
A California federal judge on Monday ordered federal prosecutors and Tom Girardi's defense counsel to make their case on whether the 85-year-old disbarred attorney should get lifetime confinement to a medical facility instead of prison for embezzling millions of dollars from clients, given his age and declining mental health.
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UnitedHealthcare Shooting Suspect Hires Ex-NYC Prosecutor
Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a former veteran prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, has been retained to represent the man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan earlier this month, a spokesperson for Agnifilo's firm said Monday.
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Jay-Z Flags 'Glaring Inconsistencies' In Buzbee Rape Claims
Counsel for Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter told a New York federal judge Friday that new media reports reveal "glaring inconsistencies" in an anonymous woman's rape allegations against the rapper and fellow music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, suggesting that her attorney Tony Buzbee deserves sanctions for failing to vet the claims.
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Blindsided Developer Says $112K Legal Bill Should Be $25K
A real estate developer fighting a $112,000 legal bill from Conrad & Scherer LLP testified in a Florida state court Monday that he hired the firm for its banking regulation expertise but not for trial work in a lawsuit over a luxury house in Colorado.
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Atty Seeks To Escape Hurricane Ad Suit Against Texas Firm
A Houston-area lawyer is asking a Texas federal court to let him out of a proposed class action involving allegedly deceptive advertising targeting hurricane victims, saying discovery has closed, and the plaintiff has come up empty-handed in finding proof that he "solicited" her in violation of Lone Star State barratry laws.
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Battle Over Atty Speech Raises First Amendment Concerns
An attorney is challenging a local rule used to gag him in the Middle District of Tennessee, saying it goes too far in restricting lawyers from speaking to the press about their cases.
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Lin Wood Must Pay $2M To Ga. Court After Defamation Verdict
Embattled former attorney Lin Wood will have to hand over $2 million to a Georgia federal court and must ensure that property offered as collateral is accessible and maintained while he appeals a $4.5 million defamation award against him, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Pennsylvania Debtors Law Firm Hits Ch. 11 With $1.9M Debt
A small Pennsylvania law firm specializing in defending debtors from their creditors said in a recent Chapter 11 declaration that it's facing $1.9 million in debt of its own, most of it from a secured bank loan, and court records show the firm was recently sued by a lender.
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Elsberg Baker, Quinn Emanuel Roll Out Bonus Scales
Elsberg Baker & Maruri PC, a boutique trial firm opened earlier this year by a group of former BigLaw attorneys, is exceeding Milbank LLP's year-end and special bonuses, according to a Monday memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Fox Rothschild Atty Among 6 NJ Judicial Nominees Advanced
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday advanced six nominees to the state Superior Court bench, signing off on partners at Faegre Drinker, Meyerson Fox & Conte and Fox Rothschild, an assistant county prosecutor, a criminal defense and family attorney and a director of recreation.
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Freshfields IA Pro Goes Solo With NY Practice
A nearly decade-long Freshfields attorney in New York and Madrid has launched a solo practice offering independent counsel and arbitrator services, harnessing her experience working on more than 25 commercial and investment disputes.
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Ill. Atty Likened Court To Nazi Germany, Faces Disbarment
A hearing board of Illinois' attorney watchdog recommended Thursday that a recently suspended attorney now be disbarred for lying about a judge in her objection to the earlier discipline and for "shockingly unprofessional conduct" that included calling the board's chair an idiot and sending photos with her middle fingers extended.
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Prindle Goetz Says Attys Took Trade Secrets To Rival Firm
Prindle Goetz Barnes & Reinholtz LLP sued two former nonequity partners in California state court Thursday, accusing them of taking its confidential billing, compensation and client listing information with them in late 2022 before jumping to a rival law firm launched by a former equity owner at the law firm.
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Florida Bar Erases Diversity Language From Board Policy
The Florida Bar Board of Governors on Friday struck the term "diversity and inclusion" from its standing board policies, representing the latest move in an ongoing effort to separate the Sunshine State's legal profession from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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No New Evidence To Challenge Pa. Atty Text Ban, Judge Says
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Friday he will not reverse his rejection of a preliminary injunction on the state disciplinary board's new rule banning text message solicitation by attorneys, saying a legal marketing company did not present enough new evidence to warrant reconsideration.
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Fla. Woman Says PI Firm Botched Daughter's Death Suit
A Florida woman has launched a suit against the personal injury firm that represented her in a case targeting the apartment complex where her daughter was shot and killed, alleging that the firm's negligence resulted in her suit being dismissed twice.
Expert Analysis
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.