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NY-Licensed Atty Tells Appeals Court NC Bar Can't Touch Him
An immigration attorney has told the North Carolina Court of Appeals he can't be disciplined in a state where he was never licensed, saying the state bar's decision to disbar him should be reversed.
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Ford, NC Couple Settle Car Crash Dispute
Ford Motor Company and a couple suing the auto giant over an allegedly defective seat and seat belt in their 2017 Ford Explorer have reached a confidential settlement of their claims, according to a recent North Carolina state court filing.
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Supio, An AI Platform For Personal Injury Law, Raises $25M
Supio, an artificial intelligence startup focused on the personal injury and mass tort law sectors, announced on Tuesday its emergence from stealth to reveal an oversubscribed $25 million Series A funding round.
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Disbarred Atty Tom Girardi Convicted Of Defrauding Clients
A California federal jury on Tuesday convicted disbarred attorney Tom Girardi on all four counts of wire fraud, finding that the former titan of the plaintiffs bar misappropriated $15 million of his clients' settlement funds.
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Gusrae Kaplan Says Suit Over 'Frivolous' Filing Rightly Tossed
Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC is urging the Delaware Supreme Court to affirm the dismissal of an Applied Energetics complaint alleging the firm and a former partner filed a frivolous securities fraud suit in order to hobble other litigation against a former CEO, accusing the laser-weapons maker of making "fanciful" arguments in its appeal.
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Approach The Bench: Justice Earls On Speaking Out
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls still believes in the importance of informing the public about the judiciary, but these days she's a little more careful about what she says.
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Girardi Lied 'Over And Over,' Jury Told As Fraud Trial Wraps
A federal prosecutor told a California federal jury during closing arguments in Tom Girardi's criminal fraud trial Monday that the now-disbarred attorney lied to his clients "over and over and over again" in order to misappropriate millions of their settlement money as part of a yearslong Ponzi scheme.
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Fla. Supreme Court OKs New Board Certification Standards
The Florida Supreme Court made revisions to rules governing the state bar in an effort to help retain more board-certified lawyers in the state.
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Conn. Judge Hints Split Fee Collection Case May Be Too Late
A Connecticut judge on Monday said he was leaning toward dismissing a case seeking to access an alleged fee split in a $25,000 personal injury case, hinting that the Law Office of Justin C. Freeman LLC likely waited too long to file its lawsuit before dissolving.
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Law Firm Revenue Rose At 'Historic' Rate In 2024's First Half
U.S. law firm revenue was up 11.4% during the first half of 2024 compared to this time last year, marking one of the industry's best first halves in memory, second only to 2021, according to survey results released Monday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Haber Law Continues Growth With Team From Beloff Law
Miami's Haber Law is continuing its growth spurt with the addition of a team from Beloff Law PA, including its founder, with 50 years of experience in real estate law.
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Ex-Branscomb Atty Must Comply With Arbitration Award
A Texas appellate court said that a former attorney with Branscomb PC must abide by an arbitration award issued in his dispute over his termination from the firm, writing that if he had an issue with the award, he should have raised it with the arbitrator.
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Girardi Says High Court Holding Should Gut His Fraud Case
Tom Girardi has urged a California federal judge to toss the majority of the wire fraud charges he is facing ahead of closing arguments in his trial, saying a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case demonstrates he was charged for nothing more than receiving legally required wire transfers.
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NJ Ups Fee Cap In Workers' Comp Cases, Boosts Judges' Pay
New Jersey Senate President and current acting Gov. Nick Scutari, a practicing attorney, signed two bills into law increasing pay for Superior Court presiding judges and county prosecutors, and increasing the cap on how much attorneys can collect in fees in workers' compensation cases.
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Former NY Atty Gets Prison For Theft Of $800K From Clients
A disbarred New York real estate attorney has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution for stealing over $800,000 from three former clients by taking their money from his escrow account.
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San Antonio Litigator Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide
A prominent San Antonio personal injury attorney was apparently killed at his home earlier this week by his wife, who then killed herself.
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Client Says Negligence Led To NJ Firm's Ransomware Attack
A client of The Wacks Law Group LLC hit the New Jersey firm with a proposed class action claiming that its negligence in properly securing its data storage led to the theft of hundreds of clients' personal information in a March cyberattack.
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Williams Mullen Rehires Ellis & Winter Atty In NC
Williams Mullen has brought back a former associate, who is rejoining the firm's Raleigh, North Carolina, team as a partner to work on a range of commercial real estate-related matters.
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Georgia IP Firm Settles Attorney's Wrongful Firing Suit
A Georgia attorney and the Atlanta-based intellectual property firm where he used to work have reached a settlement ending the attorney's lawsuit alleging the firm violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by cutting his hours and then firing him after he returned from his annual two-week tour of duty with the Air Force Reserve.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices, shook up partnership models, and outlined new policies on office attendance. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Fillmore Law Firm LLP, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center and the Business Roundtable lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal judge blocked a Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts.
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Cornell Smith Adds National Instruments Director As Partner
Austin-based Cornell Smith Mierl Brutocao Burton LLP has hired a former National Instruments executive to join its team of labor and employment law specialists, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Calif. Atty Can't Beat Sanctions In Geragos Malpractice Suit
A California state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed $23,000 in sanctions for discovery violations on the part of a lawyer representing clients in a malpractice case against Hollywood litigator Mark Geragos.
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Fla. Immigration Attorney Also Disbarred In NY
A Miami immigration attorney who was disbarred in Florida earlier this year received another blow Thursday when the New York Supreme Court decided that he could no longer practice in its state either.
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Atlanta Boutique Adds Lewis Brisbois Litigator
Atlanta boutique Law Firm GC LLC has brought on a longtime Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP partner, strengthening its litigation practice and allowing the boutique to begin defending lawyers against legal malpractice claims.