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    Kline & Specter Wants Ex-Attorney's Suit In Arbitration

    Kline & Specter PC is seeking to send to arbitration a breach of contract lawsuit filed in Philadelphia court by a former firm attorney, saying their employment agreement expressly gives the firm the right to move the complaint into arbitration.

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    Miami And Chicago Litigation Firms Combine

    Miami litigation firm Kenny Nachwalter PA and Chicago's Sperling & Slater LLC decided to join forces this month and form Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC after years of working side-by-side.

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    Litigation Funding Firms Escape Hurricane Ad Suit

    Two litigation funders have succeeded in exiting a proposed class action alleging a law firm deceptively advertised to hurricane victims, with a Houston federal court adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation to toss claims for a lack of plausible allegations.

  • Trump Names His Personal Atty As Counselor

    The New Jersey-based litigator who represented Donald Trump in suits that saddled him with multimillion-dollar civil judgments will serve as his counselor when he returns to the White House, the president-elect said Sunday in announcing a new round of picks for his upcoming administration.

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    NY Judge Sanctioned For Ex Parte Convo In Divorce Case

    A second state court judge has been sanctioned in an ethics flap over improper out-of-court communications in a contested divorce case involving a law firm run by a friend of his, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced this week.

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    Atty Tells Jury She's 'Furious' Over Aircraft Co.'s Suit

    An attorney suing an aviation company she formerly represented and three Blank Rome LLP lawyers told a Pennsylvania federal jury on Friday that she was "furious" to learn that the company accused her of misusing confidential information after she left to pursue plaintiffs work.

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    Wash. Judge Rips Attys' 'Expletive-Laden' Calls, 'Petty' Fights

    A federal judge in Washington state this week scolded counsel for both parties in a lawsuit against State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, stating that their barbs in briefs and arguments, expletive-laden phone calls and other behavior will no longer be tolerated.

  • Feds, NC Insurance Mogul Want Grier Wright On $2B Liquidation

    Convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg and federal prosecutors have come together to ask a North Carolina federal judge to appoint an attorney from Grier Wright Martinez PA to serve as special master for liquidating Lindberg's billions in assets as restitution for his $2 billion fraud scheme.

  • Firm Can't Strike Settlement Talks From Ex-Receptionist's Suit

    Arizona-based personal injury firm Rafi Law Group PLLC's counterclaim against a former receptionist and its motion to strike a portion of her retaliation complaint have both been rejected by a federal judge who said the firm did not sufficiently support its motions.

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    Glenn Agre, Ross Aronstam Match Milbank Associate Bonuses

    Two more boutique firms have gotten in on the bonus action, with Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP and Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP announcing Friday they'll be matching the associate cash bonuses set by Milbank LLP and followed by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry began December with another busy week as President-elect Donald Trump continued to make appointments and BigLaw firms shifted their physical footprints. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    In an otherwise fairly quiet week for litigation, lawyers at Goodwin Procter LLP were preparing for a verdict, and a federal jury returned on Tuesday with a $452 million award for their client, Insulet Corp., in a trade secrets lawsuit.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Several law firms around the country found reasons to be thankful in November as hybrid work models helped slim down their office space or as firms sought out more room to accommodate growing teams.

  • Colo. Panel Sides With Cannabis Atty In Former Client's Suit

    The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that a cannabis attorney cannot be held liable for a former marijuana cultivator client's business failing when they violated land use rules because the attorney was no longer representing them at the time.

  • Calif. Bar Panel To Mull How Protests Impact Atty Admissions

    Legal consequences, disciplinary actions by law schools and reports of violence in connection to participation in protests against the war in Gaza are not necessarily causes to deny admission to the California Bar, a working group has recommended, urging a continued holistic approach to determinations of moral character.

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    What's Next For The Global Legal Market In 2025?

    While U.S.-based firms with an international footprint are pulling back from some locations, they may still consider building out a new, albeit smaller, footprint in other countries, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia.

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    These Law Firms Are Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders

    What does it mean to be a truly global legal powerhouse? The law firms spotlighted in our 2024 ranking are setting the standard for worldwide reach.

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    Small Mass. Law Firm Settles Ex-Client's Data Breach Case

    A small Massachusetts law firm has settled a proposed class action accusing it of negligence leading to a 2022 data breach, a Boston federal magistrate judge said Thursday.

  • Keesal Young Sued Over Data Breach Affecting 316K People

    Law firm Keesal Young & Logan failed to secure Social Security and passport numbers, medical information and other sensitive personal information of over 316,000 people and waited more than five months to inform potential victims of the data breach, a proposed class action filed Tuesday in California federal court alleges.

  • Alex Jones Atty Needs 30-Day Suspension, Ethics Boss Says

    The lead Connecticut attorney in Infowars host Alex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation trial should be suspended for 30 days for directing a subordinate to transmit the victims' personal medical records to other Jones attorneys, the state's legal ethics watchdog said Wednesday.

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    Freeman Mathis Expands To Orlando With New Med Mal Team

    Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP announced it has opened an office in Orlando, Florida, its fourth in the state, with the addition of a six-person healthcare and medical malpractice team from local firm Beytin McLaughlin McLaughlin O'Hara & Bocchino PA.

  • Atty Can't Go After Music Industry Vet's Son In Estate Spat

    A New Jersey federal judge has tossed an attorney's lawsuit alleging the son of music industry figure Solomon "Kal" Rudman maliciously used the legal process, finding that the lawyer can't pursue the claims after he "intentionally and unequivocally relinquished his right" to seek damages during a related case.

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    $4M Legal Mal Judgment Against Offit Kurman Erased

    A judgment ordering Offit Kurman to pay more than $4 million in damages to Mitts Law LLC has been vacated by a Philadelphia judge after the firms recently reached a post-verdict settlement.

  • NJ Atty Denies Harassment, Accuses Ex-Secretary Of Theft

    A New Jersey lawyer who is facing a state court lawsuit brought by a former secretary accusing him of sexual harassment has denied the claims and alleged in a counterclaim that the ex-employee had converted property belonging to him and the law firm.

  • NC Panel Reverses Prior Ruling Reviving Atty Meddling Claim

    A split North Carolina appellate panel has walked back its ruling reviving a suit against a real estate attorney accused of helping meddle in a property ownership dispute, declaring after a second look that the claim against him doesn't actually exist under state law.

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