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Lewis Brisbois Adds Miami Litigation Trio From Fowler White
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP added a trio of experienced litigation partners to its products liability practice in Miami from Fowler White Burnett PA.
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Morgan & Morgan Fired Worker For Vax Refusal, Suit Says
Morgan & Morgan PA illegally fired a case manager who asked to be excused from the firm's COVID-19 vaccination mandate because of his Christian beliefs and autoimmune disorder, the former employee said in a suit filed in Florida federal court.
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Missouri Judge Won't Step Aside From Plastics Recycling Suit
A Missouri federal judge denied petrochemical companies' request that he recuse himself from a proposed class action accusing them of misleading people about plastic's recyclability due to his wife's position as a Kansas City council member.
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Fla. Justices Say Atty Broke Rules With Nonviable Engle Suits
The Florida Supreme Court has found an attorney guilty of violating court rules by filing baseless Engle progeny suits and failing to properly communicate with his clients, and told a referee to determine the appropriate sanction.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry closed out February with another busy week as BigLaw expanded teams and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Why Pro Bono Work Is Essential To Any Attorney's Practice
Fordham University School of Law’s Dora Galacatos discusses the importance of civil justice work to an attorney’s practice and how law firms can design and implement successful pro bono programs.
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Lewis Brisbois Foe Urges 5th Circ. To Let TM Feud Go To Jury
The main defendant of a group that was found liable for willfully stealing Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP's name for its mediation business has told the Fifth Circuit that a Texas federal court committed more than a dozen abuses of discretion and that the trademark dispute should go before a jury.
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Judge Axes NYC Loan Row, Sanctions Firm For Depositions
A New York federal judge has dismissed a commercial real estate lender's claims against two guarantors for a 2022 loan it made, ripping the lender and its ex-counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP, for deposition no-shows.
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Sierra Leone Accuses Jenner & Block Of Fraudulent Overbilling
Facing an $8 million fee suit pending in D.C. federal court, the Republic of Sierra Leone on Thursday brought counterclaims accusing its former counsel from Jenner & Block LLP of fraudulently overbilling for work the firm did on its behalf between 2019 and 2022.
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Judge Limits Atty Expert Witnesses In Legal Malpractice Trial
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday barred attorneys who aren't expert witnesses from giving testimony about what they would have done differently from Quinn Johnston Henderson & Pretorius Chtd. in an upcoming trial on claims the firm's botched defense caused their client "enormous loss."
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Georgia's Outside Funding Regulations Clear State Senate
The Georgia State Senate unanimously advanced new regulations on third-party litigation funding Thursday as Gov. Brian Kemp's marquee tort reform package continues to march largely unimpeded through the state Legislature.
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Court Reporters Group Says Antitrust Suit Must Be Tossed
A professional association for court reporters asked a New Jersey federal court on Thursday to toss an antitrust case against the group, saying the proposed class action misconstrues its policies and ignores that states set the certification requirements.
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Del. Corp. Litigation Bill Already Turning Up In Other Cases
A fast-moving legislative push to curb some stockholder litigation and large class attorney fees in Delaware courts is getting more pushback, two weeks ahead of an initial state Senate hearing on the measure.
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Starbucks, Patent Exec Reach Deal In Atty Defamation Case
A patent-licensing company executive and Starbucks Corp. on Thursday settled a defamation suit over statements made by an attorney for Starbucks just days after the plaintiffs fired back on the company's attempt to exit the suit.
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Estate's $3M To Stepkids Deducted As Biz Deal, 11th Circ. Told
The estate of a deceased corporate attorney told the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday that the U.S. government wrongly taxed $3 million claimed by his stepchildren, arguing that the amount was properly deducted as a contracted business transaction under the Internal Revenue Code.
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Paralegal Accuses Morris Manning Of Race, Disability Bias
A former paralegal in the Atlanta office of Morris Manning & Martin LLP hit her old firm with a lawsuit this week alleging that the firm fired her last year to avoid having to pay her while she was out on extended medical leave.
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Conn. Firm Windup Fight Belongs In Arbitration, Court Told
Connecticut attorney Ryan McKeen asked a judge Thursday to pause a derivative lawsuit his onetime 50-50 law partner Andrew Garza brought against him over the dissolution and windup of their firm, arguing that the claims should be heard in arbitration proceedings that were already cleared in a related suit.
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Delaware AG Aims To Protect 'Rule Of Law' In Reelection Bid
As she pursues a third term as Delaware's top law enforcement officer, state Attorney General Kathy Jennings said a top priority of hers if reelected would be protecting the "rule of law" against threats posed by the Trump administration.
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Ga. Plant Denies Alleged Atty Bribe, Claims Letter Was Fake
The finance director of a now-shuttered Georgia manufacturing plant did not pen a letter offering to bribe counsel representing a brother and sister in a federal discrimination lawsuit, according to a Thursday response to a sanctions bid that points the finger for the allegedly fraudulent missive at unidentified disgruntled former employees.
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Associate White House Counsel Rejoins Munger Tolles In DC
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP announced that it has rehired one of the firm's former associates, who has joined as an of counsel in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, where he will continue handling appeals and complex litigation after most recently working at the White House.
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Polsinelli Blocked From Repping BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs
An Alabama federal judge has disqualified Polsinelli PC from representing hospitals that opt out of a landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement, even as other firms are licking their lips at the prospect of a multibillion-dollar bonanza of opt-out litigation.
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Fried Frank Rips RICO Sanctions Bid As Intimidation Tactic
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP and its client Tristar Products Inc. are pushing back on a motion for sanctions for bringing an anti-racketeering lawsuit against Telebrands Corp., arguing the bid is a "clear effort to intimidate" the plaintiffs and to impose additional cost and burden on them.
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Selendy Gay Names New Managing Partner, COO
Litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC announced Thursday that it has appointed bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer Kelley Cornish as managing partner and landed the top legal head of Cinch Home Services as its new chief operating officer.
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Carlton Fields Names New NJ And Business Litigation Leader
Carlton Fields announced that an experienced trial partner has been named the new managing shareholder of its Florham Park, New Jersey, office and co-chair of the firm's business litigation practice.
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Texas Atty Seeks Woman's Employment Docs In Sex Tape Case
A Houston attorney accused of filming a sexual encounter with a woman and sharing it without her consent has asked a Texas state court for permission to subpoena the woman's employment records to help him defend against her suit.