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Model Accuses Baldoni's Atty Of Perry Death Smear Campaign
A Los Angeles woman has accused prominent entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman and several public relations professionals in California state court of participating in an online smear campaign that falsely linked her to the death of actor Matthew Perry, claiming the campaign was part of a broader network of anonymous websites targeting critics and adversaries of the defendants and their clients.
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Ga. Atty Wants Ex-Firm's Nearly $100K Arbitration Win Erased
A Georgia attorney has asked a Georgia federal judge to vacate a nearly $100,000 arbitration award in favor of her former firm in a retaliation and harassment suit, arguing the arbitrator exceeded his powers in handing down the decision.
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Omni Bridgeway Raises $1B For New Litigation Funding
Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has raised a new $1 billion fund from mostly repeat investors, with plans to deploy the money broadly across countries and case types while avoiding debt leverage.
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FIFA Seeks Dismissal Over Unpaid AI Citation Sanctions
FIFA has told a Puerto Rico federal judge that a law firm has "not paid a single dollar" of a sanction levied over a year ago for error-riddled, allegedly artificial intelligence-generated court filings in an antitrust suit filed by a shuttered soccer league.
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Ex-Workers' Comp Judge Joins Laffey Bucci To Lead Practice
Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan has launched a dedicated workers' compensation practice with the addition of a new partner who spent 15 years as a workers' compensation judge in Pennsylvania.
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Mandelbaum Barrett Grows In NJ With Real Estate Atty, Litigator
Mandelbaum Barrett PC has expanded its litigation and real estate capabilities with the addition of a new of counsel from his own private practice.
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Yetter Coleman Litigator Joins León Cosgrove In Houston
Litigation boutique León Cosgrove Jiménez LLP has added a partner in Houston from Yetter Coleman LLP who brings more than a decade of experience handling energy and construction matters.
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'Outlandish' Errors Not AI Hallucinations, Attys Tell CIT
Three attorneys defended the errors they made in a brief to the U.S. Court of International Trade as simple mistakes and not the product of artificial intelligence hallucinations, arguing they shouldn't be subject to sanctions.
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Jenner & Block Says Sierra Leone Is Late On $4M Deal
Jenner & Block LLP has told a D.C. federal court that Sierra Leone still hasn't paid a $4 million settlement in a dispute over unpaid legal fees, arguing in a bid to enforce the agreement that the country keeps failing to pay the money it owes the law firm.
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Conn. Gallery Wants $804K Atty Fee For Beating Buyer's Suit
An art buyer who lost his Connecticut lawsuit alleging a gallery sold him a fake Keith Haring chalk drawing should cover the defendants' attorney fees to the tune of more than $804,000, the prevailing parties said in a pair of post-verdict court filings.
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Quill & Arrow Says Ford Fee Fraud Claims Lack Details
Quill & Arrow LLP has urged a California federal judge to reject Ford Motor Co.'s lawsuit alleging the personal injury firm saddled it with high-priced legal bills for work purportedly handled by overseas virtual assistants or nonlawyers, saying the automaker offers little evidence to support its rehashed claims.
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Texas Justices To Review Law Firms' Paxil Fees Fight
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to wade into a battle between two law firms over fees generated from litigation involving the antidepressant Paxil, with the dispute centering on application of the personal injury exemption in the state's anti-SLAPP statute.
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Miss America CEO Says Carlton Fields' Fee Lien Lacks Detail
Miss America CEO Robin Fleming is asking a Florida federal court to require Carlton Fields to provide more specific information about a charging lien the firm has asserted over unpaid legal fees in litigation over the ownership of the Miss America competition.
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3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm
A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.
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Sherrard German Plans Pittsburgh Office Move
Pittsburgh-based boutique Sherrard German & Kelly PC has kicked off its plan to move its headquarters to a new space in the city's downtown neighborhood.
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Shook Hardy Adds 2 Litigators As Partners In California
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has added two partners who are based in southern California, one to bolster its product liability litigation, business litigation and intellectual property practices and the other to strengthen its general liability litigation group and its capacity to handle automotive litigation.
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NJ Couple Drop Claims Against Litigation Funder In Suit
A couple have dropped their claims against a litigation funder in a lawsuit alleging that they were unlawfully steered into taking out high-interest loans during a lawsuit over a car crash, according to a joint filing entered in New Jersey state court on Friday.
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Mass. Bar Official Says Ex-Atty's Suit Should Be Tossed
After a New York federal judge threw out the federal claims against her from a permanently disbarred attorney's due process suit, a Massachusetts bar official told the court it should dismiss what she calls a "meritless" case instead of sending it to Boston.
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Cooley Hires DOJ National Security Lawyer, Media Leaks Atty
Cooley LLP has hired the former media leaks coordinator from the U.S. Department of Justice, who also spent the past five years prosecuting national security-related matters for the agency, the firm has announced.
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Latham Adds ITC Lawyer From Baker Botts In DC
Latham & Watkins LLP has added a longtime Baker Botts LLP and former U.S. International Trade Commission attorney as co-chair of its International Trade Commission practice.
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Jackson Walker Deal Stalled By Standing Issue, Trustee Says
The U.S. Trustee's Office told a Texas federal judge that its settlement with Jackson Walker LLP to disgorge fees from cases touched by scandal is on ice while a bankruptcy judge examines the watchdog's standing to seek such relief.
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Kelley Drye Names New Chair, Co-Managing Partners
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced Monday that along with naming a new chair, the New York-based firm has expanded its leadership structure to include co-managing partners, in response to growth and the increased complexity of day-to-day operations.
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No Fee Sanction, But Reprimand For Eversheds In Del. Case
A Delaware federal judge reprimanded Eversheds Sutherland and the investor plaintiffs it represented for failing to "faithfully" comply with civil procedure standards related to claims against a trading company founder, but ruled a monetary sanction isn't warranted.
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9th Circ. Pauses Rogoff's Return As Seattle US Atty
The Ninth Circuit has put on hold a Washington federal judge's decision to reinstate Roger Rogoff as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, a post Rogoff held for less than an hour before he was fired by President Donald Trump.
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Eckert Seamans Says Data Breach Harm Is Only Speculative
Pittsburgh-based law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday a pair of proposed class actions claiming damages from a data breach at the firm have not made specific complaints of actual harm caused by the breach and should be dismissed.
Expert Analysis
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.