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Daily Litigation
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Akerman's New Delaware Leader Eyes More Growth
Akerman's new managing partner in Delaware told Law360 Pulse this week that her immediate goal is to continue to expand the office and the foundation put in place for its opening in 2024.
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MoFo Adds 2 Paul Weiss Attys, Including Biz Litigation Leader
Morrison Foerster announced the addition of two litigators from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP on Thursday as partners in New York, including a returning partner who will lead the firm's business litigation and disputes team.
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Ashurst Perkins Hires Freshfields Investigations Co-Lead
Ashurst Perkins Coie has hired the co-leader of Freshfields LLP's congressional investigations team, who makes the move just a week before the U.S. midterm elections to advise clients on congressional inquiries and other government investigations.
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Cole Schotz Adds Special Counsel In Delaware From Boutique
Cole Schotz PC has added a special counsel in Delaware from boutique Andrews & Springer LLC to enhance its capacity to handle corporate litigation in the First State's Chancery Court and Supreme Court.
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Proskauer, Reddit Attys Called To Testify In Data-Scraping Suit
A New York federal judge on Wednesday called for live testimony from two Proskauer Rose LLP attorneys and Reddit's deputy general counsel as he weighs the law firm's bid to represent Perplexity AI in a lawsuit from Reddit, the firm's former client, over alleged data scraping.
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Denver Law Firm Sued Over Delayed Data Breach Notice
A Denver law firm was hit with a proposed class action in Colorado federal court Tuesday from an Oklahoma man accusing it of allowing his and thousands of others' personally identifiable information to be stolen in a cyberattack.
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NJ Atty Mishandled Property Damage Dispute, Court Told
A man told a New Jersey federal court that he was forced to pay excessive and avoidable fees to an attorney hired to represent him in a property damage dispute after the attorney mishandled the case by failing to advise him to tender the claim to his homeowners insurer.
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Conn. Firm Gets $3.1M For FedEx Security Check Deal
A Connecticut federal judge Wednesday awarded more than $3.16 million to Hayber McKenna & Dinsmore LLC after granting final approval of a $9.5 million settlement between FedEx and workers who were not paid for going through security before and after their shifts.
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BakerHostetler Malpractice Case To Expand With RICO Claim
A Georgia federal judge has allowed a trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice to file an amended complaint after the trustee asked to add claims of Georgia RICO Act violations.
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Mazzola Lindstrom Expands To Southeast With Miami Office
Boutique firm Mazzola Lindstrom LLP announced Wednesday it has increased its reach to the Southeast with the recent launch of a new office in South Florida.
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Hangley Aronchick Brings Back Insurance Atty In Philly
An attorney specializing in representing major insurers in litigation matters throughout the U.S. has moved her practice back to Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller's Philadelphia office after briefly leaving the firm earlier this year.
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Kaufman Dolowich Lands Hill Rivkins Maritime, Admiralty Atty
Kaufman Dolowich has added a maritime and admiralty law attorney in New Jersey and New York from Hill Rivkins LLP to bolster its capacity to advise clients involved in maritime, transportation and other disputes.
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Wood Smith Beats Suit Over Nixed Atty Defamation Claims
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP has escaped a malpractice suit stemming from an allegedly improperly drafted settlement agreement in an employment dispute, with a California appeals court finding that the agreement did not shield an opposing attorney from an ex-Wood Smith client's defamation claims.
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Texan Claims Austin Firm Hasn't Alerted Him To Data Breach
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, an Austin, Texas-based law firm focused on collecting debts and taxes for public-sector clients, failed to protect its clients' personal information from a data breach, the plaintiff in a proposed class action claimed in Texas federal court Tuesday.
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NY Judges Question Court Agency's Withholding Of Records
Two judges on a New York state appeals court panel pushed back on arguments by the state's Office of Court Administration that no reports related to investigations of court personnel can be considered final under the state Freedom of Information Law until all proceedings have concluded.
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Ex-Dickinson Wright Partner, Prosecutor Starts Litigation Firm
A Dickinson Wright PLLC partner who has more than 30 years of legal experience is launching his own firm near Washington, D.C., focused on representing businesses, executives and employees in a range of matters.
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IP Attys Lose Challenges To Client Origination Credits
Former partners at intellectual property firm Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle LLP failed to adequately support challenges to one another's client origination credits, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, deciding the last factual issue in a yearslong dispute between two masthead members after two others died.
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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.
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Ex-Fla. Bar Prez Accused Of Botching $350M Estate Claim
The widow of a Miami real estate investor is suing a former president of the Florida Bar for malpractice, claiming his botched representation left her without a claim to her late husband's $350 million estate.
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NJ Courts Office Says City Was Former Judge's Employer
The New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts urged a state court to toss a former municipal judge's retaliation claims, arguing that the office is not the judge's employer and that his suit lacks facts to support the claims.
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Hogan Lovells Taps Ex-Spain Ambassador For Disputes Team
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added a former U.S. ambassador to Spain under the Biden administration to the global law firm's disputes team, where she will focus on government investigations and congressional inquiries, as well as cross-border disputes.
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State AG Elections More Competitive As AGs Play Bigger Role
Several of next week's elections for states' attorneys general have turned out to be surprisingly competitive as state enforcers have become more prominent in taking on the federal government and wading into national policy fights.
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Ex-Newark Immigration Court Judge Joins Gendelberg Law
New York-based immigration law firm Gendelberg Law PLLC has grown its team with the addition of a former Newark Immigration Court assistant chief immigration judge, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Pa. Judge Holds Feds In Civil Contempt In Immigration Case
A Pennsylvania federal judge has held three senior Trump administration officials in civil contempt after immigration authorities rearrested a man who had been released from detention under a court order, then repeatedly failed to comply with judicial directives seeking information about the arrest.
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Atty, Northwestern Mutual Settle Disability Benefits Suit
A real estate attorney agreed to drop his lawsuit alleging that Northwestern Mutual denied him disability benefits after his anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions rendered him unable to work, according to filings in New York federal court.
Expert Analysis
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.