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East Coast Promos Lead Mid-Law Partnership Classes In 2025
While the number of Mid-Law partnership promotions remained relatively stable this year, a handful of East Coast markets saw substantial growth, while other traditional hotbeds, such as California, experienced a decline in numbers, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Ex-Conrail CEO Blames Saul Ewing For Casino Deal Fallout
Former Conrail CEO David LeVan has sued Saul Ewing in Pennsylvania state court for legal malpractice, claiming its representation of him during the fallout of a botched deal to open a casino in Gettysburg left him open to $11 million in liability.
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Ga. Attys Fight Bid To 'Hijack' $44M Realtor Settlement
Attorneys hoping to finalize a $44 million class action settlement in Georgia with four real estate brokerages urged a federal judge Thursday to reject a bid to "hijack" their litigation by the lawyers behind the series of landmark settlements with the National Association of Realtors and various brokerages over their fee inflation practices.
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2025 Mid-Law Partner Classes See Bigger Share Of Women
The percentage of women in Mid-Law partnership classes ticked upward in 2025, in what experts say may be a sign that efforts to boost women's representation in law firms are paying off, though the picture remains complicated, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Meet Attys Facing Off Over $199M Ruling In Del. Merger Dispute
Attorneys from Mayer Brown LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP are set to face off next week before the Delaware Supreme Court on TC Energy Corp.'s challenge to a lower court ruling ordering the business to pay $199 million in damages to former Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. shareholders in connection with a 2016 merger.
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Bankruptcy Court's Input Sought In Judge Romance Row
A federal judge asked a Texas bankruptcy court to determine if the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company has standing to sue over a former judge's secret romance with a Jackson Walker partner.
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Biggest Takeaways From 2025's Mid-Law Partner Classes
Partner class sizes among Mid-Law firms held steady in 2025 from the year prior, with experts saying firm leaders are likely being cautious about promotions in the face of uncertainty around the economy and artificial intelligence, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis.
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Attys Seek $30M Fees In Walgreens Rx Overcharge Deal
Attorneys for unions and consumers who struck a $100 million settlement of Walgreens prescription overcharge fee claims asked an Illinois federal judge for a $30 million cut of that pot, arguing the amount would pay for seven years of meaningful work they put into the case.
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Contempt Of Atty's 'Own Making,' Judge Says In Allowing Trial
A Dutch software company can't push back a copyright trial after one of its attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson was held in contempt and was temporarily kicked off the case, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding the predicament "entirely of counsel's own making."
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NY Court Rejects Leon Black's Malicious Prosecution Suit
A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a malicious prosecution suit brought by former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black against Wigdor LLP, which represented a woman in a failed lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.
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NJ Atty Seeks Exit From Developer Suit Over Escrow Cashout
A New Jersey attorney who served as agent on an escrow agreement asked to escape a developer's lawsuit that came after a venture capital firm failed to produce a $6 million loan to build a luxury hotel in Taos, New Mexico.
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Maron Marvel's New Leader Has Eye On Expansion
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC's new managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse this week that he is excited to serve in the post and help steer the firm's national growth.
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Elsberg Baker Credits Young Attorneys For First Year Success
In its first year of business, New York-founded litigation and trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri was so successful representing clients from the financial services, real estate and tech industries that it was able to reward associates with end-of-year bonuses at 175% above the BigLaw scale.
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O'Melveny Antitrust Pro Jumps To Paul Hastings In LA
Paul Hastings LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in an O'Melveny & Myers LLP antitrust litigator as a partner in a Los Angeles office.
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Former Kaufman Dolowich Atty Settles Bias Suit Against Firm
A former Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP associate settled his lawsuit accusing the law firm of discriminating and retaliating against him after he requested accommodations for his hearing loss and urged the firm to better help attorneys with disabilities feel valued, the attorney's counsel told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday.
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Justices Asked To Recuse Fitbit Judge Over Google Ties
A Silicon Valley-based patent-holding company that lost its infringement case against Fitbit is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that a California federal judge and her husband's financial ties to Fitbit parent Google are so strong that "if these circumstances do not warrant recusal ... then nothing does."
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Houston Atty Says Rivals Solicited And Duped His Clients
A solo practitioner in Houston has accused rival attorneys of legal malpractice and tortious interference for allegedly pretending to be associated with his law firm in order to trick his clients into entering misleading contracts and then launching fraudulent suits on their behalf, according to a $1 million suit filed in Harris County District Court.
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Jay-Z, Buzbee Dispute Threats, Confession In Rape Case
The monthslong legal feud between Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and prominent plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has reached a new pitch, as Carter claims to have evidence proving he did not rape a 13-year-old alongside disgraced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, while Buzbee claims Carter is trying to menace the victim into silence.
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Willkie Farr Partner Gets $23K Fee In Suit Over Media Tip
A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner has won the bulk of a $27,420 bid to recoup personal attorney fees after prevailing in a First Amendment feud with his former landlord's lawyer over a media leak, with a judge clipping just $3,550 for lack of a novel legal issue.
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New Jersey AG Office Must Face Whistleblower Suit
A New Jersey state judge on Wednesday largely rejected a bid from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to escape a lawsuit accusing the Warren County prosecutor's office of retaliating against two detectives for their part in uncovering an alleged fraud scheme.
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Four Firms Seek Top Roles In Pa. Warehouse Fire Litigation
Lawyers from four plaintiffs firms across the country have asked a Philadelphia judge to name them class counsel in recently filed litigation over the effects of an aircraft parts warehouse fire and also requested that the court consolidate all related lawsuits in the city.
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Insurance Litigator Moves To Barclay Damon As Partner
Barclay Damon LLP has hired a partner away from his private practice to boost its practices focused on insurance coverage and product liability defense, bringing the attorney to the firm's New York City office.
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Defunct Pittsburgh Law Firm Owes $1.3M In Rent, Suit Says
The court-appointed receiver for a downtown Pittsburgh office tower says in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court that the defunct law office of Rothman Gordon PC owes more than $1.3 million in rent and fees.
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NYU Law To Open Innocence Project Clinic Next Fall
The NYU School of Law announced on Wednesday that it was opening a clinic with the Innocence Project next fall where students can work on nonprofit cases and learn about postconviction and wrongful-conviction litigation as part of an expansive new partnership.
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Longtime DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Fried Frank In DC
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced that a Cooley LLP attorney who previously spent more than 15 years in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner.