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Personal Injury Atty Buzbee Accused Of Assault, Malpractice
Tony Buzbee, a high-profile Texas personal injury lawyer known for representing women who have accused Sean "Diddy" Combs and Deshaun Watson of sexual abuse, was hit with a legal malpractice suit in New York state court Tuesday alleging that he assaulted a client seeking a divorce and deprived her of millions of dollars in settlement funds.
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Gunnercooke Adds Life Sciences, Immigration Partners In NY
U.K.-based law firm Gunnercooke LLP announced the hiring of its fifth and sixth lateral partners in the U.S., bringing aboard both a life sciences and an immigration partner to its New York office.
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NY Judge Rejects Ozy Media CEO's DQ Bid Over Investments
U.S. District Judge Eric R. Komitee of New York's Eastern District on Tuesday refused to step aside from former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's fraud and identity theft case, slamming as meritless Watson's effort to undo his convictions over the judge's financial investments.
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McGuireWoods Lands Health Ace, Former GC From Akin In NY
A veteran healthcare and life sciences attorney who previously served as general counsel at pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Daiichi Sankyo has made the move from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to McGuireWoods LLP.
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Law Firms Set To Close Out 2024 With Near-Record Billing
Amid high demand, billing rates at U.S. law firms were up 9% during the first nine months of 2024 compared to this time last year, revealing the industry is on track to see strong year-end financial results, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Crowell & Moring's NY Antitrust Head Joins King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP has hired the former leader of Crowell & Moring LLP's New York antitrust practice, saying Tuesday that he will strengthen the firm's business litigation bench.
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Poll Workers Fight Giuliani Attys' Bid To Exit Collection Cases
Two of Rudy Giuliani's attorneys doubled down Tuesday on their attempt to withdraw as counsel in the $148 million defamation case against him, saying in a redacted letter that the two Georgia poll workers hoping to stop their withdrawal are unaware of the facts that led up to the request.
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Tarter Krinsky Adds CRE Transaction Atty
An attorney with experience across the spectrum of commercial real estate transactions has joined Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP's real estate practice from Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco PC, the firm announced.
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Longtime White & Case Structured Finance Atty Joins Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP announced that a longtime White & Case LLP structured finance attorney joined the firm's New York office as a partner, which the firm said helps address increased demand from clients in the private equity and credit spaces.
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DA Says Trump Sentencing Could Be Delayed Until 2029
Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday suggested that President-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing could be delayed until after he serves out his next term, but urged a judge not to throw out his conviction over an alleged hush money scheme.
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Diddy Calls DOJ's Possession Of His Notes 'Outrageous'
Sean "Diddy" Combs said Monday that federal prosecutors are in possession of privileged attorney-client materials, including his own written notes, which they're "actively" using to detain him ahead of his trial, a move the hip-hop mogul called "outrageous government conduct."
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Menendez Calls Trial Evidence Flub 'Deeply Troubling'
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez raised red flags Monday about "deeply troubling" recent revelations that Manhattan federal jurors accidentally received unredacted text messages before convicting him of bribery, slamming prosecutors for trying to brush aside the significance of this evidence.
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Blackstone Funds Name New CLO Amid Leadership Shift
The chief executive officer and chief legal officer for three Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC funds, have stepped down from their posts, with new executives named from within the company to replace them immediately.
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In-House Female Attys Say They Prefer Work Culture, Balance
In a first-of-its-kind survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, in-house female attorneys report finding their work-life balance, work substance and workplace culture superior to that of law firms.
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Why AI May Be The Secret Weapon For Starting A Law Firm
The secret ingredient to opening a solo practice or small firm might be artificial intelligence, Chris Stock, a vice president at legal tech company Clio, said at the New York City Bar's Small Law Symposium last week.
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Ozy Media CEO Turns To 2nd Circ. Over Judge's Investments
The "atypical" conflict and threat to public confidence in the judiciary created by a New York federal judge's financial investments warrant the Second Circuit stepping in to undo former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's fraud and identity theft convictions sooner rather than later, Watson told the appellate court on Monday.
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Friedman Kaplan Name Partner Larry Robbins Dies At 72
Larry Robbins, a name partner at Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP known for counseling high-profile congressional witnesses like Marie Yovanovitch and Christine Blasey Ford through their Senate and House committee appearances, died earlier this month at age 72, the firm announced.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Cleary Gottlieb Banking, Credit Pro
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday that a former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP attorney will be joining the firm's New York office to focus on banking and credit matters, touting her history representing some of the world's largest financial sponsors and their portfolio companies.
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Where Women Are And Are Not Getting Ahead In Law
Women now make up the majority of law school graduates, law firm associates and lawyers in the federal government and will likely soon make up the majority of law school faculty, according to a report from the American Bar Association out Monday, however the proportion of women in certain positions of power within the profession continues to lag.
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Allen Matkins Adds Stradley Ronon Tax Co-Chair In NY
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has continued growing its New York office with the addition of the co-chair of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's tax department, the firm said Monday.
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Clifford Chance Adds Private Equity Partner From O'Melveny
Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday that it had hired a former O'Melveny & Myers LLP attorney to its private equity practice in New York, for what the firm said was its 16th senior hire in the United States this year.
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Trump's SDNY Pick A Familiar Face In Wall Street's Legal Wing
Jay Clayton's nomination to be the Manhattan U.S. attorney would seat a highly regarded Wall Street lawyer in one of the top law enforcement jobs in the country, but he may face headwinds over his industry relationships and lack of criminal prosecution experience.
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Giuliani Gets New Atty As Poll Workers Seek To Collect $148M
Two days after Rudy Giuliani's lawyers asked a federal judge to allow them to withdraw from representing him in a pair of cases from former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation award against him, the embattled former mayor of New York found himself new representation.
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Dogecoin Buyers Drop Bid To Revive Suit Against Musk
Dogecoin cryptocurrency investors have agreed to drop their appellate bid to revive a two-year-old proposed securities class action accusing Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. of using the CEO's celebrity to target unsophisticated investors and gain a profit on the memecoin, according to a stipulation filed in New York federal court.
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What To Know About Digital Marketing Before Starting A Firm
At the New York City Bar's Small Law Symposium on Thursday, lawyers and a digital marketing expert broke down what attorneys looking to launch a law firm should be thinking about before launching a digital marketing campaign.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.