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  • Bloom Firm Settles False Claims Act Suit Over Virus PPP Loan

    Civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom, her Calabasas, California-based firm and her husband have agreed to pay a combined $274,000 to settle a rival law firm's False Claims Act suit alleging they provided false information to obtain a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Lin Wood Must Pay Ex-Partners $3.75M, Ga. Jurors Say

    A Georgia federal jury said Thursday that controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood must pay $3.75 million to his three former law partners and cover their attorney fees and costs, with the exact amount of those fees to be determined Friday morning.

  • No Dismissal Yet In Dispute Over Education Law Firm TM

    A Philadelphia-based education law firm's suit seeking to cancel registration for its competitor's trademark "The Education Lawyers" must continue because open questions remain, a Pennsylvania federal judge said.

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    Texas Trio Willfully Stole Lewis Brisbois Name, Judge Says

    A Texas mediation service that named itself after BigLaw behemoth Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and told the firm to "come and take it" has infringed Lewis Brisbois' trademark and must pay its attorney fees from the bitter suit, which racked up over 300 docket entries in under two years, a Texas federal judge has ruled.

  • Ex-Morelli Atty Says Sex Assault Claims Waived In Settlement

    Morelli Law Firm PLLC and its founding partner Benedict Morelli settled sexual assault allegations from an associate at its predecessor firm, Morelli Ratner PC, before she filed suit against fellow named partner David Ratner, according to a motion Ratner filed in New York state court Tuesday seeking a copy of the settlement.

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    Ex-Drew Eckl Attys Seek New Firm's Escape From Arbitration

    Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP and former firm attorneys now at Burke Moore Law Group LLP launched dueling arguments in the Georgia Court of Appeals this week over Burke Moore's bid to undo a court order requiring it to arbitrate a fees dispute between Drew Eckl and Burke Moore founders.

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    Ball Janik Grows In Orlando With Construction Boutique Atty

    A construction defect attorney who prosecutes large-scale residential and commercial claims has made his way from Pursiano Barry Bruce Demetriades Simon LLP to Ball Janik LLP as special counsel in Orlando, Florida, the firm announced Thursday.

  • Ford Wants Judge Booted Off Paraplegic's Suit After Podcast

    Ford Motor Co. pushed the North Carolina Court of Appeals to remove state Superior Court Judge Hoyt Tessener from a product liability suit, arguing the jurist made disparaging remarks about the company after prosecuting a similar suit against the carmaker years ago as a private attorney.

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    Pa. Atty And Wife Apologize To Lawyer For Theft Allegations

    A Pennsylvania attorney and his wife have apologized for accusing another attorney of stealing money from a business venture, saying in a court settlement record that they have no evidence that the lawyer committed the theft and that they retract their earlier statements.

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    Conn. 'Fishing' Atty Submits Resignation From State Bar

    A Connecticut attorney who responded to an overdraft notice and disciplinary inquiry with an email saying the issue wasn't a priority as he was busy fishing has submitted his resignation from the state bar.

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    Law Firms Reimagine Recruitment Amid AI Talent War

    Law firms are taking a nuanced approach to fill new artificial intelligence-centric roles, including "testing" experienced professionals as consultants and thinking about potentially having data scientists work remotely, a panel of experts said Thursday.

  • Girardi Kept 'Opening A Wound,' Tearful Ex-Client Tells Jury

    A woman whose son was seriously injured in a car accident shed tears Wednesday while testifying in Tom Girardi's criminal trial, recalling her increasingly desperate attempts to get a final $1 million owed to her from a lawsuit settlement as the embattled attorney gave her varying excuses for why she wasn't getting the funds.

  • Disbarred Atty Admits To Tax Evasion Over Mass Tort Fees

    A disbarred attorney pled guilty to a single count of tax evasion Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court stemming from allegations he didn't pay taxes on more than $100 million in legal fees he earned from representing 4,300 plaintiffs in a mass tort case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

  • Texas Atty Must Pay Volkswagen $200K In Fees For Patent Suit

    A Texas federal judge has ordered litigation firm VDPP LLC and its counsel, Texas attorney William Ramey III of Ramey LLP, to pay Volkswagen $207,543 in fees stemming from a now-dismissed patent case after determining a fee multiplier that applies to "exceptional" cases was appropriate due to the suit's "obvious lack of merit."

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    SC Justices Agree To Hear Murdaugh's Jury Tampering Claim

    South Carolina's Supreme Court has agreed to hear disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh's appeal claiming a clerk of court tampered with the jury that convicted him of murder, invoking a rule that bypasses intermediate appeals when "significant public interest or a legal principle of major importance" hangs in the balance.

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    Judge DQs Ex-Overstock CEO's Atty For Discovery Violations

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge has granted Dominion Voting Systems' "extraordinary and rarely granted" disqualification bid over serious discovery violations by a lawyer defending Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit brought by the voting machine company.

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    Florida Firm Renews Bid To Ditch Paralegal's Shorted Pay Suit

    A West Palm Beach, Florida, law firm has asked a federal judge to dismiss a former paralegal's wage and retaliation suit, arguing her independent contractor status and failure to report unpaid work make her claims unviable.

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    How To Get Attys Excited — Not Scared — About Innovation

    Food and beverage gatherings, demos during meetings and statements from passionate advocates are just some ways law firms are getting attorneys excited about new technologies, a panel of leaders said Tuesday.

  • Paralegal With Cancer Says In-Office Job Offer Used To Ax Her

    A paralegal with stage 4 breast cancer is suing two California law firms for wrongful termination and disability discrimination, saying that when they made plans to merge, they took away her remote work accommodations.

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    Mansfield Participants Grow Despite Industry DEI Threats

    Even as law firms have faced legal threats in the past year over their diversity, equity and inclusion programming, the number of firms that have committed to embracing diversity via Mansfield certification continues to grow, according to an announcement Wednesday.

  • Lin Wood Says Social Posts Were Defense, Not Offense

    Controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood took the stand Tuesday in a defamation case brought against him by three of his former law partners over social media posts in which Wood claimed they tried to criminally extort him after his firm's dissolution, telling jurors he only took to social media to defend himself. 

  • Va. Atty Held In Contempt, Jailed Overnight Loses Appeal

    A Virginia appeals court on Tuesday tossed a false imprisonment suit accusing a sheriff of wrongly detaining a divorce attorney after she was held in civil contempt for arguing with a judge and jailed overnight, saying the sheriff acted under the auspices of the judge's legal authority.

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    Girardi's Ex-Accountant Testifies He Wasn't Always 'All There'

    A former in-house accountant for Tom Girardi's law firm broke down in tears on the witness stand under cross-examination in Girardi's California federal criminal trial Tuesday, first saying he always seemed "lucid" before describing him in the month before Girardi Keese filed for bankruptcy as slipping mentally.

  • Frost LLP Adds Business Litigator In Los Angeles

    Christopher Frost says he's been trying to sway his former colleague, California trial lawyer Kevin Dicker, to come work for his boutique, Frost LLP, since the firm's inception last summer, and this week, he finally succeeded.

  • Spector Gadon's $200K Fee Pursuit Against Client Paused

    Philadelphia-based Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci PC has to pause its pursuit of more than $200,000 in fees from a client it represented in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, while the debtor appeals a ruling that the firm has a right to a jury trial on the matter.

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