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Attys Blast 'Chilling Message' Of Judge Shopping Sanctions
Three attorneys sanctioned for judge shopping while challenging an Alabama statute that criminalizes gender-affirming care have asked the Eleventh Circuit to clear their names, castigating the process that led to their censure as "so extraordinary as to approach unprecedented."
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Ex-Eric Adams Prosecutor Joins Litigation Boutique KKL
A former federal prosecutor, who reportedly resigned from her post in the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York in April over the Department of Justice's decision to drop its corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams, has joined boutique litigation firm KKL LLP.
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Law Firm Beats NJ Atty's Fraud Suit Under Anti-SLAPP Law
Maurice Wutscher LLP got an attorney's fraud suit against it thrown out under New Jersey's anti-SLAPP law on Tuesday, allowing the firm to escape complex litigation across multiple venues stemming from the breakdown of a former New Jersey firm.
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Haynes Boone Adds 2 Robins Kaplan Litigation Partners In NY
Haynes Boone announced Tuesday that it has hired a pair of litigation partners in New York from Robins Kaplan LLP.
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Ga. Senators Accuse DA Of 'Stonewalling' In Testimony Fight
A Georgia Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' prosecution of President Donald Trump and others in an election interference case told the state's Supreme Court that her bid to escape its subpoena for her to testify before the committee seeks "to reward her stonewalling" and "delay tactics."
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Mich. Judge Sanctions Attys For False Case Quotations
A Michigan federal judge on Monday ordered plaintiffs' attorneys in two cases against a robotics company to pay for the time opposing counsel took in filing an additional briefing because of false case quotations.
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Continental PLLC Expands In Miami, DC With 4 Attys
Continental PLLC bolstered its white collar, international arbitration and campaign finance capabilities with the addition of four new attorneys in Miami and Washington, D.C., each coming from different law firms or government entities.
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Seeger Weiss Named Lead Negotiation Counsel In J&J MDL
A New Jersey federal judge overseeing long-running multidistrict federal litigation against Johnson & Johnson over its talcum powder products has appointed Christopher A. Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP to lead a negotiation team to guide plaintiffs through settlement talks.
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Rising Star: Wilkinson Stekloff's Cali Arat
Wilkinson Stekloff LLP partner Cali Arat helped secure Monsanto's first jury trial win that changed the tide in high-stakes litigation alleging that the company's Roundup herbicide caused cancer, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Akin's Kate Shapiro
Kaitlin D. Shapiro of聽Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP聽successfully defended聽Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. from a suit demanding it return $11 million in short-swing profits, and helped another client beat a聽Delaware Chancery Court聽action over聽Genomic Health Inc.'s $2.8 billion sale to Exact Sciences Corp., earning her a spot among securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by聽Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Wash. Atty Disbarred In Del. For 'Pattern Of Misconduct'
Delaware's Supreme Court has barred a Washington attorney from practicing law in the First State, saying he "engaged in a pattern of misconduct" and "acted with a selfish or dishonest motive" by not informing a state court that granted him a temporary admission that there were pending disciplinary proceedings against him in another jurisdiction.
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Ex-HUD GC Launches DC White Collar Boutique
The former general counsel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday that he is launching his own white-collar litigation boutique in Washington, D.C.
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Munsch Hardt Adds Construction Litigator In Dallas
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC has added a construction and commercial litigator in Dallas who most recently served as a partner with Texas regional firm Griffith Davison PC.
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Okla. Cannabis Attorney Sues State Bar Over Suspension
An Oklahoma-based attorney specializing in First Amendment and cannabis law is suing the state's bar association and Supreme Court, alleging that he was wrongfully suspended last year in retaliation for criticizing the bodies.
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Retired Judges Say DOJ Suit 'Threatens' Core Of Judicial Role
A group of retired federal judges on Monday threw their support behind Maryland federal judges targeted in a Trump administration lawsuit over their habeas petitions standing order, arguing that the suit "threatens the judicial role to its core" and is trying to block judges from employing "a commonplace docket-management technique."
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Ex-Munchkin GC Sues Over 'War On Families' At Baby Co.
Munchkin Inc.'s former general counsel says he was fired for trying to sound the alarm about the baby products brand's "war on families" and culture of discrimination against working mothers and families, in a $10 million suit filed in California state court on Friday.
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Texas Judge 'Perplexed' By 5th Circ. Sanction Reversal
A Texas federal judge said he was "perplexed" by a Fifth Circuit panel's decision to reverse his sanction order against an attorney, saying in a Monday opinion that the attorney seemingly flouted the case governing litigation conduct by opposing a bid for an extension to reply.
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Mich. Justices Revive Ex-Prosecutor's Whistleblower Suit
The Michigan Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit brought by a former Saginaw County assistant prosecutor who says she was retaliated against for fighting an unlawful plea agreement, with the justices聽finding the county must face the suit because it is an employer under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act.
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Qui Tam Relator's Atty Admits Fake Citations In DC FCA Suit
An attorney representing the estate of a Washington, D.C.-based construction company's former director in a False Claims Act suit launched against the contractor has withdrawn from the suit due to "recent failure to provide adequate representation" after his co-counsel alleged that the attorney used AI to file a brief "riddled with citation errors."
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Firms Rip Ford's 'Retaliatory' RICO Suit Over Lemon Law Bills
Knight Law Group LLP and other firms urged a California federal judge Friday to toss The Ford Motor Co.'s allegations they conspired to dupe clients and defraud automakers by inflating billing, arguing that the racketeering claims are "retaliatory," insufficient and time-barred, and the firms are shielded under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.
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Lowenstein Sandler Lands Kasowitz Litigator, Ex-Prosecutor
Lowenstein Sandler LLP expanded its white collar team in New York City with a former federal prosecutor from the Eastern District of New York and cybercrime expert, the firm announced Monday.
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Fla. Firm Must Pay $320K Sanction For Not Probing IP Claims
Peter Ticktin and Ticktin Law Group PA have been ordered by a Florida federal judge to pay roughly $321,000 in attorney fees as a sanction for "flagrant conduct" involving their failure to properly investigate patent infringement claims filed on behalf of a client related to smart glass technology.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds Ex-Cozen O'Connor Team In NY
Dorsey & Whitney LLP is continuing to build out its commercial litigation team, announcing Monday that it has hired four New York-based attorneys who most recently worked together at Cozen O'Connor.
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Magistrate Won't DQ McKool Smith In Headwater IP Case
A Texas magistrate judge has rejected Headwater Research LLC's bid to disqualify McKool Smith LLP from representing AT&T in a wireless patent infringement suit, determining that its attorneys weren't exposed to confidential information while working with a potential business partner.
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Jackson Walker Settles Judge Romance Claims For $485K
Jackson Walker LLP has reached a $485,000 settlement with two former bankruptcy clients to resolve a dispute related to the concealed romance of a former partner and former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones, according to a motion filed Friday.
Expert Analysis
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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聽work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.聽
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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.