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Pullman & Comley LLC didn't discover that the executive director of a Connecticut municipal housing authority had allegedly forged a connected company's $16.2 million loan application before penning a letter claiming the deal appeared solid, the lender, who was not a client, has alleged in a lawsuit.
A Brooklyn federal judge refused to change the parameters of upcoming retrial proceedings that could put Wachtel Missry LLP on the hook for a much greater share of a $26 million verdict for a former partner's alleged financial exploitation of an elderly client.
The Texas Supreme Court declined to take up a case dealing with attorney fees in suits where a court defines a legal relationship, but in a Friday opinion one justice wrote that the court will eventually need to address how jurisdiction plays into the issue.
The Third Circuit on Thursday won't revisit its prior decision upholding $3.2 million in fees to plaintiffs' counsel in a case that secured a $12 million deal for Wawa shoppers affected by a data breach after attorney Ted Frank argued the fees were disproportionate to the class' recovery.
Utah anesthesiologists facing a False Claims Act suit are moving to bar the testimony of a medical billing expert they say used artificial intelligence to draft a report riddled with errors and fake citations, calling it an extraordinary example of AI gone wrong.
A podcaster accused of spreading lies that a former Dominion Voting Systems Inc. executive rigged the 2020 election blamed his lawyer Friday for his noncompliance with the Colorado federal court, accusing the attorney of "malpractice" and "negligence."
A University of Pittsburgh School of Law professor has sued the school and a colleague in Pennsylvania state court, claiming the school mishandled the colleague's accusation of sexual assault against him by failing to follow its own procedures and not taking exculpatory evidence from him.
As the volume of sanctions orders resulting from attorneys' use of faulty citations blamed on artificial intelligence continues to rise, federal judges are beginning to pivot from financial sanctions to more creative means of disciplining lawyers, including targeting their professional reputations in ways that could really hurt.
A Florida federal judge rejected a New York federal judge's two-paragraph request to revive his defamation suit against former members of a condominium board in a feud over renovations, finding that the New York judge's move to submit the brief himself while having legal counsel makes it look as if the two are "playing a kind of shell game."Â
The Trump administration is appealing a D.C. federal judge's ruling that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale amounts to a "staggering" assault on the First Amendment, according to a notice filed Friday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's first assistant penned an email alleging sexual misconduct by a former deputy because he genuinely feared for his safety, according to a bid to dismiss a civil rights complaint filed by two former deputies who claim a conspiracy among officials in the Texas Office of the Attorney General to retaliate against them.
In taking the helm of McGuireWoods LLP's Houston office, Tyler VanHoutan said he's committed to maintaining the firm's steady, strategic growth in the city amid heightened competition for both legal talent and work there.
Sarah Ballard of BakerHostetler has helped an Arizona medical center shake negligence claims brought in the wake of a ransomware attack and has been on the front lines of the recent explosion of online tracking litigation, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared all but certain Friday that it would revive a Georgia attorney's race bias suit against the state's bar association, calling a federal district court's dismissal of her claims that the bar has a two-tiered disciplinary system "indefensible."
Buchalter PC announced Thursday that it has hired a former Ballard Spahr LLP partner as a shareholder in its white collar and investigations group who will also co-chair its state attorneys general group.
A former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has filed a federal lawsuit along with two other ex-Department of Justice employees alleging they were unlawfully fired.
Wiley Rein LLP's work on a $3.1 billion satellite provider merger and Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and Motley Rice LLC securing lead counsel roles in a proposed class action lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 10 to 25.
The legal industry had another busy week with more in-house moves, government attorneys returning to the private sector and office openings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
A New Jersey attorney and a California man will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a total of $134,000 as part of agreements to resolve the regulator's allegations they helped bilk an older couple out of over $150,000 through a so-called prime bank scheme.Â
Thompson Hine LLP urged the Second Circuit to require an ex-partner to arbitrate her claims that she faced a "toxic boys club" at the firm and was fired for complaining about it, arguing that a law barring mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment claims doesn't cover her case.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will not have to reimburse a Michigan-based company that spent four years fighting to have a trading suspension lifted, an administrative law judge has ruled, though he said the case raised "serious questions" about the agency's process for obtaining such suspensions.
Akerman LLP and one of its attorneys have been hit with a $45 million malpractice lawsuit in Florida state court from a former client who develops healthcare facilities and claims the firm botched a commercial lease form.
California-based alternative dispute resolution service Federal Arbitration Inc. has announced a change in ownership, as its current CEO has bought out the other partners.
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is urging an Alabama federal court to send toward trial his extortion lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee and his firm, a New York City lawyer and her firm, and a client of theirs who accused him of rape and then dropped her case.
Three Butler Snow LLP attorneys have been publicly reprimanded and removed from representing the former commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections in an incarcerated man's federal civil rights case, after a judge found they had filed motions including "hallucinations" generated by ChatGPT.
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Create A Succession Plan​​​​​​​Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty BioIf maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.
Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize ConnectionsOne reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm LeaderReid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.