/pulse/daily-litigation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Daily Litigation Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:16:50 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357448 The Second Circuit on Wednesday granted Reed Smith LLP's emergency motion to stay a Manhattan federal judge's order to turn over client files amid a conflict over the legitimate ownership of international shipping company Eletson, which is in a dispute with competitor Levona. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:48:49 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357414?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357414 A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded nearly $394,000 in attorney fees to a former MGM Grand Casino worker who won a religious bias suit after being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, slightly cutting the requested award after reducing hours because of discrepancies between two submissions. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:53:23 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357544 An employee-side law firm repeatedly stood in the way of a Latino attorney's career advancement, underpaid him, and fired him after he advocated for increasing a Black attorney's pay to match that of a white colleague, a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Maryland federal court said. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:47:42 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357342 The interim U.S. attorney for Georgia's Middle District was sworn in this week, a move that comes after the office operated under acting leadership since the U.S. attorney appointed by former President Joe Biden resigned in January. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:46:22 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357447?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357447 The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $3.2 million fee award for Berger Montague and Fine Kaplan & Black in the settlement for consumers affected by a 2019 Wawa data breach, ruling Wednesday that the district court judge correctly found no improper "side deals" or collusion at class members' expense. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:42:58 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357265?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357265 The legal ethics watchdog Campaign for Accountability on Wednesday accused interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba of an "abuse of power" over her office's recent investigations and arrests of New Jersey officials and called for an ethics investigation. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:42:41 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357576?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357576 Alternative dispute resolution service JAMS is continuing to expand its roster, announcing Wednesday it has added a former California state judge as one of its neutrals. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:35:07 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357535 A Texas magistrate judge has recommended that a litigation funder and a Houston-area attorney be freed from a proposed class action that alleges a law firm engaged in deceptive advertising targeting hurricane victims in Louisiana. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:50:50 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357034?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357034 A Colorado lawyer has settled claims she brought against her former employer in December, when she accused the law firm of having "abruptly and unlawfully" terminated her employment due to her age and gender. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:56:23 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2357304 The Trump administration is suing the Maryland federal district court and all of its judges over a standing order that temporarily staves off the deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:29 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356820 A generative artificial intelligence hackathon originally designed to empower the next generation of lawyers to think creatively about solving complex problems expanded to include senior staff members, resulting in over a dozen ready-to-go AI use cases for the firm. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:30:30 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2354445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2354445 Latham & Watkins LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of a new D.C.-based antitrust partner with the hiring of Andrew Forman, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division who is rejoining private practice after three years of helping lead civil competition enforcement. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:02:16 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356326?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356326 A Texas mass tort attorney who filed for bankruptcy allegedly owing hundreds of millions of dollars to litigation funders agreed to shift his Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, putting to rest the U.S. Trustee's bid to convert or dismiss his case. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:35:35 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356367 A gaming company and a law firm asked the Eleventh Circuit to reject an insurer's bid to avoid representing the firm in a malpractice case, arguing that if at least one claim in an underlying complaint was covered, the insurer couldn't apply a misappropriation exclusion. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:17:43 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356716?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356716 A former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP partner has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to certify a class of employees in an ERISA suit against the shuttered firm in the lead up to approval of a settlement resolving claims over retirement savings practices. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:01:19 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356572 The Tenth Circuit has sided with a district court's decision dismissing a bid by the former general counsel of a medical device company to have Loeb & Loeb LLP sanctioned for bringing what he said was a baseless lawsuit against him on behalf of his former employer. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:45:17 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356561?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356561 A former staffer for retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner has followed through on his pledge to appeal his district court loss of wage theft claims against the ex-judge, filing a motion to have his appeal heard in a different circuit and a request to unseal a medical document. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:01:21 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356532 Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that it has expanded its North Florida litigation practice group with the addition of a former trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:12:49 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2355933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2355933 A Florida state court judge on Monday denied a bid to disqualify Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in a lawsuit brought by pharmaceutical mass tort companies to block their former counsel from collecting fees after he was dismissed for alleged insufficient representation. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:50:38 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356176?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2356176 An assistant district attorney alleged in North Carolina federal court that her boss, District Attorney Michael Waters, discriminated against her and other Black employees by treating them unfairly and paying them less than white colleagues.