FIFA Cites New 'Nonexistent' Quotes By Attys Accused Of AI

By Bryan Koenig

Soccer's international governing body pressed a Puerto Rico federal judge Tuesday to sanction attorneys accusing it and others of trying to block island rivals, arguing that in trying to rebut claims they used artificial intelligence that cited nonexistent cases, the lawyers introduced "new defective citations and nonexistent quotations."

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Jenner & Block Latest BigLaw Firm Targeted In Trump Order

By Alison Knezevich

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at Jenner & Block LLP, suspending security clearances for its employees and taking other actions in response to the firm's pro bono work and a former partner's role as a top deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller.

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Doctor Defends Exam Saying Judge Newman Is Fit To Serve

By Ryan Davis

A neurosurgeon who examined Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman and declared her fit to serve on the bench pushed back Tuesday on criticism of his evaluation made by doctors retained by the appeals court's other judges, who have suspended the 97-year-old jurist.

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Coupang Must Face Ex-In-House Atty's Whistleblower Suit

By Greg Lamm

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday said e-commerce retailer Coupang can't escape a whistleblower complaint brought by a former in-house attorney who alleges he was fired after bringing attention to alleged unlawful transactions with Iran in 2021.

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Diddy Producer's Atty Gets Warning For 'Shocking' Statement

By Rachel Scharf

A New York federal judge threatened counsel for one of Sean "Diddy" Combs' former music producers with sanctions Monday for a pattern of false statements and inappropriate insults in civil sexual assault litigation, calling one statement in the attorney's court filings "not just disturbing, but shocking."

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Ex-Masimo CEO Slams Bid To DQ His Hueston Hennigan Attys

By Lauren Berg

Joe E. Kiani, founder and ex-CEO of Masimo Corp., has urged the Delaware Chancery Court to reject the medical technology company's bid to disqualify his attorneys from Hueston Hennigan LLP in its lawsuit over Kiani's quest for a $450 million payout, saying the request is being "weaponized for tactical gain."

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Womble Bond Atty's Contempt Order Isn't Final, 4th Circ. Told

By Hayley Fowler

A federal judge's order holding a Womble Bond Dickinson partner in contempt of court over misrepresentations he allegedly made to a foreign tribunal isn't a final decision capable of being appealed, a software company told the Fourth Circuit in seeking to have the appeal tossed.

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2nd Circ. Trims Ex-K&L Gates Atty's Cyberstalking Conviction

By Elliot Weld

The Second Circuit has reversed one of three counts of conviction for a former K&L Gates attorney who was accused of cyberstalking and harassing his colleagues, finding that there was insufficient evidence to support claims that he made "true threats" to one of the accusers.

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Calif. Justices Revive Bounty Hunter's Claims Against SF Atty

By Emily Sawicki

The California Supreme Court has ruled that a fugitive recovery agent's claims of malicious prosecution against an attorney who represented clients who sued the agent after their Oakland residence was searched via drug trafficking warrants were not untimely, finding that a one-year statute of limitations did not apply because the agent is not the attorney's client.

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Lowenstein Sandler Can Pursue NJ Dispensary Fraud Claims

By Jake Maher

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on Tuesday secured a ruling enabling the firm to pursue claims that a cannabis dispensary committed a "fraud on the court," with a New Jersey state judge rejecting the business' attempt to preclude those claims in the firm's $800,000 suit over unpaid legal fees.

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Colo. Atty Gave $2M Mineral Rights To Other Client, Suit Says

By Emily Sawicki

The special district for a Colorado residential community has sued its former lawyer and firms White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron PC and Spencer Fane LLP for malpractice, claiming the attorney failed to secure its mineral rights, instead executing a deal that favored one of Spencer Fane's other clients.

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Baker Botts Atty Says Patent Exec Can't Prove Defamation

By Lynn LaRowe

A Baker Botts LLP lawyer is contending that a Florida federal court cannot side with a patent-licensing company executive on his defamation claim against the attorney over her comments in a news article about a patent suit against Starbucks, saying she didn't say anything false.

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Atty Says Netflix's Boy Scout Doc Copied Style, Not Just Facts

By Ryan Harroff

A New Jersey trial lawyer who accused Netflix Inc. of infringing his copyright in its documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America pushed back against the streaming giant's dismissal bid, arguing the film copied the storytelling framework used in his own documentary.

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McCarter & English's $3.77M Fee Win Headed For Appeal

By Aaron Keller

A former McCarter & English LLP client will appeal a $3.77 million Connecticut federal court judgment for failing to pay its legal bills following a Kentucky trade secrets case loss, federal court papers indicate.

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Realtek Seeks Sanctions Over Alleged Patent Suit Abuse

By Andrew Karpan

Taiwan's Realtek Semiconductor Corp. is asking a California federal judge to punish a pair of patent-holding companies for "wasting party and judicial resources" in an antitrust lawsuit over a licensing deal and a series of purportedly sham patent suits in Texas.

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Justices' False Statement Ruling Curbs Half-Truth Liability

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Thompson v. U.S. decision clarified that a federal statute used to prosecute false statements made to bank regulators only criminalizes outright falsehoods, narrowing prosecutors’ reach and providing defense counsel a stronger basis to challenge indictments of merely misleading statements, says Tamara de Silva at De Silva Law Offices.

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Associate Recruitment Helps Boost Law Firm Lateral Hiring

By Anna Sanders

After a two-year market downturn, U.S. law firm lateral hiring grew almost 14% overall in 2024, driven by a significant boost in associate recruitment, a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement found.

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Even With Few Openings, Courts Can Still Shift Under Trump

By Cara Bayles

There were record low vacancies on the federal bench when Donald Trump took office in January, but the president could still radically alter some courts and swing the judiciary rightward, especially if Congress creates more judgeships during his second tenure.

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State AGs, Bars Urge Attys To Speak Up Over Trump Orders

By Rachel Rippetoe

In a pair of letters released on Wednesday, dozens of bar associations and over 20 state attorneys general urged lawyers to speak out against perceived threats to the rule of law in response to President Donald Trump's recent executive orders against prominent law firms and his call for the impeachment of a federal judge.

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Quinn Emanuel Boosts Federal Clerkship Bonus To $175K

By Tracey Read

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP confirmed Wednesday that it is now offering $175,000 federal clerkship bonuses, plus $25,000 more for those with two qualifying back-to-back clerkships.

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Women Make Up 13% Of Attys In Front Of The PTAB

By Theresa Schliep

Women account for 13% of attorneys appearing in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in post-grant proceedings going back to the board's founding in 2012 despite comprising up to 30% of all patent attorneys, according to a report from the PTAB Bar Association.

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Holland & Knight Gains Ex-EPA Regional Leader In Dallas

By Lynn LaRowe

Holland & Knight LLP has boosted its ability to serve clients with complex environmental challenges by bringing on a former Environmental Protection Agency regional counsel as a partner in Dallas.

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Baker McKenzie Partner Joins DOJ Antitrust Leadership Team

By Bonnie Eslinger

The new head of antitrust enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice has landed a Baker McKenzie partner for her leadership team who previously worked in the office during the administration of Barack Obama.

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New Bill Would Make Supreme Court Televise Future Sessions

By Nadia Dreid

The U.S. Supreme Court could conduct oral arguments in front of television cameras for the first time if a bipartisan pair of senators get their way and succeed in passing a new bill that would require the high court's open sessions to be open to the public via video.

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Mitchell Silberberg Promotes IP Litigator To Firm Chair

By James Mills

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has tapped a Los Angeles-based longtime entertainment and intellectual property litigator, who once was vice president of legal at NBCUniversal Television, to be the new chair of the firm.

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BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs Ordered To Disclose Funding Deals

By Ryan Boysen

Four law firms representing hospitals that opted out of the landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement must disclose whether their clients were motivated by a "quick payment" from litigation funders, an Alabama federal judge ordered Tuesday.

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Goldstein's Devices Must Be Monitored, Judge Affirms

By Phillip Bantz

A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday rejected U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein's request to dismiss a bail condition that requires his electronic devices to be monitored out of concerns that he's been hiding millions in cryptocurrency from the government and could flee while facing tax evasion charges.

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Susman Godfrey, Kelley Drye Attys Named FTC Deputies

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson further filled out his senior leadership Wednesday with the announcement of deputy directors for the bureaus of Competition and Consumer Protection, filled respectively by a Susman Godfrey LLP associate and a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.

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Senate Confirms Aaron Reitz To Lead DOJ Legal Policy Office

By Ali Sullivan

Aaron Reitz, chief of staff for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and a former deputy attorney general in the Lone Star State, was confirmed on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy by a 52-46 vote in the Senate.

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