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Why Dickinson Wright Launched IP-Focused San Diego Shop
Looking to be at the so-called epicenter of life sciences, Dickinson Wright PLLC discovered in San Diego the ideal spot to expand its West Coast footprint.
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Houston Firm Says 'Scurrilous' Ex-Atty Not Entitled To Fees
A Houston law firm is urging a state court to dismiss a lawsuit from a disbarred attorney seeking fees for cases he worked on before going to prison for fraud, arguing that paying him the $3.84 million he is asking for would run afoul of ethics rules and a Texas Supreme Court order.
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Atty For McElroy Deutsch's Ex-CFO Wants Out Of Theft Case
An attorney representing McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer — who is behind bars on charges of stealing from the firm — has asked to be relieved as counsel in the firm's New Jersey suit against the former CFO because he has not paid his legal bills.
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Houston-Based Locke Lord Atty Joins Int'l Disputes Boutique
Youssef & Partners, based in Egypt, has added a Houston-based attorney to its international arbitration and litigation practice who came aboard from Locke Lord LLP.
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Morris Nichols Welcomes 3 Recent Law Clerks To Its Roster
Delaware firm Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP announced Thursday that it had hired three attorneys who recently completed judicial clerkships.
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Blank Rome Attys Beat DQ Bid Over Witness Contact
A Philadelphia federal judge Wednesday refused to disqualify Blank Rome from representing three of its attorneys facing claims they brought a baseless lawsuit against another attorney in retaliation for switching from corporate defense to the plaintiffs bar.
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'I Do Not Lie,' Lin Wood Says In Asset Fight With Ex-Partners
A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday ordered former attorney Lin Wood not to sell or otherwise encumber property he offered up as security in lieu of paying a $4.7 million supersedeas bond during his appeal of a $3.75 million defamation verdict against him.
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Sanctioned NJ Firm Asks To Exit $374M Guo Ch. 11
Four attorneys for associates of convicted fraudster Miles Guo in his Chapter 11 bankruptcy — whose law firm was sanctioned in the proceedings — have urged Connecticut's bankruptcy court to let them leave the case, saying several corporate entities connected to Guo indicated their services are no longer needed.
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Locke Lord Slams 'Unsustainable' Take On Jurisdiction Issue
Locke Lord LLP urged a New Jersey appellate panel Wednesday to reverse a trial court's finding that it is subject to Garden State courts in a malpractice suit over an allegedly botched deal involving a North Dakota oil refinery project, arguing personal jurisdiction can't be obtained through personal service on a firm partner not involved in the litigation.
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Colo. Firm Seeks Bigger Cut Of Atty Fees From Competitor
A Colorado personal injury firm has told a state federal court it deserves a bigger cut of attorney fees than its successor firm in a $1.5 million tort settlement because the client's attorney, who left to work at another firm, did most of the work on the case while under her previous firm.
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Philly Developer Says Ex-Blank Rome Atty Falsified Records
The owner of a popular Philadelphia nightclub claims a now-disbarred ex-Blank Rome real estate attorney falsified court records, forged documents and failed to represent the club owner in several legal matters over a five-year period.
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Clark Hill Brings On Election Boutique Trio In Atlanta
International law firm Clark Hill PLC has grown its new Atlanta office with a trio of former Election Law Group LLP attorneys who are defending Georgia in a challenge to its 2021 election law and represented the state's Court of Appeals judgeship election winner this year amid an unsuccessful residency challenge.
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Morgan & Morgan Wins Bid To Arbitrate Malpractice Claims
A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday granted Morgan & Morgan PA's bid to compel arbitration of a former client's legal malpractice claims, ruling that the state's justices have already rejected his argument that arbitration clauses between attorneys and clients should be unenforceable.
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Mich. Justices Open To Atty Fee Bid In Legal Malpractice Case
The Michigan Supreme Court appeared receptive Wednesday to arguments from a lab-grown orchid company that it should be allowed to recover attorney fees incurred in an employment lawsuit the company claimed resulted from legal malpractice.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Dropped From FTX Investor Suit
FTX customers dismissed Sullivan & Cromwell LLP from ongoing multidistrict litigation over the crypto exchange's collapse on Wednesday, after an investigation by the customers' counsel into the firm and dialogue with the FTX bankruptcy estate and appointed examiner resolved concerns about the law firm's conduct.
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Girardi Seeks New Fraud Trial Over Memory Issues
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi has called on a California federal court to overturn his conviction for misappropriating $15 million in client settlement funds, arguing he was not competent to stand trial due to memory problems that left him unable to remember witnesses or even his own attorneys.
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DLA Piper Adds Former Faegre Drinker Litigator In Philly
DLA Piper has expanded its litigation services in the Philadelphia office this week by adding an attorney with more than 30 years of courtroom experience.
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USPTO Won't Let Non-Patent Attys Take Lead At PTAB
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday announced it would not move forward with its proposal to allow attorneys who don't belong to the patent bar serve as lead counsel at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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NJ Law Firm Gets Partial Win In Dispute With Ex-Employees
The arbitration pacts that two former employees at a New Jersey law firm filed cover their discrimination claims, a New Jersey state court judge ruled, handing the Bergen County-based personal injury firm a partial win in the workers' wage and bias suit.
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Frost Brown Ducks Malpractice Suit Over League Trademarks
A Delaware Superior Court judge has tossed a malpractice suit alleging that Frost Brown Todd LLP failed to adequately investigate infringement issues with trademarks a football league sought to use in the relaunch of the United States Football League.
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US Trustee Objects To Milbank Representing Edgio In Ch. 11
Milbank LLP should be removed as counsel for digital content delivery platform Edgio Inc. in its Chapter 11, the U.S. Trustee's Office told a Delaware federal judge, arguing the firm is conflicted because of its ongoing work representing Edgio directors and officers in various securities suits.
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Novant Ex-Exec's Counsel Wins $154K In Fees For Race Case
Counsel for a former Novant Health Inc. executive who won $4.3 million after accusing the company of firing him during a diversity push because he was white got $154,000 in attorney fees for successfully defending the award on appeal, slightly less than what was requested.
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'Ghost' Florida Atty Left Long Trail Of Irked Judges, Clients
A Florida lawyer accused in a state court suit of ignoring and defrauding dozens of clients who paid nonrefundable retainers has faced a series of similar allegations in federal court, drawing the ire of judges and opposing counsel.
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Holland & Knight Hires Squire Patton Litigation Atty In DC
Holland & Knight LLP's newest partner in Washington, D.C., is a former Squire Patton Boggs LLP litigator who has experience working on international issues in the Middle East.
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Paul Hastings Adds Former Asst. US Solicitor General
Global firm Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that a former assistant to the U.S. solicitor general is joining the firm to strengthen its appellate and Supreme Court practice.