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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kicking off this week's legal lions list are nine large law firms celebrating a big win in New York after a federal judge threw out a $14 billion complaint against their retailer and drugmaker clients in multidistrict litigation accusing them of making and selling ineffective over-the-counter decongestants.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms made new hires and promoted attorneys to partner. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Staci Yablon
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Staci Yablon provided ace counsel to Goldman Sachs that helped it beat back class certification in a sprawling interest-rate swaps antitrust case, deal a major blow to a New Mexico case involving credit default swaps and clinch a win against U.S. government bond-rigging claims, landing her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Stacey VanBelleghem
Latham & Watkins LLP's Stacey VanBelleghem has won several important battles for clients over the past year, including defending wind energy developer Orsted A/S from green groups' challenges and helping electric vehicle companies fight challenges to federal standards on greenhouse gas emissions, earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
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Judge 'Duped' By BigLaw Attys Urged To Preserve Sanctions
Guardant Health urged a California federal judge Thursday to reject a request from Natera's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys to lessen sanctions barring clinical trial evidence in Guardant's false advertising case, noting the court said it had been "duped" by false and misleading statements from Natera's expert and counsel.
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Latham Hit With Sanctions In Banc Of California Securities Suit
A California federal judge found Latham & Watkins LLP and its ex-client, former Banc of California CEO Steven A. Sugarman, in civil contempt for "flagrant violations" of a protective order covering discovery produced by investment firm Muddy Waters Capital in a securities fraud class action, according to an order unsealed this week.
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10 Firms Vie To Lead, Consolidate Super Micro Investor Suits
Ten firms have submitted competing bids to lead and consolidate proposed class actions alleging that artificial intelligence server manufacturer Super Micro Computer Inc.'s shares fell roughly 20% after a short seller report accused it of violating its previous settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over accounting improprieties.
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$268K Fee Challenge Nixed In 9th Circ. Chevron Award Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider its order slapping a six-figure fine against a Seattle attorney for fabricating a news article to bolster his clients' efforts to enforce an allegedly fraudulent $18 billion arbitral award against Chevron, effectively ending the long-running saga for now.
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Seyfarth Argues Against DQ From Amazon COVID Pay Case
Seyfarth Shaw urged a Colorado federal judge on Wednesday to reject a bid to disqualify the law firm from representing Amazon in a putative class action after representing former managers who are allegedly presumed class members, arguing there was no real harm since its attorneys quickly dropped the former employees after discovering potential conflicts.
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Scott + Scott Sues Robins Kaplan For $5M In Swipe Deal Fees
Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP alleged in a New York state court lawsuit that Robins Kaplan LLP, its co-counsel in antitrust litigation over Visa Inc. and Mastercard's interchange fees, is withholding $5 million in promised payouts from the case's $5.6 billion settlement.
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Judge Axes Disbarred NC Atty's Suit After Late Objection
A North Carolina federal judge has thrown out a disbarred attorney's suit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, stating that the former lawyer failed to timely object to a recommendation that the case be dismissed and that his stated reason for missing the deadline was "not credible."
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Reed Smith To Clarify Eletson Ties And Cut Fees $150K
Reed Smith LLP has struck a deal with the U.S. Trustee's Office to take a $150,000 haircut on its fee application for representing shipping firm Eletson Holdings in its Chapter 11 case and explain its prepetition relationship to company leadership, resolving a bid to claw back legal fees from the firm for allegedly not being disinterested.
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Arnold & Porter Appoints New Co-Chairs, CEO
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced Thursday that co-managing partners Michael Daneker and Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker have been elected co-chairs of the firm, effective Jan. 1.
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Rumberger Kirk Taps Homegrown Atty As New Orlando Leader
Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell PA has selected one of its homegrown attorneys to take over as administrative partner of the firm's largest office in Orlando, Florida.
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Jones Day Pushes To Shield Memo In Parental Leave Case
As two former Jones Day associates who are challenging the firm's family leave policy prepare to potentially go to trial in late 2025, Jones Day has told a D.C. federal court that a memorandum stating business reasons for a personnel decision shouldn't lose its status as privileged communication just because it references legal issues.
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Houston Firm Accuses Legal Marketing Services Biz Of Fraud
A Houston law firm has filed a complaint in Texas state court accusing a business that provides marketing services to law firms of a Ponzi-like scheme that misused money provided for two marketing campaigns.
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Hecker Fink Expands Empire State Building Office Space
Hecker Fink LLP signed a new full-floor lease with the Empire State Building's real estate investment trust that will grow the firm's office space in the building by 26,782 square feet, the REIT has announced.
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Suit Against Indicted NJ Power Broker Sent To Biz Court
A New Jersey state court on Wednesday granted indicted Garden State power broker George E. Norcross III's request to transfer the civil racketeering suit brought against him and his attorney brother by a Philadelphia developer to the state's complex business litigation program.
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Pro Services Contract Nixes NJ Public Defender's Pension
A New Jersey appellate court backed the Public Employees' Retirement System board's finding that a former municipal public defender is ineligible to receive pension benefits from 2008 onward, ruling that there was enough evidence to show the attorney's services were procured through a professional services contract.
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AI Litigation Analytics Co. Pre/Dicta Expands To State Courts
Artificial intelligence-enabled litigation analytics company Pre/Dicta has added California state courts to its platform, marking its expansion into the state court systems, the company said Thursday.
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MVP: Baron & Budd's Scott Summy
Scott Summy, head of Baron & Budd PC's environmental litigation group, won what the firm says are the largest and second-largest drinking water contamination settlements in U.S. history — a $12.5 billion settlement with 3M and a $1.185 billion agreement with DuPont — as well as other major water settlements, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
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NJ Agency Accused Of Wrongfully Firing Legal Professional
A former legal professional for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority has filed a lawsuit against her ex-employer in state court, alleging the agency discriminated against her because of her disability and wrongfully fired her during a trying time in her life.
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Conn. Firm Beats Ex-Client's Negligence, Conversion Claims
Connecticut law firm Evans & Lewis PC and partner Douglas J. Lewis have prevailed in a professional negligence lawsuit in state court alleging that their incompetence caused a former client's home to go into foreclosure and that they pocketed a $1,500 fee for services that they didn't provide.
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MVP: Paul Hastings' Morgan Bale
Morgan Bale of Paul Hastings LLP's global finance practice leads investment and commercial banks — including Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo — in acquisition finance and other complex multibillion-dollar lending transactions, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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The 2024 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
These firms are being singled out for their stellar litigation footprints and transactions work. See who's leading the pack in four categories: variety of cases, range of jurisdictions, closing large merger and acquisition deals, and handling registered offerings.