Daily Litigation

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    3 Factors Attorneys Should Keep In Mind When Using AI

    Attorneys who hope to leverage new artificial intelligence programs in their legal work should stay mindful of three rules of conduct from the American Bar Association dictating attorney competence, client confidentiality and billing procedures, according to a recently published paper from the International Association of Defense Counsel.

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    Becker Appoints 5 New Vice Chairs, Chief Business Officer

    Becker & Poliakoff PC announced Monday that the Florida-based firm appointed four of its attorneys and a senior director as vice chairs of their respective practices, along with giving its chief strategy officer the additional role of chief business officer.

  • NY Firm Sued Over Botched $5M Art Collector Ch. 7 Dispute

    A family enmeshed in New York's art world is suing their former attorneys in relation to a dismissed bankruptcy proceeding with an art collector over a breach of contract, alleging the attorneys' incompetence lost them $5 million when they moved the case from state court to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.

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    MVP: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Joseph Saveri

    Joseph Saveri of Joseph Saveri Law Firm has tackled some of the year's biggest antitrust class action cases — winning settlements for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, competitive cheer teams and Jackson Hewitt employees — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.

  • Judge Ambivalent In DOJ, GOP Special Counsel Tapes Fight

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday expressed skepticism toward House Judiciary Committee Republicans' rationale for seeking the release of audiotapes from President Joe Biden's interviews with special counsel Robert Hur while also questioning the U.S. Department of Justice's logic for keeping the recordings confidential.

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    J. Crew Asks Court To Ratify Ex-GC's Arbitration Loss

    J. Crew is asking a New York federal judge to confirm an arbitrator's ruling from earlier this month that found it hadn't fired its former legal chief, Maria DiLorenzo, in retaliation for her complaints about colleagues' discriminatory comments about her hearing loss.

  • Philly Attys Sued For Allegedly Botching Bias Lawsuit

    A malpractice suit filed in Philadelphia court alleges that attorneys at the Law Offices of Eric A. Shore did not properly manage a pair of federal employment discrimination cases for a power plant engineer, causing the dismissal of one complaint and a diminished jury verdict in the second.

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    King & Spalding Adds White & Case Antitrust Litigator In NY

    King & Spalding LLP is expanding its business litigation team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a White & Case LLP litigator as a partner in its New York office to boost its antitrust capabilities.

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    Pierson Ferdinand Hires Ex-Morris Manning L&E Atty

    Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that a former Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorney whose practice spans litigation, human resources counseling and transactional work is the latest addition to its employment, labor and benefits practice.

  • Tesla Atty Faces Sanctions Bid Over Mediation Appearance

    Tesla and an in-house attorney are facing a sanctions bid in California federal court for reportedly appearing at a mediation in a wrongful death case despite lacking settlement authority, causing "delay and unnecessary expense" to the widow of a man who died when his Tesla allegedly ran off the road, crashed and ignited.

  • Attys Seek $48M Fees For Hooking $152M In Tuna Fixing Deals

    Lawyers for a class of consumers that sued three of the largest tuna producers accusing them of conspiring to fix tinned fish prices asked a California federal court to approve nearly $50 million in legal costs after a settlement this summer ended nearly nine years of multidistrict litigation.

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    Texas Firm Reynolds Frizzell Finds Strength In Being Small

    While it makes room to physically accommodate a growing roster, Houston trial boutique Reynolds Frizzell LLP is not angling to shed its small law firm status.

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    DiCello Levitt Opens 'Trial Center' For Litigators

    Litigation firm DiCello Levitt announced Monday that it has launched a physical "Trial Center" that offers attorneys a space to stress-test their litigation through focus groups, trial preparation and other exercises.

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    Mich. Firm Can't Get More Fees From Nassar Suits, Jury Finds

    A Michigan federal jury said Monday a personal injury firm already got what it was owed as local counsel for survivors of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse, rejecting the firm's claims against a Colorado firm for another $500,000.

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    Cleary Adds Northern Calif. Deputy Criminal Chief As Partner

    The deputy chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Bay Area office as a partner in the Americas litigation practice, the firm said Monday.

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    MVP: Sidley's Justin Savage

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Justin Savage has been a steady hand for the firm's clients over the past year, helping BP PLC and Cummins Inc. resolve federal investigations, leading a charge to force Alexandria, Virginia, to stop decades of coal tar discharges into the Potomac River, and successfully advocating for refineries' and petrochemical plants' interests in federal rulemaking — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

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    MVP: Covington's Alex Berengaut

    Alex Berengaut of Covington & Burling LLP led a successful effort to block Montana's TikTok ban by scoring a preliminary injunction in federal court last November, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Technology MVPs.

  • MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis

    Victoria Maroulis — co-chair of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's national intellectual property litigation practice — beat back a major patent infringement case against Samsung Electronics in Texas and helped guide junior attorneys through an important cross-examination in patent proceedings on behalf of Juul Labs Inc., earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

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    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Cathy Clarkin

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Cathy Clarkin steered multibillion-dollar capital raises that funded big acquisitions for energy producer Enbridge Inc. and Fulton Bank's owner over the past year, as well as advising underwriters on Goldman Sachs' preferred stock and debt offerings totaling $15.5 billion to bolster the investment bank's balance sheet, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • 3 Firms Seek $17.6M Fee For Military Borrower Class Deal

    Smith & Lowney PLLC, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Ballew Puryear PLLC have asked a North Carolina federal court to award them $17.6 million in fees for the work they did to secure a $64 million settlement from USAA on behalf of borrowers who served in the military.

  • Ex-Paralegal Hits Wells Fargo With Disability Bias Suit

    A former paralegal for Wells Fargo Bank NA hit her former employer with a discrimination suit alleging that she faced bias and was eventually terminated because of her health issues.

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    McGlinchey Stafford Adds Finance Litigation Pro In Tampa

    McGlinchey Stafford PLLC made its first new hire in Tampa after opening the Florida office in early September with the addition of an of counsel for the financial services litigation group from Garbett Allen & Roza PA.

  • Judge Chides Bid To Swap Credit Suisse Suit's Lead Plaintiff

    A New York federal judge has rejected an investor's bid to supersede the current lead plaintiff in a securities fraud suit over Credit Suisse's 2023 collapse, saying the petitioning investor had "jumped at the opportunity to sell out his fellow class members" with the replacement motion and criticizing his lawyer too.

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    National Footprints Scramble Partner Pay's Link To Location

    Law firm partners' increasing pay often varies based on where those attorneys are located, a fact reinforced by a new study out Thursday, but experts say the relationship between compensation and location has become more complicated as more firms operate on a national scale. 

  • Ga. Court Admin Says Retaliation Suit Must Go Ahead In Full

    A former Georgia municipal court administrator who said she was forced out of her position after reporting corruption by a city council member has asked a federal judge to preserve her suit in full, arguing a federal magistrate misapplied a sexual harassment standard to what was better characterized as retaliation claims.

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Expert Analysis

  • ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers Author Photo

    Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.

  • Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning Author Photo

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.

  • Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan Author Photo

    Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.

  • Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas Author Photo

    To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.

  • Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group Author Photo

    Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates? Author Photo

    Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.

  • 10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems Author Photo

    Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.

  • Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law Author Photo

    The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement Author Photo

    The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business? Author Photo

    Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.

  • 9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term Author Photo

    Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.

  • What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties Author Photo

    As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.

  • NY's Cybersecurity CLE Rule Is A Sign Of Changing Times Author Photo

    New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.

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    Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark Author Photo

    Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.

  • A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate Author Photo

    Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.

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