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  • Arnold & Itkin's Zeta DQ Bid 'Disappointing,' Ex-Clerk Testifies

    A Harris County judge began mulling Arnold & Itkin LLP's bid to disqualify Transocean's counsel from Hurricane Zeta litigation after a marathon hearing Friday that included testimony from a former Arnold & Itkin law clerk-turned-defense-lawyer who said she watched the contentious proceeding with "bitter amusement" and "disappointment."

  • Retired Judge Says Unpaid Services Suit's Claims 'Untimely'

    Retired U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner asked an Indiana federal court on Friday to grant him a summary judgment win in litigation alleging he stiffed a man out of a six-figure salary after hiring him to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization, saying the suit's claims are "untimely."

  • Fla. Firm Wins Wage Dispute After Paralegal Abandons Suit

    A federal judge threw out a paralegal's lawsuit alleging that a West Palm Beach, Florida, law firm underpaid her and then retaliated against her by cutting her hours when she complained, saying she has refused to continue to participate in the litigation.

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    Holtec Sues Former GC Over Alleged Embezzlement Scheme

    Energy technology company Holtec International has launched a New Jersey state lawsuit accusing its former general counsel and others of taking part in an embezzlement scheme to dupe the company into paying more than $700,000 to an entity they owned.

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    OpenAI Brings On MoFo IP Litigator To Lead AI Research

    A former intellectual property litigation partner from Morrison Foerster LLP is now OpenAI's lead counsel for artificial intelligence research, the company said Friday.

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    Morgan Lewis Promotes 26 Lawyers To Partner

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced this week that it has promoted 26 attorneys to partner across 12 offices.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Potter Anderson's representation of IBM in a patent suit and Vedder Price's work on $1 billion pair of drilling contracts lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4.

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    Legal Industry Jobs Creep Back Up After 4-Month Decline

    After four straight months of employment declines, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest report shows positive signs for the legal industry.

  • Ex-Judge Jones Says Judicial Acts Bar Atty Romance Claims

    Former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones said judicial immunity bars claims over his undisclosed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP attorney because the purported harm to the onetime head of a now-shuttered barge company stemmed from official acts.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP led this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a Delaware federal jury decided on Sept. 27 that Amazon Web Services infringed two computer network patents that were once owned by Boeing, telling the tech giant to pay $30.5 million in damages.

  • IRS Probes Atty Over Promotion Of Deferred Law Firm Fees

    The Internal Revenue Service is investigating a lawyer it suspects of promoting a scheme to illegally shield attorneys from taxes on legal fees, according to an Ohio federal court petition seeking to enforce summonses for documents in the case.

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    Ex-Skadden Partner Leaves Retirement, Joins AY Strauss

    Commercial real estate boutique A.Y. Strauss announced Thursday that it had hired a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP litigator who is returning to the legal field after retiring in 2020.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry kicked off the first week of October with several partner promotions, lateral moves, law firm closures and mergers. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Why Ex-Paul Weiss Partner Left BigLaw For NY Justice Group

    When Alexia Korberg, a veteran litigator known for their work on landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases like Dobbs, decided to leave Paul Weiss and private practice altogether for a New York nonprofit, they said increased politicization at the high court left them believing their best chance to do good was outside the federal judiciary.

  • Hogan Lovells Can Serve Taliban Via X And Email, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge Thursday allowed Hogan Lovells to use alternative means to serve the Taliban, either by way of social media, publication or email, in the firm's effort to enforce a $1.2 million arbitration award against the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan over unpaid legal fees.

  • Del. Vice Chancellor Slams Fee Terms In Advancement Case

    A Delaware vice chancellor balked Thursday at "success fee" terms in a fee advancement case that she suggested made the clients a "human shield" in litigation over attorney expenses in connection with a New Jersey legal malpractice case.

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    12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar

    One attorney hasn't lost a single U.S. Supreme Court case she's argued, or even a single justice's vote. One attorney is perhaps "the preeminent SCOTUS advocate." And one may soon become U.S. solicitor general, despite acknowledging there are "judges out there who don't like me." All three are among a dozen lawyers in the vanguard of the Supreme Court bar's next generation, poised to follow in the footsteps of the bar's current icons.

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    Cos. Want Federal Rule On Litigation Funding Disclosure

    The federal courts should adopt a uniform process for the disclosure of third-party litigation funding in federal cases, a host of companies, including Johnson & Johnson and Google, told the judiciary's Rules Committee.

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    Crowell & Moring Loses Bid For $30M COVID Rent Refund

    Crowell & Moring LLP cannot make its landlord in the District of Columbia pay back $30 million in rent it paid during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the office building stood empty and most of the firm's attorneys worked from home, a D.C. judge ruled Thursday.

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    Kelley Kronenberg Expands NY Footprint With Albany Shop

    Florida-based firm Kelley Kronenberg has launched an office in Albany, New York, its second in the Empire State, which will focus on general liability and third-party insurance defense.

  • Jones Day Parental Leave Bias Claims Must Go To Jury

    Jones Day will have to defend its family leave policy at trial against claims from married ex-associates who say it is discriminatory and violates District of Columbia law, a D.C. federal judge said Thursday in concluding such bias allegations were a close call.

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    Brokerage Made 'Mockery' Of Courts, Texas Justices Told

    A Dallas law firm urged the Texas Supreme Court at a hearing Thursday to uphold an appellate court's ruling that tossed a $22 million malpractice verdict against the firm in a dispute with a real estate brokerage, accusing the company of changing positions "depending on where the money lies."

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    Pierson Ferdinand Adds Reed Smith Patent & AI Atty In Calif.

    Pierson Ferdinand LLP is expanding its California intellectual property team, bringing in a Reed Smith patent expert with expertise in artificial intelligence as a partner in its Silicon Valley office.

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    Womble Bond Says New Atty Shows Biz Litigation Momentum

    Womble Bond Dickinson has welcomed a Washington, D.C.-based adviser to the energy sector from Steptoe LLP, saying Thursday that his hiring "reflects continued momentum for the business litigation group," which has brought on more than 30 attorneys over the past year.

  • Conn. Atty May Face Discipline, Again, Over Probate Case

    A Connecticut attorney with an extensive disciplinary history is again in hot water with ethics regulators by failing to file a case in probate court following the death of a woman whose relatives he represented.

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