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Immunity Can't Shield Ex-Judge In Romance Suit, Court Told
The former head of a now-shuttered barge company is asking a Texas federal judge to keep alive his claims against a former bankruptcy judge over his undisclosed romantic relationship with an attorney on the company's Chapter 11 case, saying the onetime jurist isn't entitled to immunity for "decidedly non-judicial acts."
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Overheard At ILTACON: Law Firms Face AI Growing Pains
Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.
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Brown Rudnick Adds Life Sciences, Tech Partners To DC Team
Brown Rudnick LLP has hired a former Haynes and Boone LLP partner and former Dickinson Wright PLLC member, who have joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as partners to continue representing clients on life sciences-related intellectual property matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Marshall Dennehey Names New Leader For Pittsburgh Office
Longtime Marshall Dennehey litigator Stuart H. Sostmann started his new role as managing attorney of the firm’s Pittsburgh office, taking the reins from Scott G. Dunlop, who helped launch the office nearly 30 years ago and has planned his retirement for the end of the year.
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Stearns Weaver Brings On Solo Land Use Ace In Tampa
Florida's Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA announced Tuesday that it added a new shareholder in Tampa to its land development, zoning and environmental group from her own firm, Amy Huber PA.
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Former Calif. Federal Prosecutor Rejoins Keker Van Nest In SF
Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP is expanding its white collar litigation team, welcoming back a former first chair federal prosecutor as a partner in its San Francisco office, the firm said Tuesday.
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Lowenstein Sandler Gains Ex-NJ Prosecutor, Hedge Fund GC
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a former New Jersey federal prosecutor and a longtime lead attorney for Echo Street Capital Management as partners.
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'Price Of Innovation': Young Legal Tech Startups Lack Security
Many early-stage legal tech startups don't initially meet law firms' security requirements, and instead are focused on product development and marketing, according to legal industry experts.
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How To Make Partner Working Remotely
Attorneys who work at home or outside law firm offices can position themselves for partnership by becoming indispensable to their colleagues, as well as leveraging new technology and flexible schedules to better serve clients.
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Late Food & Drug Atty Helped Put Arnall Golden On The Map
A retired managing partner of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP who died recently is being remembered as a leader who helped cement the firm's elite reputation over his 50-year career there, as well as being a generous mentor, devoted father and a pioneer in the food and drug law field.
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Sills Cummis, CohnReznick Sued Over Client's $2M Bill
A New Jersey man has claimed law firm Sills Cummis & Gross PC and accounting firm CohnReznick LLP padded his bills for services they rendered, which reached nearly $2 million, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.
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NJ's Connell Foley Gets New Real Estate Group Co-Chair
New Jersey firm Connell Foley LLP announced Friday that it has elevated a veteran real estate and land use partner to co-chair of the practice group, with an eye on growing the team and expanding its reach.
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More Took, Passed Multistate Bar Exam In July
An influx of law students in 2021 has led to an increased number of examinees taking and passing the multistate bar exam in July, according to an announcement this week from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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Hall Booth Hires 5 Insurance Attys For Long Island Launch
Hall Booth Smith announced Thursday that it is opening an office on Long Island with the addition of five attorneys and their staff from insurance defense firm Montfort Healy McGuire & Salley LLP in Nassau County, New York.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry closed out August with another action-packed week as firms hired new talent and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi was convicted by a California federal jury. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Epstein Becker Green PC and the Restaurant Law Center lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule on tipped wages, deeming it to go against the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Weber Gallagher Expands Transport Team With 7-Atty Hire
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP announced the hiring of seven trucking and transportation attorneys from Rawle & Henderson LLP in a move that the firm said marked an expansion of its geographic footprint in the Northeast.
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Segal McCambridge Eyes Tampa Shop With Gordon Rees Hire
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. has brought on the former assistant managing partner for Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP's Tampa, Florida, office as an insurance and complex commercial litigator as the firm plans to open its own first office in Tampa in the coming months.
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Offit Kurman Must Pay Over $4M In Legal Malpractice Suit
A Pennsylvania judge has awarded over $4 million to Mitts Law LLC in its suit claiming that Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law's discovery violations while representing a client resulted in a $3 million judgment, ruling that the firm's representation "fell below the ordinary skill, knowledge and care exercised by attorneys under the circumstances."
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Seward & Kissel Faces Docs Demand In NJ 'Betrayal' Suit
The wife of the billionaire founder of hedge fund Two Sigma Investments LP told the New Jersey state court that Seward & Kissel LLP cannot hide behind attorney-client privilege to avoid producing documents in her malpractice case because the firm defrauded her.
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Del.'s Richards Layton Starts Arbitration, Mediation Practice
Richards Layton & Finger PA has announced the launch of an arbitration and mediation practice to bolster its alternative dispute resolution services to better serve its clients.
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Farella Braun Can Pursue Unpaid SVB Fees From FDIC
Farella Braun & Martel LLP can go after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for $49,000 in legal fees owed by Silicon Valley Bank's parent after the agency was appointed as the bank's receiver, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Kaufman Dolowich Hires Longtime Employment Atty In LA
Kaufman Dolowich has hired a labor and employment attorney as a partner in its Los Angeles office who has been practicing with a firm he helped launch in 2009 for over 14 years, his new firm announced Wednesday.
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A Winding Path: How Lawyers' Career Aspirations Shift
The road for many lawyers to their final career destination is winding. What a person thinks they want in law school may change once, twice or more in the following decades. Here, Law360 presents four stories about the winding path of lawyer career aspirations.
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How To Jump From A Clerkship To Working For A Law Firm
Young attorneys who follow the path of completing a judicial clerkship immediately after law school may possess valuable skills from working closely with a judge for a year, but they still have the process of transitioning to a law firm setting ahead of them.