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Ga. IP Boutique Says Md. Firm Copied Its 'Founders' Mark
A Georgia-based law firm that does business as Founders Legal on Monday sued a similarly named Maryland firm and its founder for allegedly infringing its federally registered marks in a way that is likely to confuse prospective and current legal clients.
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2 Firms Sued After Cyber Thief Steals $442K From Estate
Law firms SutterWilliams LLC and Allender & Allender PA were hit with a negligence and malpractice suit after a cybercriminal allegedly used spoofed email accounts to trick an attorney at the latter firm into handing over $442,600 from the sale of a late Pennsylvania sheriff's deputy's house in Florida.
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MendenFreiman's New Leader Talks 'Balanced Lives'
As Lance G. Einstein takes the helm of Atlanta boutique MendenFreiman LLP, he says he wants to ensure that firm attorneys have "balanced lives."
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5 Key Takeaways From The ABA's Latest Legal Tech Survey
Last week, the American Bar Association released its 2024 legal technology survey report, which covers a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence use, courtroom technology training and law firm data breaches. Here are five key takeaways from the report.
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Texas Atty Wants Allstate Sanctioned Over 'Dead' Expert Claim
A prominent Houston lawyer has denied filing a document purportedly signed by a long-dead expert witness and urged a Texas federal judge to sanction Allstate for accusing him of doing so, saying the signature actually belonged to the deceased expert's similarly named son.
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Ga. PFAS Liability, DEI Bills Among Those To Not 'Crossover'
Georgia lawmakers failed to push forward legislation that would have reduced corporate liability for PFAS contamination, would have given voters a say on whether to legalize sports betting and curbed diversity initiatives in schools, after having previously passed bills to advance the governor's tort reform agenda.
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Ex-Kirkland IP Atty Can't Fire Her Bias Suit Atty 'For Cause'
A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property associate suing the firm over bias claims cannot fire her counsel at Filippatos PLLC over professional misconduct allegations, a California federal judge ruled Thursday while allowing Filippatos to withdraw as her counsel.
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Calif. Atty, Reality TV Hopeful Gets 5 Years For Client Theft
A California lawyer who claimed to be developing a Bravo TV show about himself has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for looting his firm's client trust accounts, an offense that appears to be only one tentacle of "a larger criminal scheme."
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Ex-Client Wants $150K To End Estate Suit Against Conn. Atty
A Connecticut woman who sued her attorney alleging the lawyer failed to communicate with her, neglected to file documents and delayed the sale of her home amid in the handling of her late husband's estate has asked the lawyer for $150,000 to settle the matter.
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Conn. Atty Convicted Of Manslaughter In Parking Lot Shooting
A Connecticut jury on Friday convicted a Cramer & Anderson LLP partner of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a man who followed him to his Litchfield law firm's parking lot and attacked the lawyer as he exited his car.
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Atty Fights $190K Demand After Malicious Litigation Trial Loss
A lawyer who recently lost her malicious prosecution lawsuit against three Blank Rome attorneys and an aviation parts company is fighting their demand that she pay $190,000 in costs stemming from the litigation, arguing the amount is excessive and otherwise unrecoverable.
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'North Star' Guides Texas Ex-Judge In Return To Private Practice
Bill Pedersen III loved being a Texas state appellate justice and he's certain the experience made him a better lawyer, but after six years on the bench, he was ready to return to private practice.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Public Citizen Litigation Group and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding.
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Goldstein Must Be Tracked Amid 'Ongoing' Crimes, Feds Say
The federal government has doubled down on allegations that U.S. Supreme Court advocate and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein has been secretly moving cryptocurrency, urging a federal judge to keep monitoring his electronic devices to prevent him from fleeing tax evasion charges.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal sector started March with a downpour of big industry news, including leadership shuffles, office closures and group lateral moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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NJ Developer, Conn. Atty Settle Suit Over Alleged $1.4M Scam
A New Jersey real estate developer and Connecticut attorney Carole W. Briggs have settled a federal lawsuit that accused the lawyer and an associate of pulling off a business email compromise scam that caused more than $1.4 million in losses, court records show.
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State Attacks Atty's Self-Defense Claim In Law Firm Shooting
A prosecutor says Connecticut law allows jurors to mull whether a Cramer & Anderson LLP partner reopened a fight with a man who allegedly followed him into his law firm's parking lot and attacked him, teeing up a Friday ruling that could threaten the lawyer's self-defense claims against a manslaughter charge.
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Fake NY Lawyer Charged With Stealing $200K From Clients
A New York man has been indicted on charges he impersonated a lawyer and stole $200,000 from clients over the course of nearly three years, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
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Miami Boutique Therrel Baisden Marks 100 Years Of Service
As Miami boutique Therrel Baisden LLP celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, principal Lisa D. Landy joined Law360 Pulse to discuss reaching the milestone, as well as the firm's future plans.
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NJ Atty Seeks Exit From Developer Suit Over Escrow Cashout
A New Jersey attorney who served as agent on an escrow agreement asked to escape a developer's lawsuit that came after a venture capital firm failed to produce a $6 million loan to build a luxury hotel in Taos, New Mexico.
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4 Things To Watch As KPMG Enters The US Legal Market
Last week, the Arizona Supreme Court approved accounting giant KPMG’s application to operate a U.S. law firm, making it the first of the Big Four accounting firms to enter the American legal market. Here are four things to monitor following this development.
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Elsberg Baker Credits Young Attorneys For First Year Success
In its first year of business, New York-founded litigation and trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri was so successful representing clients from the financial services, real estate and tech industries that it was able to reward associates with end-of-year bonuses at 175% above the BigLaw scale.
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Houston Atty Says Rivals Solicited And Duped His Clients
A solo practitioner in Houston has accused rival attorneys of legal malpractice and tortious interference for allegedly pretending to be associated with his law firm in order to trick his clients into entering misleading contracts and then launching fraudulent suits on their behalf, according to a $1 million suit filed in Harris County District Court.
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Jay-Z, Buzbee Dispute Threats, Confession In Rape Case
The monthslong legal feud between Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and prominent plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has reached a new pitch, as Carter claims to have evidence proving he did not rape a 13-year-old alongside disgraced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, while Buzbee claims Carter is trying to menace the victim into silence.
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Willkie Farr Partner Gets $23K Fee In Suit Over Media Tip
A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner has won the bulk of a $27,420 bid to recoup personal attorney fees after prevailing in a First Amendment feud with his former landlord's lawyer over a media leak, with a judge clipping just $3,550 for lack of a novel legal issue.
Expert Analysis
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
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.