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Feds Eye Nixing Girardi's Ill. Case After Calif. Theft Conviction
The federal government might drop its criminal charges in Illinois against disbarred attorney Tom Girardi following his recent conviction in California on similar charges of stealing millions from clients, a prosecutor indicated Thursday during a status hearing in the Prairie State matter.
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Beasley Sues Fellow Talc Firms Over Joint Venture Gone Awry
Beasley Allen is going after its law firm partner in a joint venture that has represented thousands in talcum powder litigation against Johnson & Johnson, claiming in a new federal lawsuit that the firm is partially responsible for more than $1 million in owed expenses and, driven by its own financial woes, has unilaterally been negotiating with the pharmaceutical giant to the detriment of clients.
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Boutique Litigation Firm Esbrook Adds Office In Delaware
Boutique litigation firm Esbrook PC is opening the doors on a new Delaware office with a former Rosner Law Group attorney at the helm, a move that Esbrook says will help it better assist clients embroiled in disputes over books and records, corporate control issues and more.
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Mass Tort Boutique Leader On Sizing Up With Anapol Weiss
Nearly four years after leaving the corporate defense world to launch her own five-attorney plaintiffs' boutique, former Wilkinson Stekloff LLP founding partner Alexandra Walsh says she's looking forward to spending more time in the courtroom as her firm is absorbed by Philadelphia-based mass tort and personal injury firm Anapol Weiss. Here, Law360 Pulse speaks with Walsh about the decision to merge and about her move from the defense to the plaintiffs' bar.
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Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises
Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.
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Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday.
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The Firms That Handle The Most Trade Secrets Work
Gordon Rees remains the most active law firm representing plaintiffs in trade secrets disputes, according to a new report by Lex Machina analyzing a three-year period from 2021 to 2023, while Littler Mendelson continues to lead the pack on the defendants' side during that same timeframe.
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5th Circ. To Rethink Houston Firm's Poaching Suit Removal
The Fifth Circuit agreed on Wednesday to rethink its decision not to touch a dispute between Abraham Watkins Nichols Agosto Aziz & Stogner and one of its former attorneys over whether the ex-employee waived his right to remove the firm's poaching suit to federal court.
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Fed. Prosecutor Joins NY Litigation Boutique Clarick Gueron
Commercial litigation boutique Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP has made a rare lateral partner hire as it announced Tuesday it had brought on board the head of the civil rights unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
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Ga. Law School Unveils Programs To Fill Rural Justice Jobs
The University of Georgia School of Law has announced new programs that it hopes will provide a pipeline of attorneys to fill empty prosecutor and defender positions in rural parts of the state and address the justice gap that can result from such shortages.
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Philly Firm Says It's Owed Referral Fee On Injury Case
The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP is going after a fellow personal injury firm in Pennsylvania for alleged breach of contract, contending it has refused to pay referral fees on a civil rights case against the city of Scranton that was settled for $900,000.
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Anapol Weiss Absorbs 5-Atty Mass Tort Boutique In DC
The Philadelphia-based mass tort and personal injury firm Anapol Weiss has expanded into Washington, D.C., as it absorbs a five-attorney outfit helmed by former Wilkinson Stekloff LLP founding partner Alexandra Walsh.
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Ex-Conn. Town Atty Slams Official's Defamation Suit Defense
The former attorney for Newington, Connecticut, and the town's tax assessor bickered over whether the latter's allegedly defamatory sentiments linked to now-dismissed ethics complaints were made publicly, with the lawyer insisting the statements were made to select groups of individuals and therefore weren't motivated by concern for the municipality's citizens.
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Will Tom Girardi's Age Impact His Sentence?
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's age and mental decline did not help him avoid conviction last month on charges that he stole millions in client funds, but it's an open question how much these factors will affect his sentencing, set for December.
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Legal Pros Adopting Gen AI Faster Than Past Tech
U.S. legal professionals may be adopting generative artificial intelligence tools far faster than they started using cloud-based tools, according to results released Tuesday from a survey on technology trends in litigation and investigation that e-discovery software provider Everlaw conducted with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.
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Wash. Justices Disbar Atty For Theft From Cannabis Investors
Washington state's high court has ordered an attorney be disbarred for mishandling client funds, lying to investors who poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a cannabis venture and failing to disclose conflicts of interest, adopting the state bar association's disciplinary recommendations despite objections from the lawyer.
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DC Circ. Revives Legal Malpractice Suit Over Terrorism Case
The D.C. Circuit has revived legal malpractice claims brought by the family of a bombing victim who was killed in Jerusalem in 1997 by Hamas militants, after the family claimed their counsel's slow progress deprived them of a chance at a larger recovery in a mass disbursement of Iranian assets to terrorism victims.
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Conn. Atty Defaults In Real Estate Client's Overcharge Suit
A Connecticut Superior Court clerk has entered a default judgment against a law firm accused of botching a real estate transaction, leaving the firm's namesake attorney to face allegations that he distributed home sale proceeds to unknown people and wrote a bad check to the true beneficiary of a trust.
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Zeta MDL Judge Limits Talk Of Arnold & Itkin Billing 'Scheme'
A Harris County judge said on Monday she would limit what questions a drilling rig owner could ask witnesses about where they received medical care during an upcoming trial amid allegations that attorneys for seamen injured while on the ship during Hurricane Zeta engaged in a scheme to inflate medical bills.
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Most Young Lawyers Say Debt Alters Their Career Plans
A recent student debt study by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has found that student debt affects young attorneys in many ways — including changing their career plans.
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Judge Settles Suit Over Atty Blackmailing Her With Nude Pics
A Florida state court judge on Monday settled her lawsuit alleging an attorney blackmailed her with nude photos of herself, just weeks before a trial in the case was supposed to begin.
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Frankfurt Kurnit Adds Ex-Copyright Office GC In LA
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC has brought in a new partner to the entertainment litigation group in its Los Angeles office, an attorney with vast experience in copyright law that includes serving as general counsel for the U.S. Copyright Office.
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WilmerHale, Hanotiau Duo Launch New Arbitration Boutique
Two international arbitrators from WilmerHale and Hanotiau & van den Berg have left their previous firms after near-20-year stints to set up their own boutique practice.
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Pa. Paralegal Sues Former Firm For Disability Bias
A former paralegal for Allentown, Pennsylvania, firm Zator Law LLC claims in a federal Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit that her termination was a result of the firm's discrimination of her panic disorder and retaliation for her request for accommodations.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Selendy Gay PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes over $1 billion to a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur over a post-acquisition dispute.