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NFL Benefits Plan Throws Flag On Atty Fee Award To Player
Former NFL player Michael Cloud should never have been awarded attorney fees by a Texas federal judge after a "complete loss" on appeal of his suit over disability benefits, the National Football League's retirement plan has told the Fifth Circuit.
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Stinson Expands New LA Office With Litigator From Dykema
Stinson LLP has added to the team in its six-week-old Los Angeles office, announcing Monday it has brought in a Dykema Gossett PLLC commercial litigator as a partner.
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DC Judge Grapples With Jurisdiction In ABA Grant Row
A D.C. federal judge wrestled with his court's jurisdiction Monday as the American Bar Association sought a court order reviving terminated federal grant funding for its Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence.
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Young Conaway Asks To Exit Tech Firm IronNet's Ch. 11
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to let it withdraw from representing reorganized cybersecurity firm IronNet in its Chapter 11, citing rules that let lawyers cut ties if a case creates a financial burden or a client isn't living up to their obligations.
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Leon Black's Subpoena Suits Unsealed In Apollo Founder Row
A New York state judge Monday revealed details in former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black's ongoing arbitration battle with co-founder-turned-nemesis Josh Harris, as the court unsealed three related subpoena enforcement suits.
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Law Students Say Trump Orders Imperil Their Future Careers
More than 1,000 law students voiced support for Jenner & Block's bid to invalidate an executive order targeting the firm, arguing Monday that the Trump administration's directive threatens to compromise the legal profession and derail their careers before they can begin.
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BigLaw Student Fellowship Faces Discrimination Charge
A new legal advocacy organization alleged that a decades-old program that partners with dozens of BigLaw firms to support incoming law students is racially discriminatory.
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Philly-Area Firm Leaders On Building A Practice That Will Last
Philadelphia lawyer Pat Pierce has been practicing law for over four decades, but after recently merging her practice with a team of experienced attorneys to form the litigation boutique聽Goldshaw Greenblatt Pierce LLC,聽she said she'd finally created what she called "the firm I'd been waiting for."
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Cadwalader Drops Data Breach Coverage Suit Against Lloyd's
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and a Lloyd's of London syndicate it sued seeking coverage for litigation stemming from a 2022 data breach have agreed to end their dispute in North Carolina's business court with prejudice, according to a joint stipulation from the parties.
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Attys Face Sanctions Motion Over Combs Assault Suit
Comedian Drew "Druski" Desbordes wants a California federal court to sanction the attorneys who've accused him of participating in a violent Bay Area gang rape alongside embattled rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, claiming they willfully ignored a mountain of exonerating evidence.
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Wicker Smith Litigator Joins Tyson & Mendes In South Florida
Insurance defense litigation firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced that an experienced litigation attorney from Wicker Smith has joined the firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office as a partner.
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Police Can't Axe Game Co. Subpoena In Eckert Seamans Fight
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday rejected the Pennsylvania State Police's bid to completely avoid a subpoena from a skill games company suing Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC for an alleged conflict of interest, but noted that the department raised legitimate concerns about the subpoena's scope.
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Frost Brown Adds Keesal Young Commercial Litigator In SF
Frost Brown Todd LLP is expanding its West Coast team by bringing in a Keesal Young & Logan LLP commercial litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office, it announced Monday.
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Bradley Arant Faces DQ Bid In Georgia Mall Rent Dispute
A mall has urged a Georgia federal judge to disqualify Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP from representing a tenant in an unpaid rent dispute, arguing that the law firm has a conflict of interest because it has represented the mall's sister corporation in similar litigation.
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Cozen O'Connor Adds Fla. Class Action Pro From Moore & Lee
A high-stakes commercial litigator at Moore & Lee PC has taken her practice to Cozen O'Connor's office in Boca Raton, Florida, the firm announced Monday.
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Lowenstein Wins Bid To Combine Dispensary Suits In NJ
A New Jersey state judge agreed Monday to Lowenstein Sandler LLP's request to have a pair of cases related to a dispute between the firm and a local cannabis dispensary consolidated.
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Ga. Boutique Rebrands To Reflect Enviro Litigation Work
Georgia litigation boutique Stacey Evans Law announced Monday it has rebranded as Evans Bowers to reflect its expansion in environmental and toxic tort litigation, which add to its strengths in defamation, whistleblower and commercial litigation.
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Honigman Adds Tucker Ellis IP Atty In DC
Honigman LLP continued to grow its Washington D.C. office with the addition of a seasoned intellectual property litigator who moved his practice after 11 years with Tucker Ellis LLP.
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Attys Say Avvo Scraped Bar Data To Sell Marketing Services
A new class action filed Friday in Washington federal court accuses online legal service provider Avvo Inc. of misappropriating the identities of over 1 million attorneys to promote its legal marketing tools and referral services.
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Chancery Delays $30M Deal In SPAC Suit For Review Of Class
Citing no-longer-novel aspects of blank check company stock-drop suits, a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday trimmed a $7 million attorney fee proposal in a $29.75 million settlement to $5.5 million, but delayed approval pending clarification on post-closing stock buyer share eligibility.
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Ex-EDNY US Atty Breon Peace Returns To Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York has rejoined the firm to co-lead its litigation group and enhance its capacity to handle white collar cases, commercial litigation and other matters.
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MSG Blames Microsoft Glitch For Missing Emails In Court
Madison Square Garden has urged a New York federal judge to reject former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's motion for spoliation sanctions amid his assault suit, arguing missing emails were lost due to a Microsoft glitch, and that Oakley did not suffer prejudice because key evidence had been preserved through other sources.
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Texas Justices Say Nursing Home Can Appeal $7.1M Verdict
The Texas Supreme Court has revived a nursing home's appeal of a $7.1 million injury verdict in favor of one of its employees, saying the nursing home has shown that it did not have actual notice of the judgment and is entitled to an extension to the filing deadline.
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'Mouthpiece' Or Assistant? AI Deposition Tools Up For Debate
As new artificial intelligence tools enter the market to give litigators live, in-the-moment assistance during depositions, some legal experts are raising concerns that the technology could jeopardize client confidentiality or result in the unauthorized practice of law.
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BB&K Litigator Joins Jackson Lewis In San Diego
Employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC is growing its West Coast ranks, bringing in a Best Best & Krieger LLP litigator as a principal in its San Diego office.