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National Security Atty Who Lost Clearance Sues Trump Admin
National security whistleblower lawyer Mark S. Zaid alleged in a suit this week that Donald Trump's administration stripped his security clearance as an act of political retaliation, and Zaid is backed by a big legal team that includes a new law firm that specializes in defending people in similar situations.
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Boies Schiller Can't Push Guo Clawback Bid To District Court
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP cannot move to federal district court a $654,000 adversary proceeding in Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy, according to a district court judge's ruling that said it would be more efficient to keep the dispute in bankruptcy court, at least for now.
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Jay-Z Claims Atty Buzbee's Conspiracy Extends To NY Lawyer
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter expanded his malicious prosecution claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a rape suit that has since been dropped to also target a New York personal injury lawyer over what the music mogul alleged was a conspiracy to coerce him into paying off their client.
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McCarter & English Pushes To End Ex-Atty's Firing Suit
McCarter & English LLP has urged a New Jersey state court to toss an anti-veteran discrimination suit from a former firm attorney and Navy SEAL this week, arguing the lawyer is unsuccessfully trying to pivot off failed claims from his original complaint in later filings.
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Firms Beat Malpractice Suit Over Chicken Plant Pollution
Delaware's Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a malpractice suit against Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC and Schochor Staton Goldberg & Cardea PA for their alleged mishandling of claims associated with a child's "catastrophic injuries" purportedly caused by contamination from a chicken plant.
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Former U.S. Atty Joins Fredrikson & Byron In North Dakota
Fredrikson & Byron PA announced that a former North Dakota U.S. attorney who has also served multiple terms in the state's senate has joined the firm's office in Fargo as an officer in its litigation group.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds Epstein Becker Trial Pro In Dallas
Dorsey & Whitney LLP has brought on a partner in Dallas from Epstein Becker & Green PC who will lead the firm's trial practice group.
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Atty's Derisive Comments Warrant New Trial, NJ Panel Says
A New Jersey appellate panel on Monday said that an attorney's comments during her opening and closing arguments in a trial over a real estate transaction gone wrong went way too far, vacating a jury's $420,000 verdict in favor of her clients.
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Relatives Shut Out Of Funds From BigLaw Atty's Slain Wife
A Georgia state court judge said Tuesday that a prominent former Fisher Phillips attorney who fatally shot his wife could direct the proceeds of a wrongful death settlement to her godson and his family, beating back a "next of kin" claim to the funds from his wife's myriad cousins.
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Ex-Conrail CEO Says Saul Ewing Malpractice Suit Timely
Former Conrail CEO David LeVan has asked a Philadelphia judge to reject Saul Ewing LLP's argument that his legal malpractice lawsuit against the firm should be deemed untimely, arguing his case over the firm's handling of legal issues stemming from a failed Gettysburg casino project was subject to a tolling agreement.
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Freeman Mathis Adds Litigation Trio From Fla. Boutique
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three attorneys to its Miami shop from Gaebe Mullen Antonelli & DiMatteo as part of an ongoing effort to expand in the state.
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Ex-Greenberg Traurig Employment Trio Moves To Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP announced Tuesday the expansion of its employment law services in Philadelphia with the addition of three attorneys who moved their practices from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Jones Walker Adds Construction, Bankruptcy Attys In Miami
Two litigation attorneys have joined Jones Walker LLP's Miami office, adding experience to its construction and bankruptcy and restructuring practice groups, the firm announced Tuesday.
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NC Judge Loses Ballot Battle Win In Top Court Race
A North Carolina federal judge said the state Supreme Court's order requiring the state board of elections to "cure" the ballots of thousands of voters whom that high court retroactively deemed ineligible to vote was unconstitutional,聽reversing a win in a close race for a seat on its bench.
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Bradley Arant Adds Veteran White Collar Atty In Dallas
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has grown its offerings in Texas with the addition of an experienced white collar and investigations attorney.
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Frost LLP Adds 4-Atty Litigation Team From Sklar Kirsh In LA
Two-year-old litigation boutique Frost LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a group of four Sklar Kirsh LLP litigators to work in its Los Angeles office.
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Calif. Bar Sues Administrator Over February Exam 'Chaos'
The State Bar of California on Monday sued the vendor it used to administer the February bar exam after "chaos ensued" as a result of pervasive technical glitches, saying the vendor misrepresented its ability to proctor the exam, and it won't hand over data that could shed light on what went wrong.
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Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Follow Perkins Coie EO Win
The president doesn't have the power to "exact revenge against a law firm" for representing certain clients and causes, Susman Godfrey LLP told a D.C. federal judge Monday, asking her to "follow the same course" as the judge who granted Perkins Coie LLP permanent relief from a presidential order.
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The Lawyers Battling Over Payout After Atty's Killing Of Wife
Ahead of a hearing Tuesday on competing summary judgment bids, eight attorneys are guiding parties in a dispute over the wrongful-death settlement proceeds related to the killing of a Georgia woman by her husband, an ex-BigLaw partner.
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Celebrity Doctor Says McMahon Accuser's Atty Defamed Him
A celebrity doctor who has been fighting an information request from a former staffer for Vince McMahon accusing the former World Wrestling Entertainment executive of sexual assault and trafficking has claimed that the accuser's attorney defamed him and his practice during a press conference livestreamed on YouTube.
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7th Circ. Affirms Funder's Loss In Fraud Suit Against Law Firm
The Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld an Illinois federal court's rulings ending a litigation funder's claims that a law firm illegally dropped the funder to represent a former employee and her competing venture, saying the lower court's detailed orders show it carefully resolved the issue.
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Gair Gallo Adds Prosecutor Who Led Girardi Probe In Chicago
Chicago litigation boutique Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP聽announced Monday it has聽brought on a former federal prosecutor who led an聽investigation that resulted in now-disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's indictment in Illinois for allegedly misappropriating millions in client funds.
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Longtime DOJ Antitrust Atty Joins Axinn In DC
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced Monday that an experienced antitrust litigator who spent nearly a decade working at the U.S. Department of Justice has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner.
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Ex-Seton Hall President Asks To Add Conspiracy Claim To Suit
Seton Hall University's former president is seeking to add claims to his whistleblower suit against the school alleging that it conspired to "disparage" him in the press partly in retaliation for reporting sexual abuse-related allegations about the school's current president.
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FisherBroyles Launches Delaware Office
Remote firm FisherBroyles LLP has launched an office in Wilmington, Delaware, with a partner from asbestos and mass torts defense firm Reilly McDevitt & Henrich PC, the firm said in a Monday announcement.