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Ga. Justices Nix Atty Immunity Doctrine, Uphold Tossing Case
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a long-standing attorney immunity doctrine that a lower court found shielded Barnes & Thornburg LLP from a legal malpractice suit, but the justices concluded that a onetime client's claims still fell short.
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Ex-Defender Can't Block Mystery Info In Sex Bias Case Appeal
The federal government can submit additional documents from a district court case record in an appeal by a former assistant public defender in North Carolina who accused the federal judiciary of sex bias, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday over the assistant public defender's objections.
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Troutman Data Privacy And AI Pro Joins McDonald Hopkins
McDonald Hopkins LLC is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Troutman Pepper Locke LLP data privacy and artificial intelligence expert as a member in its Chicago office.
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Fla. Medical Cos. Sue Akerman For Malpractice, Fight Fees Bid
After聽Akerman LLP filed suit against Rennova Health Inc. and medical laboratories for unpaid fees last month, the healthcare services company swung back with a motion to dismiss that case, while the labs filed their own malpractice lawsuits.
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Eckert Seamans Lands Commercial Litigator From Orrick
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC announced Tuesday that it has added a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney to bolster its commercial litigation practice group and its bench in Washington, D.C.
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NJ AG, Data Co. Defend Judicial Privacy Law At 3rd Circ.
Data protection company Atlas Data Corp. and New Jersey's attorney general are urging the Third Circuit to uphold a decision declaring the state's judicial privacy measure known as Daniel's Law as constitutional.
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Chiesa Shahinian Adds Retired NJ Judge To Litigation Team
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC has added a retired Middlesex County judge with 15 years of experience on the Superior Court bench to its litigation group, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Fennemore Craig Keeps Up Expansion With Ariz. Firm Combo
Western firm Fennemore Craig PC announced Tuesday that it is set to combine with Phoenix labor and employment boutique BurnsBarton PLC, making it the sixth firm to combine with Fennemore Craig since the start of 2024.
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Longtime UBS Associate GC Joins Maynard Nexsen In NY
Maynard Nexsen PC announced Tuesday that after over a decade with UBS Financial Services, its longtime associate general counsel of legal and compliance has joined the firm's New York office as a shareholder.
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Attys Push 11th Circ. To Weigh Judge Shopping Sanctions
The Eleventh Circuit can hear three attorneys' appeal of sanctions against them for judge shopping during their legal challenge to an Alabama law criminalizing gender-affirming care, because the underlying case was dismissed, making the jurisdictional question moot, two of those lawyers told the appellate court.
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Democracy Forward Picks Up 4 More Ex-DOJ Attys
The legal advocacy group Democracy Forward has brought on four former U.S. Department of Justice litigators, adding to a string of hires the organization has made from the federal government as it takes on the Trump administration in court.
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'Popular Monster' Singer Must Pay YouTuber's Atty Fees
The singer for rock band Falling In Reverse, Ronnie Radke, must pay defense attorney fees and costs incurred by a YouTube personality he sued for defamation after a Connecticut state judge tossed the lawsuit for running afoul of the state's anti-SLAPP statute.
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Former Philly Prosecutor Joins Locks Law Firm
An attorney with nearly 20 years of courtroom experience as a public defender and assistant Philadelphia district attorney has joined the private sector by moving his practice to personal injury firm Locks Law Firm's Philadelphia office.
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BCLP Adds 4 Atty Litigation Team From Lewis Brisbois
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced that the firm has hired a four-member litigation team from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, who will join the firm's class action and mass torts practice group.
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6th Circ. Demands New Atty Fee Calculation In Property Row
The Sixth Circuit has agreed that the state of Michigan and one of its counties are liable for attorney fees in a lawsuit alleging the county unlawfully kept proceeds from a tax-foreclosed sale, adding聽on Monday that the lower court must better explain why it slashed the victorious property owner's fee request.
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Venable Wants Out Of 'It Ends With Us' Subpoena
Venable LLP asked a D.C. federal judge to toss a subpoena of the firm stemming from litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over the movie "It Ends with Us," accusing Baldoni and his production company of embarking on an "unwarranted fishing expedition."
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Attys Invoke 5th Amendment In Mexican Bank Discovery Row
Lawyers for a Mexican businessman told a Houston federal court that sanctions are not warranted in their response to a subpoena amid discovery by a Mexican bank, arguing their client is justified in preserving his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
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Faster Pace, More Stress, On Path To A Summer Associate Gig
The path to securing a summer associate position at a law firm has changed significantly over the past few years, adding new pressures for students reaching for those coveted positions and new challenges for law firms trying to find top talent, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associate Survey.
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AI Is Uncharted Territory In Summer Associate Job Hunt
About 20% of law students used artificial intelligence to assist them with their summer associate job hunt, leaning on the new technology to help navigate new challenges and shifting timelines, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associates Survey.
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What Do Summer Associates Want? These Firms
As the competition to recruit future lawyers heats up, law firms are making summer associate offers earlier than ever. But even as the timeline shifts, law students' favorites have stayed largely the same, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associate Survey.
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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.