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American Arbitration Assoc. Accused Of Pro-Corp. Monopoly
The American Arbitration Association monopolizes the market for consumer arbitration and is "an unfair forum where consumers lose" to corporate defendants, according to a proposed consumer class action filed in Arizona federal court.
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Georgia Firm Can't Pursue Lien In Ex-Client's Dismissed Suit
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday blocked law firm Howe & Associates PC from reviving a former client's suit to pursue a lien for attorney fees.
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5th Circ. Asked To Undo Houston Firm's 'Absurd' PPP Denial
A Houston firm asked the Fifth Circuit to reverse the U.S. Small Business Administration's "absurd" denial of its loan forgiveness under a COVID-19-era program, writing that a "good faith but mistaken answer" to an application question would have produced a different result under changed guidelines.
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From TV To WWE Ring: Morgan & Morgan's Far-Reaching Ads
Through TV commercials and intentionally defaced billboards to major league sports sponsorships, and even upcoming skits during WWE events, personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan has achieved monumental growth with a sweeping advertising strategy that leans into innovation and lightheartedness to leave an impression on potential clients.
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Ex-Womble Bond Atty Heads To Chicago With Shook Hardy
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has expanded its Chicago office with the recent addition of an attorney with nearly 40 years of experience representing clients in mass tort matters and commercial disputes.
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Former Federal Prosecutor Rejoins Levine Kellogg In Miami
Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP announced Friday that it added back a Miami federal prosecutor and trial attorney who previously practiced at the firm.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Kessler Topaz's handling of a suit against Coinbase and Stradley Ronon's work in connection with the creation of joint KKR and Capital Group funds lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 2 to 16.
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Trump Says Pa. Law Gives Him Immunity In Central Park 5 Suit
Donald Trump renewed a push Thursday to dismiss the defamation case the Central Park Five brought over comments he made while campaigning, arguing that his remarks that they "pled guilty" were immune from liability under Pennsylvania's Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
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Progressive, Kanner & Pintaluga Slam Accident Data Suit
Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and Kanner & Pintaluga PA have filed separate motions in Texas federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing the two of conspiring to share auto crash victims' private information against state and federal law, with each arguing that the allegations, as the insurer put it, "make no sense."
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Porzio Bromberg Accused Of Pushing Doctor Into Bankruptcy
A Louisiana doctor claims a New Jersey law firm and one of its principals failed in their representation of him in a deal he wasn't fully informed of and which led to an involuntary bankruptcy, according to a complaint recently removed to federal court in Louisiana.
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Judge Questions Federal Jurisdiction In Boies Schiller Case
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and other defendants have pulled into Florida federal court a malpractice action alleging they distributed聽confidential information related to a law firm, but a federal judge said Thursday she is "unconvinced" that the matter belongs in federal court.
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Jackson Walker Criticizes JC Penney Fee Suit As 'Money Grab'
Jackson Walker LLP wants out of a fee suit brought by former client J.C. Penney, arguing that the bankrupt department store's wind-down debtors entered claims as a "leverage play and a money grab" after learning that a firm partner had engaged in a yearslong undisclosed relationship with a Texas bankruptcy judge.
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Milbank Lands Ex-Assistant To Solicitor General In DC
Milbank LLP has hired Colleen Roh Sinzdak, a former assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked mid-May with another busy week as attorneys landed new roles and firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-Labor Secretary Tom Perez Joins Mayer Brown In DC
Tom Perez, a former secretary of labor and assistant U.S. attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama, has joined Mayer Brown LLP's public policy, regulatory and government affairs practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Friday.
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Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Call Out Revoked Clearances
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale have informed two D.C. federal judges that the government recently suspended some of their attorneys' security clearances, arguing that has thrown a wrench in the lawyers' ability to represent clients in cases and asking the courts to reverse the suspensions.
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Harvard Alum Drops Antisemitism Suit Over Campus Incidents
A former Harvard University student has voluntarily dismissed his聽suit over the Ivy League school's handling of antisemitic聽incidents on campus, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed Thursday in Massachusetts federal court.
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SEC Cuts $512K Deal To End Atty's Racial Bias Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to pay $512,500 to end a former commission lawyer's discrimination claims alleging she was denied a promotion due to her race and age, according to court documents filed in Pennsylvania federal court on Thursday.
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Anthropic's Atty Says Client's Own AI Created Error In Filing
A Latham & Watkins LLP associate representing Anthropic in the artificial intelligence company's copyright fight with music publishers said Thursday that she used Anthropic's own Claude.ai tool to help draft an expert's declaration that included an erroneous citation, but she argued the error was "an honest citation mistake and not a fabrication of authority."
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Wells Fargo Opposes Atty Fee Bid After $22M ADA Verdict
Wells Fargo said it is "vigorously" contesting an attorney's request for at least $1.4 million in fees after winning a $22.1 million verdict in an Americans with Disabilities Act case against the bank, telling the court the request to double the lodestar amount is unsupported.
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Memphis Seeks Atty Sanctions In Tyre Nichols Beating Case
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has asked a judge to impose sanctions on high-profile civil rights lawyers Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, arguing that they issued a press release that falsely said a lawsuit over the police beating death of Tyre Nichols could not bankrupt the Memphis government.
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Flaster Greenberg Adds Dechert IP Litigator In Philadelphia
An attorney with a background in electrical engineering has moved his tech-focused intellectual property practice to Flaster Greenberg PC's Philadelphia office after more than 12 years with Dechert LLP.
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Sills Cummis Adds Employment Pro From Crowell & Moring
Sills Cummis & Gross PC brought on a labor and employment attorney from Crowell & Moring LLP who brings more than two decades of experience to the firm's New York office advising employers on how to navigate disputes and ensure they comply with prevailing wage laws.
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Judicial Aide's NY Sex Abuse Suit May Survive, Panel Hints
A New York state appellate panel has voiced doubts that a former judicial secretary's sex abuse lawsuit should have been dismissed, challenging the state court system's聽arguments that it聽didn't employ her and thus can't be held liable for any harms she suffered.
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Feds' Memo In Filing Mishap Is Privileged, NY Judge Says
A New York federal judge has determined that the federal government's mistakenly filed memo in litigation over Manhattan's congestion pricing program is privileged and cannot be cited in the parties' arguments, but the memo won't be sealed because it's already been widely reported on.