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Title Co. Hits Atty With Malpractice Suit Over $2.5M Refi
Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. on Monday filed suit in state court against a Connecticut attorney, alleging his oversight when issuing a loan policy of title insurance for a $2.5 million refinancing cost Fidelity $920,000.
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New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day." 
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Truist Wants Out Of Law Firm's $94K Wire Scam Suit
Truist Financial Corp. has asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss a law firm's suit over a botched real estate wire transfer, arguing in a dismissal motion that the firm named the wrong entity in its complaint, but that even if the correct Truist had been named, the claims must fail as a matter of law.
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Atty Apologizes For Citation Error In IP Dispute
A New York attorney who became one of many accused of using generative artificial intelligence for a brief after a federal judge found citations to nonexistent cases apologized Tuesday for a mistake in a more recent brief flagged for a false citation.
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Insurer Pushes 11th Circ. To Avoid Malpractice Coverage
An insurance company has told the Eleventh Circuit it should not have to foot the bill to defend its client against a federal malpractice suit in Atlanta, arguing its policy contains a carveout for claims involving "conversion, improper comingling, or misappropriation," and asking the appellate court to review an earlier dismissal de novo.
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Philly Lawyer Accuses Rival Firm Of Misusing 'We Win' TM
A Philadelphia-based personal injury lawyer claims a rival firm has been using his trademark protected phrase, "We Win or It's Free," to market its services without his authorization for more than four years, according to a recent federal court complaint.
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Pa. Guilty Plea Means Nothing To Malpractice Case, Atty Says
An ex-chief financial officer suing his former attorney for allegedly coercing him into a consent agreement that landed him with an over $12 million judgment has urged a Florida federal court to keep his malpractice case against the attorney on track.
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ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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Ex-Stearns Weaver Land Use Pro Joins Wife At Fla. Boutique
A Tampa land use attorney left his practice at Stearns Weaver Miller after a decade to join his wife, the founding partner of boutique firm Barbas Cremer PLLC, achieving a goal they've had since meeting in law school.
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NC Legislator's Judicial Campaign Scrutinized Over Donations
The former director of a voting rights nonprofit has filed a complaint with the North Carolina State Board of Elections challenging certain donations to a Republican state lawmaker's campaign for a seat on the state Supreme Court that he says flout state campaign finance laws.
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Ex-US Atty Turns Documentarian With Nursing Home Exposé
After his work investigating opioid overprescription as a federal prosecutor in the 2000s became part of a Hulu miniseries, former U.S. Attorney Rick Mountcastle is making waves in the film industry again with a new documentary series on Amazon Prime, ‘No Country For Old People,’ taking aim at the nation’s nursing home industry.
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Girardi's Public Defender Rejoins Kendall Brill & Kelly
A federal public defender who represented disgraced plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi in his wire fraud trial has returned to Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP in Los Angeles as a partner, the firm said Monday.
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Pa. Judge Accused Of COVID Fraud Seeks Diversion Deal
A Pennsylvania county judge facing criminal charges for allegedly misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his former law firm's staff is working with prosecutors to enter into a pretrial diversion agreement, with the federal court agreeing to hold a conference on the matter, according to court filings Monday.
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Why Milbank's Summer Bonuses May Catch On This Year
Top BigLaw firms hoping to stay competitive in an ever-shifting market for talent and legal services may be more inclined this year to match the special summer bonuses Milbank recently unveiled, according to experts.
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ABA Policymakers Vote To Oppose Targeting Of Law Firms
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.
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Zumpano Patricios Adds Real Estate Specialist In Florida
Zumpano Patricios PA announced Monday that it added an income partner who handles complex real estate matters in its Miami area headquarters from Perlman Bajandas Yevoli & Albright PL.
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Injured Woman Owes Ex-Attys More Than She Won At Trial
A Texas appeals court has affirmed a $150,000 arbitration award for a law firm sued over the contingency fees owed by a former client in a personal injury suit that ended in a post-trial settlement of about $130,000, rejecting the woman's bid to invalidate the award.
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George Clinton Fights Sanctions In Decades-Long IP Battle
Funk legend George Clinton has asked a Florida federal court to reject sanctions and lawsuit dismissal bids from music executive Armen Boladian, arguing that his copyright ownership complaint is not frivolous.
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Feds Rip Cuellar's Bid To Ax Entire Bribery Indictment
Federal prosecutors on Friday urged a Texas federal court to reject U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's bid to toss his entire indictment for bribery, saying its decision to strike some counts does not deprive the lawmaker of his Fifth Amendment right to have a grand jury determine what charges he should face.
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Resolutions To Watch At The ABA's Annual Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is set to take up a wide range of topics next week, including measures addressing the Trump administration's targeting of law firms, the growing use of artificial intelligence by law students and immigration enforcement.
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Ga. Lawyer Sanctioned For False Entry Of Appearance
A Georgia attorney was slapped with sanctions from a state court judge who found that the lawyer spent six months falsely claiming he represented a defendant in a loan default suit, even after the defendant's true counsel warned him that he was lying to the court.
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Judge Rebuts 'Intemperate' Language In 'It Ends With Us' Row
A New York federal judge on Friday warned all litigants in actress Blake Lively's defamation case against her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni not to use "intemperate" language and personal attacks in court filings.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Rousso Boumel Law Firm PLLC, Singleton Schreiber LLP, Poses Law Group PA and Eaton & Wolk PL lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Miami federal jury found Tesla's autopilot product to be defective and awarded $329 million in damages following a 2019 fatal crash.
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Texas-Based Litigation Firm Launches New Antitrust Group
Plaintiff's side-law firm Nachawati Law Group in Dallas is launching a new antitrust litigation group that will be led by a former U.S. Department of Justice enforcer.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off August with another action-packed week as law firms took on new attorneys and expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.