Daily Litigation


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    Tyson & Mendes Names First National Managing Partner

    Tyson & Mendes LLP has elevated a California-based attorney under 40 as its first-ever national managing partner, a position that she hopes will allow her to continue supporting women leaders in the legal industry and beyond.

  • Edelson Must Share Info In Tort Case, Colo. Judge Says

    A Colorado state judge has ordered Edelson PC to provide information about advertising in a toxic tort case over ethylene oxide emissions from a medical sterilization facility in Lakewood, with a bellwether trial set for this month.

  • Judge Urged To Sit Out Alopecia IP Row Over Ex-Clerk's Role

    Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has asked a New Jersey federal judge to recuse himself from a case alleging the company's alopecia drug infringes an Incyte patent, saying Incyte's attorneys hired the judge's former law clerk and put him on the case, creating "an indelible appearance of impropriety."

  • Investment Adviser Says Attys' Mistakes Cost Him His Career

    A Colorado investment adviser has sued two of his former attorneys for malpractice in state court, claiming one failed to clarify that a deal he signed over securities violations also would bar him from working in other states, while the other allegedly failed to timely file an appeal to dispute the settlements.

  • Chamberlain Hrdlicka Says $700K Award Ignores Civil Rule

    Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry is asking the Texas Supreme Court to review a $700,000 judgment in favor of a cost-cutting consulting firm, arguing the lower court failed to follow a procedural rule requiring specificity in directed verdict motions.

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    Giuliani Held In Contempt In $148M Defamation Row

    A New York federal judge on Monday found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to turn over evidence to two former Georgia election workers seeking to collect on a $148 million defamation judgment they secured against the former attorney to President-elect Donald Trump.

  • NC Justices To Decide Ballot Challenge In High Court Race

    A Republican appellate judge looking to throw out more than 60,000 votes in his race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court succeeded Monday in getting his legal challenge kicked back to the Tar Heel State's top court, with a federal judge finding it wasn't his place to decide the matter.

  • Talk Show Host Says OpenAI Can't Duck Ga. Defamation Suit

    A conservative talk radio show host pushed back Monday against OpenAI's quest to secure summary judgment in his defamation lawsuit, calling the company "the high-tech equivalent of the neighborhood gossip."

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    Ex-GMU Prof. Tells Judge To Ignore Accusers' 'False Reality'

    Former FTC Commissioner and law professor Joshua Wright on Friday slammed two former students' request to exclude evidence of damages at an upcoming trial in a $108 million lawsuit in which he accused them of defamation, saying the request is "self-servingly twisted to present a false reality."

  • Conn. Justices Won't Hike Benefits Cut For Law Partner's Ex

    The ex-husband of a law firm partner cannot secure a bigger cut of the partner's retirement funds because the payments from the firm are too "speculative" to qualify as property, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 5-1 on Monday.

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    Chiesa Shahinian Taps Former Litigation Head As New Leader

    Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC named a new managing partner on Monday, tapping its former litigation practice group leader and former deputy general counsel for the leadership role.

  • Pashman Stein Avoids Atty's Claims, Rips Threat Accusation

    Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has defeated an attempt from an attorney and former client to countersue it for breach of contract in New Jersey state litigation from the firm over unpaid fees, accusing the lawyer of a "flagrant attempt to manipulate the judicial process."

  • Jenner & Block Faces DQ Bid In Casino Project Dispute

    Three Native American tribes want Jenner & Block LLP disqualified from a lawsuit that seeks to block the construction of a new casino in Oregon, claiming the firm previously represented them in the same dispute.

  • National Court Reporters Association Hit With Antitrust Suit

    The National Court Reporters Association exploits its monopoly in the stenographic certification market to charge its members inflated and unnecessary membership dues and keep potential competitors out of the market, according to a new antitrust lawsuit in New Jersey federal court.

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    Former Palm Beach State Atty Launches Litigation Boutique

    Longtime Palm Beach County, Florida, State Attorney Dave Aronberg is starting a new journey in private practice with the launch of a new boutique law firm.

  • Ex-Sunstein Partner Says Firm Sat On Payments For Months

    A former nonequity partner at Sunstein LLP says the firm waited months to pay him approximately $85,000 he was owed for work he performed for two clients he originated for the firm, according to a suit alleging violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act.

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    Girard Sharp Launches Into New Year With New Leadership

    San Francisco-based Girard Sharp has kicked off the new year with a major leadership change, announcing Monday that Daniel C. Girard had stepped down as managing partner of the prominent plaintiffs complex litigation boutique he founded in 1995 and that longtime partner Dena C. Sharp was taking the reins.

  • Epic Slams Apple's 'Deeply Disturbing' Doc Review Delays

    Epic Games Inc.'s counsel expressed shock Friday that Apple has only rereviewed 21,000 of more than 50,000 documents Apple claims are attorney-client privileged in their antitrust fight, telling a California magistrate judge during a hearing the number is "deeply disturbing" and "very low."

  • Insurer Accuses Hinshaw Of Negligence Over $11M Trial Loss

    Texas Insurance Co. has sued the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and a partner in California state court, alleging they failed to advise the insurer that it could be liable for the bulk of an $11.15 million verdict in an underlying personal injury case.

  • Venable Faces DQ Bid In AmeriMark Shareholder Dispute

    Attorneys from Venable LLP and Parsons Behle & Latimer PC have been hit with a disqualification bid in Utah federal court in a shareholder dispute involving AmeriMark Group AG, with the defendants arguing the lawyers are representing both the suing shareholder and the AmeriMark subsidiary at the heart of the dispute, causing a conflict of interest.

  • Suits Allege California Law Firm Committed Debt Relief Fraud

    Two people filed lawsuits this week against a California law firm, alleging that it had promised to fix their debt problems but instead took hundreds of dollars from their bank accounts each month and did nothing to help.

  • Attorney Sues Over Audit, Ouster From Title Insurer's Boards

    Title insurer CATIC mishandled an audit of a law firm, sold services that didn't fix the alleged issues and ousted the firm's namesake attorney from the boards of two affiliated companies, a Connecticut real estate attorney has alleged in a 51-count complaint.

  • Giuliani Says Memory Faulty In Meandering NY Contempt Row

    A Manhattan federal judge mulled a bid to hold Rudy Giuliani in contempt of a $148 million defamation judgment Friday, during a day of sparring in which the former New York City mayor repeatedly told counsel for two defamed Georgia poll workers that he doesn't remember case details.

  • 3 Firms Seek $36M Fee Award In 'Historic' NJ PFAS Deal

    The Law Offices of John K. Dema PC, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP have asked a New Jersey state court to award $36.7 million in attorney fees for their work in securing a $393 million deal over "forever chemical" contamination by Belgian chemical company Solvay as special counsel to the Garden State.

  • Battling Berts: Judge Enjoins Ga. Law Firm In Trademark Row

    A Georgia federal judge Friday temporarily barred an Atlanta-based law firm from advertising and promoting its personal injury legal services through messaging like "If You're Hurt ... Call Bert!" and "If You're Hurt, Call Bert," ruling that it is too similar to another personal injury firm's trademarked slogan.

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Expert Analysis

  • Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know Author Photo

    The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly? Author Photo

    Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.

  • Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing Author Photo

    Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.

  • How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security Author Photo

    In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.

  • 5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent Author Photo

    Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage? Author Photo

    Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.

  • Resume Gaps Are No Longer Kryptonite To Your Legal Career Author Photo

    Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.

  • Law Firm Guardrails For Responsible Generative AI Use Author Photo

    ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Opinion

    We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds Author Photo

    Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.

  • Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity Author Photo

    Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.

  • Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers Author Photo

    Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.

  • How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up Author Photo

    In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys? Author Photo

    Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.

  • Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects Author Photo

    There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks Author Photo

    Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.

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