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New York Firms Whiteman Osterman, Nolan Heller Merge
New York law firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP announced Thursday a merger with business firm Nolan Heller Kauffman LLP that will bring 113 attorneys under the Whiteman Osterman name.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms recruited new talent and announced raises for associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Diddy Hit With 3 New Sexual Assault Suits In NY
Three men Thursday filed new suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs, each claiming that the hip-hop mogul got them drunk, drugged them and raped them in recent years, according to complaints filed in New York County Supreme Court.
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BakerHostetler Can't Ditch RICO Claims In Bankruptcy Fight
A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday trimmed fraud and legal malpractice claims alleging BakerHostetler aided a $100 million insurance fraud scheme, but he refused to throw out civil racketeering claims, finding that the allegations are "well-pleaded," and he must assume, for now, that they're true.
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Boutique LA Firm Sues Rival Trying To Claim Fees In $10B Win
Ross LLP, which helped its clients win $3.7 billion of a $10 billion verdict in a long-running dispute among five brothers over their real estate empire, sued another firm in California court Thursday alleging that it is wrongly trying to grab a portion of Ross' fees in the blockbuster case.
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Keller Postman Sues Jenner & Block In Escalating Tubi Fight
Keller Postman LLC added a new front Wednesday to its heated legal fight with Jenner & Block LLP, filing a California state court lawsuit accusing the BigLaw firm of employing a host of unethical tactics to gain leverage in mass arbitration against the streaming service Tubi.
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Pharma Co. Says Federal Court Must Weigh Atty Fee Bid
Harpoon Therapeutics Inc., which was acquired earlier this year by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, has asked a California federal judge to weigh an attorney fee bid by Monteverde & Associates PC, which sued Harpoon over allegedly incomplete merger disclosures.
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Luchador Law's Bid For Round 1 TM Win May Be Doomed
A California federal judge appeared ready Thursday to body-slam personal injury firm Luchador Law's bid to quickly toss a trademark lawsuit by a rival firm that owns the trademark for 1-800-LUCHADOR, saying he thinks the word's meaning is in dispute and issuing a tentative ruling denying the motion.
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Cooley Wins Bid To Arbitrate Fla. Malpractice Suit
A Florida state judge has granted Cooley LLP's bid to send to arbitration claims by Genetics Networks LLC that the firm failed to file documents needed to secure a lien while preparing $1.2 million in loan papers, ruling that an arbitration agreement covers the issues raised in the company's malpractice suit.
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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Winston & Strawn In DC
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Thursday that it has hired an antitrust pro who formerly worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and most recently worked at Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC to strengthen its litigation department.
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Lowenstein Sandler Looks To Keep Dispensary Fee Suit Alive
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has asked a New Jersey state judge to reject a bid by a New Jersey cannabis dispensary and a local firm to dismiss its suit seeking nearly $800,000 in unpaid fees while also agreeing to dismiss claims against its receiver.
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AI Terms, 'Coffee Badging' Among Top New Words In Law
Burton's Legal Thesaurus recently announced this year's top new words in law, with entries like "coffee badging" and "hot-tubbing" joining the echelons of 2022's "meme stock" and 2023's "hallucination" as the thesaurus brings to light some of the most novel terms and talking points for lawyers in 2024.
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Saul Ewing Named In Wage Class Reps' Hidden-Asset Suit
A Pittsburgh-based home health care company and its counsel from Saul Ewing LLP are improperly shuffling assets in order to avoid paying future judgments, according to a lawsuit by representatives of a proposed wage class seeking $12.2 million.
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Thompson Coe Opens Denver Office With 14-Atty Pickup
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons is launching a Denver office by absorbing 14 attorneys from a local, women-owned litigation firm with a focus on insurance, product liability and employment litigation, the firm said in a statement Thursday.
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Pietragallo Expands Philly Office With Ex-DOJ Attorney
A former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice has left his post at the DOJ's main office in Washington, D.C., after nearly 10 years to go into private practice at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP's Philadelphia office.
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Ex-Recruitment Firm GC Joins Gordon Rees In San Diego
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has bolstered its employment law practice group with the hiring of a civil litigator who previously worked in-house at a staffing agency.
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Jury Clears Blank Rome Attys In Malicious Suit Case
Three Blank Rome attorneys and an aviation company have been cleared by a Pennsylvania federal jury of claims that they maliciously pursued litigation over alleged misuse of confidential information against a lawyer who formerly represented the company and switched to plaintiffs work.
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Ex-Clark Hill Atty Opens Del. Firm With Mediation Focus
The former leader of Clark Hill PLC's Wilmington, Delaware, office told Law360 Pulse this week that she launched her own firm, in part, because she saw a niche area she wanted to fill for clients in need of mediation services at a more affordable price point.
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Goldberg Segalla Expands Into Delaware With 23rd Office
National firm Goldberg Segalla LLP has launched an office in Delaware, with firm leaders saying the move is aimed at providing enhanced services to its corporate, commercial and other clients.
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NRA Ordered To Reform Policies After NY Misconduct Verdict
A New York judge ordered changes to the National Rifle Association's board structure and organizational policies Wednesday to "prevent future violations of law," following a jury verdict that found widespread financial misconduct and whistleblower retaliation within the gun group.
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Ye's Cos. Default In Another Private School Worker Lawsuit
A California judge held three of Ye's companies in default Wednesday for failing to retain counsel in litigation from a former teacher at the Donda Academy private school, the latest sanction for nonresponsiveness in a slew of employment suits against the rapper previously known as Kanye West.
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Legal Ed Cos. Shared Customers' Data, Suit Claims
Two companies offering continuing legal and professional education content have been hit with a class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that they nonconsensually disclosed customers' identities and video viewing information to Meta Platforms Inc. for its advertisers' use.
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Embattled Texas Law Firm Heading To Mediation In Ch. 11
Troubled Houston law firm MMA Law said it will engage in mediation with litigation funders Equal Access Justice Fund LP and creditors to try to sort out issues pertaining to the firm's bankruptcy plan and other matters, days after Equal Access escaped a class action involving MMA Law.
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Davis Wright Taps Litigator For New Exec Operations Role
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has promoted a longtime employment attorney to serve in the newly created position of executive operations partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Pashman Stein Accused Of Threatening Firm In Fee Dispute
A New Jersey attorney facing a lawsuit from Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC over $90,000 in unpaid legal fees has alleged in state court that the firm unethically threatened to sue his sister-in-law's law firm as he sought to bring counterclaims.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.