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Selendy Gay Names New Managing Partner, COO
Litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC announced Thursday that it has appointed bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer Kelley Cornish as managing partner and landed the top legal head of Cinch Home Services as its new chief operating officer.
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Texas Atty Seeks Woman's Employment Docs In Sex Tape Case
A Houston attorney accused of filming a sexual encounter with a woman and sharing it without her consent has asked a Texas state court for permission to subpoena the woman's employment records to help him defend against her suit.
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How Texas Boutique With BigLaw Roots Grew In Its 1st Year
The managing partner of Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP caught up with Law360 Pulse to talk about how the Texas litigation boutique has expanded its roster and portfolio since launching about a year ago.
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KPMG Secures Arizona Approval To Operate Law Firm
Arizona's supreme court on Thursday approved an alternative business structure license to allow accounting giant KPMG to run its own law firm in the U.S.
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Carolinas Law Firm Hit With Suit Over 2024 Data Breach
Riley Pope & Laney LLC, a law firm with offices in North and South Carolina, was hit with a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court alleging that consumers' personally identifiable information was exposed in a 2024 data breach.
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Fox Rothschild Expands In Del. With Litigator From Boutique
Fox Rothschild LLP has added an attorney to its Delaware office who spent more than a decade at commercial litigation boutique Abrams & Bayliss LLP to bolster its ability to handle cases in the Chancery and other courts.
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Law Firm Marketing Budgets Have Fallen Behind Firm Growth
During a period when many law firms experienced strong revenue and headcount growth, the industry's marketing budgets did not grow at the same pace, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.
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Conn. Judge Tosses False Origin Claims In Atty's Firing Suit
A Connecticut federal judge has dismissed an attorney's lawsuit against his former firm and a litigation finance group described as its biggest client, nixing false designation and false origin claims surrounding the firm's alleged use of his name to lure clients after firing him.
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Litigator Paul Clement Called 'Sensible' Pick For Adams Case
Prolific conservative U.S. Supreme Court litigator Paul D. Clement is a "talented," "wise" and "sensible" selection to look into and potentially argue against the federal government's effort to dismiss the corruption case facing New York Mayor Eric Adams, attorneys who know Clement say.
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Michigan Counties Say Firm's Client Solicitations Merit DQ
Michigan counties sought to disqualify plaintiff firm Visser & Associates PLLC Tuesday, telling a federal judge that the lawyers went back on their word by soliciting potential class members in a suit claiming the government entities improperly kept a surplus of foreclosed home sales.
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Defunct Fla. Law Firm Can't Revive Suit Over Theft Case
A Florida state appeals court has refused to revive defunct law firm Glary & Israel PA's malpractice suit against another firm for failing to sue a bank over theft by Glary & Israel's bookkeeper's.
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Texas Atty Accused Of Stealing Homeowner's Insurance Win
A Houston attorney recently threatened with criminal charges over the filing of a document signed by a dead expert witness has been accused in a new suit of representing a homeowner without his consent and stealing his appraisal award.
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Texas Judge Tosses Law Firm's Claims Of Unfair Competition
A Houston federal court has trimmed a trade secrets suit a Washington state-based immigration firm is pursuing against a Texas rival, finding two of seven claims are preempted by the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
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Mass. High Court Reaffirms No Private Right To Atty Discipline
Massachusetts' highest court on Wednesday reaffirmed that there is no private right of action to compel the state bar to open an investigation or disciplinary proceedings.
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Paralegal Wants Firm's Counterclaim In OT Suit Axed
An El Paso, Texas, law firm's accusation that a paralegal's suit for unpaid overtime is an "attempt to extort money" should not stand, the worker told a Texas federal court, arguing the counterclaim she is facing has nothing to do with her allegations.
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4 Tips To Hit Billable Hours Out Of The Park This Year
Early in the year is the best time to start to think about billable hour targets and strategies for how to meet them, according to partners and attorney career coaches. Here are four strategies those experts say will help associates hit a home run this year.
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How Young Lawyers Can Avoid The Inflation Blues
Inflation rates are likely squeezing the bottom lines of some younger attorneys, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse. Below are their suggestions for young attorneys to be vigilant about spending and financial planning.
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Drinks Co. Ex-CEO Files $732M Sanctions Motion Against Firm
The former CEO of an energy drinks company on Tuesday urged a Florida state court to impose $732 million in sanctions against a law firm in a legal fees dispute, saying its attorneys' litigation misconduct caused serious financial harm while representing him in a separate federal bankruptcy case.
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Jay-Z's Claims Against Buzbee May Get Trimmed, Judge Says
A California state judge said Tuesday that he's inclined to toss Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's extortion claims against personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee and some, but not all, of the rapper's defamation allegations stemming from a now-abandoned rape lawsuit.
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Houston Atty's Alleged Sex Tape Going To FBI Before Defense
A woman suing a Houston attorney in Texas state court has permission to turn over to the FBI a video that she claims may show the lawyer committing child sexual abuse, before she provides the video to the defense team.
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NJ Atty Suspended Over Secret Outside Legal Work
A Garden State lawyer has been suspended for two years by the state's Supreme Court for surreptitiously accepting payments for legal services while never opening a file at his former firm for the clients or sharing profits with the firm, but instead had clients pay him directly.
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Law Firms Walk DEI Tightrope Amid Political Pressure
Law firms that once led the charge on diversity initiatives now find themselves walking a tightrope, balancing their long-standing commitments to diversity with shifting corporate priorities and political pressure stemming from the Trump administration's efforts to curtail such programs.
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Law Firm Leasing Reaches Highest Level Since Before COVID
Law firms in the United States have broken through years of pandemic-related uncertainty about market conditions and the need for office space to record the highest volume of lease activity in more than five years, according to newly released data.
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Lawyer Who Became Client's 'Punching Bag' Scores Case Exit
A Connecticut attorney who claimed he became his Massachusetts client's "punching bag" can exit her medical negligence lawsuit against two doctors accused of misplacing or destroying her embryos, a Milford judge ruled Tuesday.
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Girard Sharp Adds Atty From Lieff Cabraser In San Francisco
The former leader of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's fertility practice has joined Girard Sharp as a partner in San Francisco, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Expert Analysis
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.