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All Signs Point Up For Law Firm Financials In First Half
After a couple of years of sluggish growth in work flowing into law firms, U.S. firms saw meaningful increases in demand, revenue and lawyer productivity during the first six months of 2024, according to the results of a midyear survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
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Legal Sector Doubles Down On AI Use Despite Concerns
The number of legal professionals reporting they have used artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, yet security and trustworthiness concerns are holding others back from adopting the technology, according to a report released Tuesday.
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4 Ex-Girardi Keese Attys Are Federal Targets, Agent Testifies
At least four former attorneys with the defunct Girardi Keese law firm are under active investigation related to the federal government's California wire fraud case and have received letters informing them they are targets, an IRS criminal investigator disclosed Monday under cross-examination by Tom Girardi's attorney at his criminal trial.
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Judge Suggests Atty, Firm Pay Up For Not Probing IP Claims
A Florida lawyer who once represented former President Donald Trump and the lawyer's firm should pay $150,000 in attorney fees as a monetary sanction for failing to properly investigate patent claims before suing, a federal magistrate judge has recommended, which is far below the $684,000 the defendants in the case sought.
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Colo. Justices Take Up Firm's Malicious Prosecution Defense
The Colorado Supreme Court said Monday it would hear a Denver law firm's appeal arguing that winning a dispositive motion in an earlier suit protects against a later malicious prosecution claim from the target of the first case.
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Ex-NJ County Exec Loses Bid To DQ Firm In Retaliation Suit
A former Cumberland County, New Jersey, health official claiming his firing was political retaliation cannot disqualify the county's counsel in his lawsuit, Testa Heck Testa & White PA, over interactions he had with two firm attorneys around the time of his firing, a state court judge ruled Friday.
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It Takes Two, Baby: When Solo Attys Decide To Partner Up
They say that one is the loneliest number, but for solo practitioners, adding a partner or another lawyer to their practice can be daunting. Former solos told Law360 Pulse why doubling up was worth it in the end.
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Ford Can't Show Judge Is Biased In Crash Case, Driver Says
Victims of a car crash urged the North Carolina state appeals court to reject a bid by Ford to get a trial court judge booted from a vehicle safety lawsuit, arguing the carmaker hasn't shown the judge is biased by bringing up statements he made years ago as a private attorney who took on the company.
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Atty Faces Contempt Bid In Fla. Forex Trading Firm Case
The court-appointed receiver of an investment company at the center of a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission lawsuit over the firm's $75 million foreign currency trading fraud has asked for the company's now-imprisoned CEO's appeals attorney to be held in contempt of court for allegedly failing to comply with a subpoena.
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Careful Planning Can Help Small Firms Avoid Growing Pains
Some small firm founders hang their shingle with the intention of growing into a behemoth, and others wake up one day after a decade of steady growth to realize they've gone from a 10-attorney firm to one with 50. Either way, growth can be daunting.
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Emerge Law RE Atty Brings Cannabis Talent To Tarter Krinsky
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP is adding expertise in cannabis law to its ranks with a real estate lawyer from Emerge Law Group, the firm announced on Monday.
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As Your Firm Grows, Do You Need A Paralegal Or Assistant?
Attorneys at large law firms often enjoy plenty of nonlawyer help: paralegals, marketing professionals, an accounting department and more. By contrast, small firm lawyers and solo practitioners often have to carefully consider if hiring a support staffer is worth it. Here's the story of how some small firm lawyers have made this decision.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Shaw Keller LLP and Covington & Burling LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a federal judge overturned a Delaware jury verdict that AstraZeneca owes $107.5 million for infringing two cancer drug patents owned by a Pfizer unit.
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Texas Injury Firm's Ex-Associate Must Face Poaching Suit
A Texas state appeals court refused to dismiss a suit accusing a former associate of Daspit Law Firm PLLC of improperly poaching clients following his firing in 2022, saying his conduct isn't covered by state statute protecting citizens from retaliatory lawsuits.
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Fla. Atty Gets Second Look At Sanctions Ruling Over Mistrial
A Florida attorney and his law firm, Garrison Yount Forte & Mulcahy LLC, will get the sanctions against them reconsidered by a state trial court after a three-judge panel for Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal found they were denied a necessary hearing prior to receiving the penalties after the attorney's actions led to a mistrial in a personal injury case.
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New President Wants To Make ABA Home Of Legal Profession
Thompson Coburn LLP partner William “Bill” Bay recently assumed the presidency of the American Bar Association at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago. Here, Bay spoke with Law360 Pulse about his plans to make the organization the home of the legal profession.
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Bar Associations Issue 'Call To Action' To Law Firms On DEI
Presidents from eight of the nation's largest bar associations are asking legal industry leaders to help defend diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives against attacks from segments of the country.
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Pashman Stein Must Face NJ Atty's Malpractice Claims
A New Jersey state court has rejected Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC's bid to dismiss a malpractice counterclaim lodged against it by an attorney and former client, who the firm has argued painted an "outright deceptive narrative" to avoid paying nearly $100,000 in legal fees.
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Alston & Bird Litigator Joins Growing Texas Boutique
North Texas law firm Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP has added four attorneys, including the addition of a former Alston & Bird LLP partner who will lead the firm's commercial litigation practice in Dallas.
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Jury Says Lin Wood Must Pay $750K In Defamation Case Fees
A day after returning a $3.75 million verdict against retired Atlanta defamation attorney Lin Wood in the defamation case brought against him by three of his former law partners, a Georgia federal jury on Friday said he must also pay $750,000 toward their attorney fees and costs.
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Demo To Rollout: How Law Firms Best Navigate New Tech
Law firms should carefully conduct a demo and pilot to successfully roll out new software to staff, experts tell Law360 Pulse. Failure to do so could result in glitches, defects, delayed launches and excessive costs.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made big hires and Donald Trump's legal woes continued. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Tom Girardi Has Dementia, USC Neurologist Tells Calif. Jury
A University of Southern California neurology professor testified Thursday in Tom Girardi's California federal criminal trial that she diagnosed him with mild-to-moderate dementia months after his law firm collapsed, although the lawyer insisted at the time that his memory was fine and that he was still busily working at his firm.
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Bloom Firm Settles False Claims Act Suit Over Virus PPP Loan
Civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom, her Calabasas, California-based firm and her husband have agreed to pay a combined $274,000 to settle a rival law firm's False Claims Act suit alleging they provided false information to obtain a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lin Wood Must Pay Ex-Partners $3.75M, Ga. Jurors Say
A Georgia federal jury said Thursday that controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood must pay $3.75 million to his three former law partners and cover their attorney fees and costs, with the exact amount of those fees to be determined Friday morning.