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After Battling Cancer, Boies Schiller Rainmaker Stuart Singer Tackles Something New: Day-to-Day Firm Management

Singer, who took time away from his busy litigation practice in 2022 to battle non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, became one of Boies Schiller's three co-managing partners earlier this year at a moment of transition for the firm.
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Q&A

Litigation Leaders: Casey Laffey of Reed Smith on Being 'More Prepared Than the Other Side'

"We are focused on continuing to grow in hot-button areas like tech and data class actions, insolvency, managed care, and cross-border disputes."
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Litigators of the Week: Feds Drop Charges Against Maryland Lawyer Facing Fraud Case Over $12M in Somali Funds

After four years of pretrial litigation by a defense team at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld team led by Paul Butler, Allison Coffin and Madeline Bardi, federal prosecutors dropped all charges against Maryland attorney Jeremy Schulman last week.
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Quick Takes

Another Loaded Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Lawyers at Selendy Gay landed what appears to be the largest damages award ever in an earnout dispute in Delaware. David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp secured a win for the family of murder victim Hae Min Lee at the Maryland Supreme Court.
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Becoming 'America's Largest Injury Firm': Why Morgan & Morgan Isn't Hurting for Business

A look at how the firm John Morgan founded in 1988 has expanded to more than 100 offices–at least one in all 50 states—with more than 1,000 attorneys firmwide.
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For Sheppard Mullin Pro Bono Team, Three Big Disability Rights Wins in One Day

Sheppard Mullin pro bono partner Daniel Brown began working on disability rights issues after his brother became a wheelchair user after a spinal cord injury.
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New Revenue Streams: Transform unprofitable practices into thriving businesses

Learn how Gen AI can help lawyers to transform unprofitable practices into new revenue streams.
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Conversation

Talking Shop About Tom Girardi's Criminal Trial With My Colleague Amanda Bronstad

Last week a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted former powerhouse plaintiffs lawyer Tom Girardi of four counts of wire fraud in cases where his clients weren't paid what they were due in settlements. We discussed the trial with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad, who has covered Girardi for two decades and was at the trial each day.
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Editor's Letter

Litigator of the Week (Updated) FAQs

An overview of the weekly Litigator of the Week feature.
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Podcast

Be Likable, Tell the Story Right: Mike Lynch/Autonomy Trial Left As Much Out as Was Allowed In

ALM reporter Maria Dinzeo covered the Lynch trial and she speaks with Legal Speak's Patrick Smith about the hap