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With Malpractice Claim, Kasowitz Gets 'Some of Its Own Medicine'

Christine Simmons | August 15, 2018

"Now Kasowitz is getting some of its own medicine," said Stephen Meister of Meister Seelig & Fein, the defendant in an earlier malpractice case handled by Kasowitz Benson Torres.

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AT&T Hit With $224M 'SIM Swap' Suit for Cryptocurrency Theft

Ross Todd | August 15, 2018

Entrepreneur Michael Terpin sued the phone carrier, claiming that it should be held liable for fraudsters who hijacked his mobile phone number to steal about $24 million worth of cryptocurrency. The suit also seeks $200 million in punitive damages.

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In Closing Argument, Manafort Defense Goes After Rick Gates’ Credibility

C. Ryan Barber | August 15, 2018

Defense attorneys described the government as “so desperate” to get Manafort, that they cut a plea deal with Gates that might allow him to walk free.

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Daily Dicta: Tinder Founders Swipe Right on Gibson Dunn’s Orin Snyder in $2B Suit

Jenna Greene | August 15, 2018

In a New York State Supreme Court lawsuit, Tinder co-founders and key employees allege that the parent companies manipulated financial information to undercut the value of their stock options.

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Manafort Prosecutors Used the Few Tools Available to Confront Tough Judges

C. Ryan Barber | August 14, 2018

The Manafort judge's interventionist style prompted discussions in legal circles and on cable talk shows about whether he had gone too far, with some observers arguing the judge’s hands-on approach and regular rebukes against prosecutors would have been fodder for a mistrial if the defense had been on the receiving end.

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Murder of Mayer Brown Partner Shocks Colleagues, Appellate Bar

Ryan Lovelace | August 14, 2018

Stephen Shapiro's sudden death sparked an outpouring of reactions and remembrances from friends and fellow practitioners.

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In Manafort Trial, Defense Lawyers Get Their Turn

Mike Scarcella Mike Scarcella | August 13, 2018

U.S. prosecutors rested their case Monday against Paul Manafort, the first Mueller defendant to go to trial. Now it's the defense lawyers' turn in Virginia federal court. We'll learn a lot more Tuesday morning.

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Daily Dicta: Paying for Plaintiffs? RICO Suit Accuses California Firm of Bribing Plaintiffs

Jenna Greene | August 13, 2018

In an explosive lawsuit, a Southern California firm is accused of bribing cash-strapped 20-somethings to serve as lead plaintiffs and submit false testimony.

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In Apparent Overdose, Litigation Funding Pioneer Found Dead at 51

Roy Strom | August 13, 2018

Dennis Shields, also the on-again, off-again boyfriend of "The Real Housewives of New York City" star Bethenny Frankel, died from an apparent overdose.

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Jury Slams Monsanto With $289M Verdict Over Roundup Weed Killer

Amanda Bronstad | August 10, 2018

Jurors awarded $39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to plaintiff DeWayne “Lee” Johnson.

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Veteran Special Master in 'Florida v. Georgia' Water Dispute Discharged by Supreme Court

Tony Mauro | August 10, 2018

No matter what the reason for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, it will reduce future litigation costs for both Florida and Georgia as the fact-finding continues.

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Plaintiffs Lawyers Claim Apple Is Hiding Right to Sue from iPhone Throttling Customers

Amanda Bronstad | August 09, 2018

Plaintiffs lawyers are asking Apple to stop all communications with customers about refunds and replacements unless they notify them about their right to sue. A hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 28.

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Icahn Ordered to Resume Deposition in Wachtell Malpractice Case

Christine Simmons | August 09, 2018

Wachtell said questioning the investor and former President Donald Trump adviser about energy policy is relevant to his credibility, arguing Icahn-controlled CVR Energy sued the firm because "he does not like Wachtell. It was brought as payback."

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In Retaliation Suit, Ex-Morgan Stanley Lawyer Claims He Was Pushed Out for Raising Corruption Concerns

C. Ryan Barber | August 09, 2018

U.S. labor judge confronts "unsettled" litigation-funding issue in whistleblower Christopher Garvey's case against the investment bank. Morgan Stanley contends Garvey, who was based in Hong Kong, voluntarily resigned.

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In Formal Grievance, Immigration Judges Say their Independence Is 'Under Siege'

Max Mitchell | August 08, 2018

Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor, the head of the immigration judges' union, filed a grievance with the DOJ's Executive Office of Immigration Review over the removal of a colleague in Philadelphia.

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Daily Dicta: As California Burns, PG&E Taps Cravath, Wilson Sonsini and Quinn to Contain Massive Liability

Jenna Greene | August 08, 2018

Once again, California is burning—and the potential liability for Pacific Gas & Electric is reaching staggering proportions.

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GOP Congressman Chris Collins Charged in Insider Trading Conspiracy

Colby Hamilton | August 08, 2018

The upstate New York Republican allegedly passed along nonpublic information to his son from an Australian drug company whose board he sat on in 2017, Manhattan federal prosecutors said.

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Feds Want Orrick out in Jawbone Trade Secrets Case

Ross Todd | August 06, 2018

The lead prosecutor in a trade secret case against six former Jawbone employees who left for Fitbit claims that Orrick and partner Randy Luskey are conflicted since they previously represented Fitbit and co-defendants in the investigation and prior civil litigation with Jawbone.

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In Wachtell Malpractice Suit Deposition, Carl Icahn Gets Testy

Christine Simmons | August 03, 2018

“Why don’t you say how are you getting along with your wife, and we can discuss that now?” Carl Icahn told a lawyer from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz during a heated deposition that ended quickly.

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Appellate Star Lisa Blatt Steps Into Fray, Backing Kavanaugh Nomination

Mike Scarcella | August 02, 2018

"I expect my friends on the left will criticize me for speaking up for Kavanaugh. But we all benefit from having smart, qualified and engaged judges on our highest court, regardless of the administration that nominates them," Lisa Blatt, a top appellate lawyer, wrote in an op-ed at Politico in support of the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Coalition of 20 State AGs Vow to Sue Over EPA's Fuel Efficiency Rollback

Dan M. Clark | August 02, 2018

The state attorneys general said in a joint statement that reversing the Obama-era regulation would be detrimental to the health of their residents and leave them paying more for gas.

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'Rein in Your Facial Expressions,' Manafort Trial Judge Tells Lawyers

Nate Robson Nate Robson | August 01, 2018

Judge T.S. Ellis III admonished both sides on the second day of the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax and bank fraud trial in Virginia.

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Arnold & Porter Resolves $214M Malpractice Suit by Billionaire Rennert

Scott Flaherty | July 31, 2018

The law firm and The Renco Group Inc., an investment business controlled by billionaire Ira Rennert, filed a stipulation of discontinuance on Monday, looking to officially end a $214 million malpractice case against Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.

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'Something Went Horribly Wrong, but Nothing Was Done' Ex-Wilson Elser Partner Says in Dispute with Firm

Christine Simmons | July 10, 2018

Former partner Kym Cushing said the stress of his position became too much, and he was in a "drunken stupor" when he deposited firm funds in his personal account.

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Judge Tosses $140M AndroGel Verdict as Inconsistent

Amanda Bronstad | July 06, 2018

The ruling is another setback for plaintiffs lawyers in the low-testosterone multidistrict litigation.

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First Trial Linking Monsanto's Roundup to Cancer Set to Open

Amanda Bronstad | July 06, 2018

Opening statements in the first trial over whether Monsanto's Roundup herbicide caused a user to get cancer are set to begin on Monday in San Francisco.

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Houston Federal Judge Gets Slapped by Fifth Circuit for Alleged Sexist Remarks

John Council | July 05, 2018

Lambasting a female prosecutor, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes told her, "We didn’t let girls do it in the old days.”

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White House Acted in Bad Faith Over Census Citizenship Question, Judge Rules

Dan M. Clark | July 03, 2018

A Manhattan federal court judge on Tuesday made a preliminary finding that there was “strong” evidence the Trump administration acted in bad faith when deciding to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census in ruling to move forward New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s lawsuit over the question about citizenship.

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Court in Missouri Tosses $55M Talc Verdict

Amanda Bronstad | July 03, 2018

The Missouri Court of Appeals decision on June 29 is the third ruling to reverse a jury award against Johnson & Johnson over its baby powder, which thousands of lawsuits have alleged caused women to get ovarian cancer.

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Law Firm Loses Bid to Force Yelp to Remove Bad Review

Cheryl Miller | July 02, 2018

"With this decision, online publishers in California can be assured that they cannot be lawfully forced to remove third-party speech through enterprising abuses of the legal system, and those of us that use such platforms to express ourselves cannot be easily silenced through such tactics either," Yelp deputy general counsel Aaron Schur said in a blog post.

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'Army' of Lawyers on Standby to Back Kavanaugh

Ryan Lovelace | July 02, 2018

A swath of Washington's legal establishment is ready to jump into action if Brett Kavanaugh gets the nod this month.

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Labaton Calls Report Railing Against Lawyers' Conduct in State Street Case 'Unmoored'

Scott Flaherty | June 29, 2018

After a special master tapped to review overbilling in a $75 million legal fee award in a securities class action settlement faulted Labaton Sucharow and its co-counsel, the firm fired off criticisms of its own.

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From Boom to Bust, Big Law CFPB Practices Tank Under Trump

Miriam Rozen | June 29, 2018

What was once a revenue driver for several large firms has now slowed to a trickle, although some have managed to adjust in a new regulatory environment.

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$500M Award Against Facebook-Owned Oculus Halved

John Council | June 28, 2018

U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade has cut in half last year's $500 million award against Facebook-owned Oculus in a case in which a jury found that the company directly infringed on virtual reality technology owned by ZeniMax Media.

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Chhabria Hits NPE and Its Law Firm With $222K Sanction for 'Impossible' Patent Claims

Scott Graham | June 28, 2018

Quarterhill subsidiary Smart Wearable Technologies and Friedman, Suder & Cooke were 'plainly irresponsible and frivolous' in patent case against Fitbit, judge rules.

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What Brett Kavanaugh Says About Indicting a Sitting President

Ellis Kim | June 28, 2018

"A serious constitutional question exists regarding whether a president can be criminally indicted and tried while in office," D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote in an article in 2009. What's one check against a "bad-behaving or law-breaking" president? Impeachment, Kavanaugh wrote.

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Conservative Women Lawyers Mobilize for Kennedy Replacement to Overturn 'Roe v. Wade'

Ryan Lovelace | June 28, 2018

With the fate of abortion rights bound to be central to the fight to replace Justice Kennedy, women on the right will be key messengers for the president's nominee.

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Camper Struck By Falling Tree Settles for Record $47.5M

Amanda Bronstad | June 27, 2018

A young man whose leg was amputated after a 75-foot tree fell on him while camping has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $47.5 million, the largest personal injury settlement for a single plaintiff in California, according to his lawyers.

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Jones Day Says Bias Suit Breached Partnership Pact; Ogletree Plaintiffs Reload Again

Scott Flaherty | June 27, 2018

Jones Day is looking to put a lid on a gender discrimination suit brought by former partner Wendy Moore, while women suing Ogletree Deakins are seeking to add new allegations.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Faces $1.2M Asset Seizure in Venezuelan Dispute

Dan Packel | June 27, 2018

A Northern Virginia-based Venezuelan attorney has been battling the firm for two decades over benefits he says he was denied after being fired from predecessor Macleod Dixon.

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Apple and Samsung Call a Truce in Long-Running Smartphone War

Scott Graham | June 27, 2018

A confidential settlement ends the seven years of litigation that included multiple nine-figure verdicts and a seminal Supreme Court design patents decision.

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US Appeals Court Won't Force Former GC to Testify at Grand Jury

C. Ryan Barber | June 27, 2018

“Declining to hold the government to the terms of an agreement it struck would discourage private entities from cooperating with the government in the future," the 4th Circuit said Wednesday.

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Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement, Setting Stage for Nomination Battle

Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | June 27, 2018

"Please permit me by this letter to express my profound gratitude for having had the privilege to seek in each case how best to know, interpret, and defend the Constitution and the laws that must always conform to its mandates and promises," Kennedy said in a letter to President Trump.

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Case Over Fatal Phila. Food Truck Explosion Resolved in $160M Pretrial Accord

Max Mitchell | June 27, 2018

What began with a fatal explosion inside a North Philadelphia food truck has ended with a resolution that several attorneys involved called the largest global pretrial personal injury settlement in Pennsylvania history.

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In Cities' Climate Case, Alsup Points Plaintiffs to the Political Branches

Ross Todd | June 26, 2018

In dismissing a lawsuit brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against five large oil companies, Judge William Alsup wrote that climate change "deserves a solution on a more vast scale than can be supplied by a district judge or jury in a public nuisance case."

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Legal Malpractice Payouts and Defense Costs Increase: Study

Scott Flaherty | June 26, 2018

Eight of the nine leading professional liability insurers in a newly released survey said they've participated in legal malpractice payouts of at least $20 million.

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Clarence Thomas, Alone, Asserts National Injunctions Are 'Historically Dubious'

Marcia Coyle | June 26, 2018

“These injunctions did not emerge until a century and a half after the founding," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion in the travel ban case Trump v. Hawaii. "And they appear to be inconsistent with longstanding limits on equitable relief and the power of Article III courts. If their popularity continues, this court must address their legality.”

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Former Texas Lawyer Gets Prison for Suing on Behalf of Clients He'd Never Met

John Council | June 26, 2018

A former South Texas attorney has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and barratry for filing numerous…

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DOMA Slayer Kaplan Brings On Debevoise Partner, Renames Firm

Dan Packel | June 26, 2018

One year after leaving Paul Weiss to start her own firm, Roberta Kaplan has brought on a new name partner from Debevoise to the rebranded Kaplan Hecker & Fink.

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A New Litigation Funding Firm Launches With an Industry Veteran

Roy Strom | June 26, 2018

Validity Capital is the name of a new, $250 million-backed litigation funding firm led by an industry veteran.

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