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New York Law Journal

In Multipronged Landlord-'Holdover' Tenant Fight, $25M Suit Against Tenant Remains Stayed

The Appellate Division, First Department court ruling represents another piece of the heated litigation between the tenant and the building owner, and, in a sense, prominent lawyer Bailey.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Trial Firm Meadows Collier Picks Up 2 Dallas Commercial Litigators

Craig Simon and Paula Reichenstein joined Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins, Crouch & Ungerman in Dallas, the second group of litigators to depart the Dallas firm now known as Deary Ray this week.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Trump Lawyer Chris Kise Joins National Boutique as Large Firms Retreat From Political Battles

"Big Law has been impacted by 'cancel culture,'" said Jesus Suarez, co-founder of Continental PLLC. "They can't represent anyone who has been canceled by the 'wokesters.'"
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

After 25 Years, Houston Trial Boutique Hicks Thomas Preps for Another 25

Trial boutique Hicks Thomas, founded in 1997 by 10 litigators who left Andrews & Kurth is giving younger partners more responsibility to ensure the firm has staying power. 
6 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Sides With Law Firm in Legal Malpractice Suit, Finding Plaintiff-Attorney Filed Too Late

"Plaintiff, a lawyer admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts, had three years from June 17, 2016, or, in other words, to June 17, 2019, to investigate and determine whether he had basis to bring a legal malpractice case against [EFC]," Magistrate Judge Katherine A. Robertson wrote. "Indeed, he apparently did so, since Thomas Murphy notified [EFC] by letter dated August 3, 2016, that [EFC] should put its liability carrier on notice of a potential liability claim. Plaintiff nonetheless failed to timely file this case."
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Southwest Fla. Law Firms Remain Closed After Nearly 3,000 Lawyers Took Direct Hit from Hurricane Ian

The 70-mile corridor from Naples to Sarasota saw storm surge in excess of six feet—twice as high in some places.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Veteran Manhattan Real Estate Lawyer Disbarred for 'Willfully' Misappropriating $600K

A veteran real estate attorney in Manhattan was disbarred Tuesday after acknowledging that he can't defend against allegations that he willfully misappropriated $600,000 in attorney escrow account funds tied to a client's real estate transaction.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Boutique Creates C-Suite Diversity Role

Securities litigation boutique Saxena White pushes the needle on diversity by creating a director level DEI role.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Rawle & Henderson's Data Breach Was 'Small' but Spate of Hacks Highlights Vulnerabilities That Come With Remote Work

"There are breaches with thousands, tens of thousands and up affected," Whiteford Taylor Preston attorney Howard Feldman said. "Good for them if it was that limited. In the scheme of things, this seems to be a fairly small breach."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Judge Dismisses 'Malicious Media Campaign' $25M Tort Suit Against Alleged Holdover Tenant's Lawyer

In throwing out a tortious-interference-with-economic-advantage claim levied against prominent real estate lawyer Adam Leitman Bailey, the judge said Bailey and his firm "were acting to zealously represent their client and not solely to harm plaintiff, and plaintiff has failed to allege any business relationship that was interfered with."
7 minute read

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