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Winston & Strawn LLP is the latest firm to match the 2024 associate bonus first put forward by Milbank LLP, with adjustments for associates who fall short of the minimum hours threshold while offering extra bonuses for those who "substantially" exceed their productivity goals.
The New Jersey attorney general has named Preet Bharara, a partner at WilmerHale and a former U.S. attorney, to head a criminal investigation into a significant drop in speeding and drunken driving tickets written by the State Police.
A New Jersey attorney facing a lawsuit from Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC over $90,000 in unpaid legal fees has alleged in state court that the firm unethically threatened to sue his sister-in-law's law firm as he sought to bring counterclaims.
Corporate law departments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools as they face pressure to control costs and meet growing demands for legal services amid flat headcount, according to survey results released Wednesday.
Following President Joe Biden's veto threat of a bill to add more federal judgeships, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts warned Wednesday that there is an urgent need for more judges despite the White House's claim that there's no immediate need to create more seats.
A Black-owned investment firm accusing BlackRock Inc. and New Jersey of squeezing it out of a lucrative contract are urging a federal court to disqualify Connell Foley LLP from representing the state, claiming the firm used privileged information from an attorney who has advised it throughout the dispute in a separate action.
The director of the Division of Law in the New Jersey Office of Attorney General is returning to private practice at Lowenstein Sandler LLP, making way for the division's deputy to ascend to the top role.
A New Jersey lawyer has been hit with pregnancy discrimination and whistleblower claims by a former attorney at his firm who alleges that she was punished after announcing her pregnancy and for reporting what she believed to be fraudulent billing practices.
The New Jersey state appeals court on Tuesday affirmed the removal of a workers' compensation judge in part over comments she made calling fellow judges "snake" and "thief," finding Gov. Phil Murphy followed the applicable rules in taking her off the bench.
Multiple Boies Schiller Flexner LLP associates will receive bonuses of $1 million or more this week due to a banner 2024 from numerous wins at trial and significant settlements on behalf of plaintiffs and victims, the firm said Tuesday.
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto legislation that would increase the number of federal judgeships nationwide after the measure lost support among Democrats postelection.
The House is poised to vote on a bipartisan bill to add the much-sought additional judgeships, but President Joe Biden's support is in question.
A New Jersey judge has officially transferred a whistleblower suit from Seton Hall University's former president against the school and some of its leaders to Hudson County, rejecting a bid from Seton Hall to keep the case in Essex County.
Houston trial boutique Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing PC has joined the growing number of law firms to match the 2024 associate bonus scale first put forward by Milbank LLP, at least in part, according to a Monday report.
Riker Danzig LLP is striking out from its longtime home in Morristown, New Jersey, announcing recently it is moving to a new office at the Giralda Farms professional campus in Madison, New Jersey.
The trial of Nadine Menendez on corruption charges is set to start in January, a Manhattan federal judge said Monday, after hearing that a potential defense scheduling conflict over a U.S. Capitol insurrection-related case will likely "evaporate" when Donald Trump takes office.
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge that evidence that was mistakenly loaded onto a laptop given to the jury that convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., of bribery charges most likely wasn't seen by the jurors and didn't impact their verdict in a way that would merit a new trial.
The New Jersey-based litigator who represented Donald Trump in suits that saddled him with multimillion-dollar civil judgments will serve as his counselor when he returns to the White House, the president-elect said Sunday in announcing a new round of picks for his upcoming administration.
A new report from a team of New Jersey housing experts found that as many as 29,000 tenants and tenant families may be evicted in the Garden State every year based on legally deficient complaints. Now they’re calling for greater oversight in the state’s landlord-tenant courts.
A bipartisan bill to create more federal judgeships to meet increasing caseloads is on the House's schedule for next week, but its support from some Democrats appears to be waning.
Mandelbaum Barrett PC defeated a disqualification motion Friday in a pharmacy ownership dispute, with a New Jersey state appeals court ruling that a former Mandelbaum Barrett attorney's previous work for the pharmacies was not relevant to the current case.
Securitas Security Services USA Inc. has added a longtime in-house pro and assistant general counsel at payroll and human resources firm ADP as its new general counsel for North America, according to an announcement from the Parsippany, New Jersey-based company.
A New Jersey judge on Friday denied Fox Rothschild LLP's bid to exit a malpractice suit in which two sisters alleged that a lawyer now at the firm bungled a 1984 property deed and 1993 trust belonging to their late stepfather, depriving them of a lucrative land parcel, reasoning that disputed facts keep the suit alive.
Two more boutique firms have gotten in on the bonus action, with Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP and Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP announcing Friday they'll be matching the associate cash bonuses set by Milbank LLP and followed by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
The U.S. legal sector saw job growth continue in November, logging its third consecutive month of increases after a four-month decline earlier this year, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload?Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
What is the firm's data on profit per partner? How do the rainmakers seal deals without pre-COVID-19 pricey dinners? Is the firm financially stable? These are the kinds of partner-level questions associates are now asking before choosing a new firm, which points to a major shift in the lateral landscape, say Kate Reder Sheikh and Rebecca Glatzer at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In LawIt falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.