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Gibbons Brings On Retired NJ Federal Judge As ADR Leader
Gibbons PC has added recently retired U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman from the District Court of New Jersey to take charge of its alternative dispute resolution practice, the Newark, New Jersey-based firm announced.
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NJSBA Awards $6.4M In Grants To Fund Law School Clinics
The charitable arm of the New Jersey State Bar Association announced Monday it has awarded nearly $6.5 million in multiyear grants to fund 14 law school clinics at Seton Hall Law School and Rutgers Law Schools in both Camden and Newark, the largest investment in its history.
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Menendez Loses Bid To Suppress Gold Bars In Bribery Case
A New York federal judge on Monday refused to suppress explosive evidence — including gold bars, cash and an engagement ring — the federal government unearthed in its second bribery case against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and his associates, reasoning that the omissions the embattled New Jersey Democrat targeted in prosecutors' affidavits weren't material.
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Houser Reports Data Breach Affected 325,000 People
Houser LLP experienced a data breach beginning in May that affected more than 325,000 people, the law firm said in a regulatory filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General posted Wednesday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Susman Godfrey LLP and Truelove Law Firm lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a Texas state jury awarded $287 million to Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN in a contract dispute with Samsung Electronics Co.
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NJ Firm Loses Early Bid To Toss Atty's Fee-Split Row
A New Jersey state judge on Friday refused to toss an attorney's claims that she's entitled to a nearly $425,000 cut of a foreclosure case settlement from when she served as an of counsel for Katz & Dougherty LLC, ruling that the firm's dismissal motion targeting an alleged "made-up" contract was premature.
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Golf Club Settles Claims Trump Atty Illegally Pushed NDA
A Trump Organization golf club has settled a former server's claims that she was illegally induced to sign a nondisclosure agreement by one of Donald Trump's lawyers, Alina Habba, reopening the door for the ex-employee to pursue claims that she was sexually harassed on the job.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
February ended with a bang as BigLaw made moves and the Supreme Court waded into former President Donald Trump’s legal woes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Clerk Database Founder On Cruel Judges, Law School Inertia
This month, the Legal Accountability Project will launch an online clerkship database consisting of more than 800 reviews of state and federal judges. Access will be limited to law students undergoing the clerkship application process and seeking honest assessments of their would-be bosses.
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Menendez Associate Pleads Guilty In Bribe Case
A New Jersey insurance broker pled guilty Friday to bribing Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine, by buying her a Mercedes-Benz convertible, under an agreement to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
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Walsh Pizzi Adds 2nd Retired NJ Federal Judge To ADR Group
Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP announced Friday that it has strengthened the firm's mediation and arbitration lineup with former U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Arpert, marking the second time in recent years that the firm has brought on a retired New Jersey federal magistrate judge.
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NJ Gaming Enforcer Cashes Out, Retiring After 13 Years
After guiding New Jersey's gambling industry through 13 years of change, including the start of legal internet casino gambling and sports wagering, David L. Rebuck is retiring as director of the state's Division of Gaming Enforcement, or DGE, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Thursday.
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How Aspiring GCs Can Be Sure Their Comp Packages Are Fair
The beginning of proxy season is upon us, which means we can gain insight into compensation packages for public companies' legal chiefs. But how can lawyers, especially those stepping into their first general counsel role, be sure their own compensation is fair and reasonable?
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Fox Rothschild Wants Atty Gag Order In NJ Malpractice Suit
Fox Rothschild LLP asked a New Jersey federal court Thursday to impose a gag order on an attorney who recently called it a "corrupt organization" and threatened criminal prosecution, claiming those comments — made in a malpractice lawsuit over allegedly botched immigration work — are a cynical ploy to extort the firm into "a lucrative settlement."
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Troutman Pepper Launches Team To Address Cyberattacks
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP is addressing the threat to businesses from cyberattacks and data breaches with a new incidents and investigations team led by firm veterans on both sides of the country with deep expertise in data security and privacy issues.
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Ex-McElroy Deutsch Exec Seeks Docs In NJ Retaliation Suit
A former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP executive, who is accused with her husband of stealing more than $3 million from the firm, has taken up another discovery fight in her lawsuit against the firm, arguing she should have access to memos from the exit interviews of ex-employees alleging gender disparities at the firm.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
The expansion of law firm footprints in North Carolina and Florida, a couple of homecomings in Minnesota and Sarasota, Florida, and the completion of a multimillion-dollar renovation in Houston were among some of the biggest real estate moves for law firms in February.
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Inside BigLaw's 'Tremendous' Hunger For Restructuring Attys
Even as the economy appears poised to pick up steam in 2024, BigLaw firms are still aggressively adding restructuring capabilities, with a number of recent lateral hires reflecting the glut of work still to be found in the practice area.
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NJ Panel Says Ex-City Prosecutor Not Eligible For Pension
A former municipal prosecutor was not a city employee but a professional service provider, a New Jersey appellate panel held Thursday, stripping him of seven years of pension participation and credits.
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Saiber Adds Ex-Puerto Rico Gaming Commission Leader In NJ
Saiber LLC announced Thursday that it has expanded its gaming law practice group with the former executive director of the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission to help the Garden State firm's clients make their entries into the Latin American market.
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DLA Piper Names New Global Managing Partner
DLA Piper announced Thursday that partner Richard Chesley will step into the newly created role of global managing partner to oversee the development of cross-border business initiatives and expansion of global relationships.
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Retainer Signature Dispute Ends In Nixing Of NJ Billing Suit
A New Jersey law firm cannot pursue claims for unpaid bills against the operators of a nursing home it once represented, an appellate panel has ruled, upholding a trial court's finding that, because the individuals did not sign a retainer agreement as individuals, they cannot be personally liable.
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Gov't Attys Must Mind Confidential Info Or Be DQ'd, ABA Says
Both current and former government attorneys who take on private clients should look out for instances where their possession of "confidential government information" calls for them to be disqualified from representing a client, according to the latest guidance from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, released Wednesday.
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Judge's Ethics Case Over Aide's Remote Work Raises Doubts
An ethics complaint against a New Jersey state judge for allowing his secretary to work remotely shows Garden State jurists are on a short leash in running their chambers, but the unusual case has left some questioning whether the conduct merits disciplinary charges.
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US Trustee Taps Ex-Prosecutor To Be FTX Examiner
The U.S. Trustee's Office has urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to allow Robert Cleary, a former U.S. attorney who is now with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, to investigate FTX's finances as an examiner in the defunct cryptocurrency company's Chapter 11 case.