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Law Firm Real Estate Report
A handful of firms in the Midwest and the East Coast finished out 2025 by completing relocation plans for offices in markets including Chicago, New York, Maryland, Philadelphia and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Genova Burns Taps Litigation Head As Next Managing Partner
Genova Burns LLC announced that it has a new managing partner Wednesday with the appointment of the former head of its commercial litigation practice with over 20 years of experience at the firm to the top role.
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NJ AG, Commission Call For IG Office To Fight Corruption
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and a government accountability commission he launched early in 2025 called for the creation of an inspector general's office, among other anti-corruption reform measures, in a report Wednesday.
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K&L Gates Elevates 26 To Partner Across 17 Offices
K&L Gates LLP unveiled a partner class nearly as large as the previous year's on Tuesday, elevating 26 attorneys across 17 offices.
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Margolis Edelstein Must Face Insurer's NJ Malpractice Suit
A New Jersey state court judge Tuesday denied insurance litigation firm Margolis Edelstein's bid for an early escape from a legal malpractice suit over allegedly mishandled representation of an accountant.
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Marshall Dennehey Names New Professional Liability Leaders
Marshall Dennehey has announced that new leaders are taking charge of its 140-plus-attorney professional liability department in 2026, with a Philadelphia-based shareholder stepping up as director of the group and a New Jersey-based shareholder named the assistant director.
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Rep. McIver To Face All Counts From Detention Center Scrum
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., must face the full criminal indictment accusing her of assaulting federal officers outside an immigration detention center in Newark, a New Jersey federal judge has ruled.
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Town Must Reveal Atty Behind Email 'Threat,' NJ Justices Told
A New Jersey attorney told New Jersey Supreme Court justices on Monday that when a public official discloses the substance of an email providing collegial legal advice in open court, the identity of the sender must also be disclosed under state's public records laws.
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Forum Clause Keeps Holtec Consultant's Suit In Ohio
Energy technology company Holtec International can't dismiss or move a former consultant's federal lawsuit from Ohio to New Jersey, after a judge ruled Monday that the doctrine of "forum non conveniens" generally doesn't apply to choosing between states, and the parties' contract had a valid forum selection clause choosing Ohio.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 3 Partners In NYC Area, California
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has added three new partners in New York; Palo Alto, California; and Princeton, New Jersey, marking the 80th partner the fast-growing firm has hired since the start of 2025.
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FBT Gibbons Starts With New, Expanded Post-Merger Teams
Gibbons PC and Frost Brown Todd LLP finalized their merger at the beginning of 2026 to launch FBT Gibbons LLP, creating a nationwide mid-market firm whose capabilities include a new life sciences team and an expanded white collar team, its leaders announced Monday.
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Law's Merger Momentum Brings Tidings Of Mega M&A In 2026
The second half of 2025 brought a relatively unusual uptick in U.S. law firm merger announcements as firms seek scale in an increasingly competitive legal marketplace.
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Ex-Seton Hall Prez Denies Leaking Info, Wants Suit Tossed
Seton Hall University's former president has moved to dismiss a suit from the school claiming that he leaked damaging information about his successor after he left the role, arguing that he never leaked anything and that the information in question is not confidential.
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Norton Rose Hands Out Special Bonuses To Kick Off New Year
Norton Rose Fulbright will pay out special bonuses to nearly everyone at the firm after winning a large contingent fee case, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse Monday.
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From BigLaw To Boutiques, Litigators In Hot Demand For '26
BigLaw firms and smaller trial boutiques are poised to continue ramping up hiring of litigators in 2026 due to the growing number and complexity of courtroom disputes, but economic uncertainty could complicate that picture if companies rein in their litigation spending.
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NJ Law Firms Seek Edge Amid Competitive Market In 2026
As 2026 begins, managing partners and other leaders at law firms across New Jersey told Law360 Pulse that they’re plotting out how to further build AI into their practices and keep an edge in hiring in a competitive market.
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New Jersey Cases To Watch In 2026
In the coming year, New Jersey litigators will be watching for the outcome of an appeal in a constitutional challenge to school segregation and an employment discrimination case brought by a former Johnson & Johnson attorney.
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Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
In 2025, President Donald Trump put 20 district and six circuit judges on the federal bench. In the year ahead, a fight over home state senators' ability to block district court picks could make it more difficult for him to match that record.
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BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.
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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025
Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.
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Alston & Bird Doles Out Associate Bonuses
Alston & Bird LLP has reportedly unveiled its year-end associate bonus tiers, matching the market scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP this fall.
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Schenck Price Brings On Longtime Elder Law Specialist In NJ
Schenck Price Smith & King LLP expanded its elder and special needs practice group with a partner in Florham Park, New Jersey, who joins from his own firm, Bozanian McGregor LLC.
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Top New Jersey Cases Of 2025
New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney.
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NJ Atty Disciplined For Leaving Client Claims In 'Limbo'
The New Jersey Supreme Court last week reprimanded an attorney who left clients in "limbo" for years over their potential environmental contamination claims against drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb.
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Media Companies Seek $520K Fees In Severance Suit
A360 Media LLC and Bauer Media Group USA LLC are urging a New Jersey federal judge to award them more than $520,000 in attorney fees and costs after defeating a former executive's ERISA severance suit, arguing they prevailed over a bad-faith claim by the exec and he should be saddled with the legal fees to deter others.
Expert Analysis
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
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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Series
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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.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
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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Series
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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.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.
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COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
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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Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law
It 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.