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Murphy's Legacy: 3 Political Battles Of NJ Gov.'s Tenure
From bare-knuckled fights over "millionaires taxes" to a court showdown that brought about the collapse of the state's "county line" ballot system, Gov. Phil Murphy's eight-year run as New Jersey governor had its share of major political and legal battles.
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Murphy's Legacy: How The Governor Reshaped NJ Business
As Democrat Phil Murphy concludes his second term as governor, New Jersey's economy reflects a mix of lasting reforms, pandemic‑era scars and regulatory shifts that continue to shape how businesses operate and workers are protected in the Garden State.
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Murphy's Legacy: NJ Gov. Leaves Historic Mark On Judiciary
After eight years in office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy made a lasting impact on the state court system with his bench appointments and bail reform efforts, while leaving behind a mixed legacy over a fiercely contested judicial privacy statute.
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Murphy's Legacy: Tackling Some Of NJ's 'Intractable' Issues
When New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took office, he had his pick of policy challenges that had plagued the Garden State for years. The state's pension fund had been underfunded for decades, municipalities had been locked in litigation over their affordable housing obligations, and the state's public transit system needed a major overhaul.
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Connell Foley Brings On Longtime Gibbons Leader In NJ
Connell Foley LLP added Gibbons PC's former managing director and executive chairperson of nearly 20 years as a corporate law partner this week.
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Ogletree's New Data Chief Hopes AI Use Becomes Widespread
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC recently promoted Timothy Fox to the newly created role of chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Here, Fox spoke with Law360 Pulse about what he wants to accomplish in the role and his hopes for widespread generative AI adoption in the legal industry.
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DOJ Calls On 3rd Circ. To Rethink Habba DQ Ruling
In a request for rehearing en banc filed Wednesday, the federal government asked the Third Circuit to reconsider its decision blocking Alina Habba from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, saying the issue is "of exceptional importance."
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Cole Schotz Heads Celebrate 100 Years Of Continuity, Success
While a 100th anniversary is always cause for celebration, Cole Schotz PC reaching the milestone resonates especially strongly for a midsize firm succeeding at a time when a number of its peers have consolidated, merged or shut down altogether, its managing shareholder told Law360 Pulse.
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GCs Uneasy, Wary Of Litigation Amid Tight Budgets In 2026
Cybersecurity risks keep escalating and employment disputes remain a challenge while general counsel also face changing enforcement priorities and tightening budgets, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Rapidly Expanding Clark Hill Names Chief Growth Officer
Following several years of growth via lateral hires and combinations, Clark Hill PLC has tapped the former co-leader of its litigation practice group to take on the new role of chief growth officer, the firm announced Wednesday.
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NJ Gov. Says Ex-Elections Chief's Admission Fatal To Case
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy told a state court judge that a suit by former elections chief Jeffrey Brindle should be completely dismissed because his decision to write a satirical article in his official capacity invalidates his First Amendment claim as it applies to his continued employment in the role.
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Beasley Allen Talc Work Sends 'Bad Signal,' J&J Says
Johnson & Johnson's talc unit told a New Jersey appeals panel on Tuesday that a lower court's ruling permitting Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys to represent plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over its talc-based baby powder "sends a very bad signal" to the state bar.
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Flaster Greenberg Names 3 Pa. Attys To Board Of Directors
Midsize firm Flaster Greenberg has recently expanded its board of directors with the addition of three attorneys based out of the firm's offices in the Philadelphia region.
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Ogletree, Littler, Norton Rose Announce New Innovation Roles
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Littler Mendelson PC and Norton Rose Fulbright have all announced new innovation appointments and hires this week.
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Law Firms Bet Big On Tech Leadership In 2025
The latest wave of leadership moves shows law firms increasingly adding tech-savvy executives to drive innovation and transformation, as firms race to keep pace with emerging technologies, shifting client expectations and intensifying market pressures.
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Ex‑NJ Judge's Trial Postponed Amid Police Immunity Appeal
A New Jersey federal civil rights suit brought by a former state court judge against Woodbridge Township and two police officers stalled Monday, just days before a trial was set to commence, after the officers filed an interlocutory appeal challenging the court's refusal to grant them qualified immunity.
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Collaborative Approach Helps Chartwell Grow To 300 Attys
With the addition of a handful of lateral hires at the start of the new year, Chartwell Law Offices LLP has crossed the 300-attorney mark and evolved from what started 24 years ago as a four-person insurance law boutique operating in the Philadelphia suburbs into a 39-office firm.
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Wilson Elser Promotes 41 Attorneys to Partnership
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has named its partner class for 2026, promoting 41 attorneys and outdoing last year's class by seven attorneys, the firm announced Monday.
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NJ US Atty Office's 3-Person Leadership Unlawful, Court Told
Criminal defendants in the District of New Jersey are challenging the three-person leadership structure now in place at the Garden State's U.S. attorney's office following the disqualification of Alina Habba, telling the court their due process rights have been violated by the allegedly unlawful system.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a ruling in which Apple beat claims it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data so it could create rival software.
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NJ Justices Nix Atty Registration Fee Hike After Bar Pushback
The New Jersey Supreme Court has rejected a request to raise the annual registration fee for attorneys after the state's bar association complained that a proposed $27 hike for certain attorneys, following prior year increases, was too much at a time when they and their firms face "significantly increasing operational costs."
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Cozen O'Connor Lobbying Arm Lands Former Verizon Exec
Cozen O'Connor's government relations affiliate added Verizon's former head of lobbying for New Jersey as a principal in its Cherry Hill location this week.
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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-BigLaw Tax Atty Goes All In On Solo Practice
After a long legal career that’s included stints at Big Four accounting firm KPMG, Nike and several BigLaw firms, there was only one final frontier left for New Jersey tax attorney Jeremy Abrams to explore after leaving Foley & Lardner last month: hanging his own shingle.
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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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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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.