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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.
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Behind Benesch's Strategy To Add And Keep BigLaw Laterals
Mid-sized Ohio-based firm Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has become an attractive destination for a certain type of BigLaw lateral partner, attracting a notable number over the past six months from firms such as Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jenner & Block LLP.
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Sills Cummis Brings On Cohen Seglias Construction Pro In NJ
Sills Cummis & Gross PC has added a former Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC construction law specialist to its Newark, New Jersey, office.
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Atty Isn't Liable As Husband's Firm Partner, NJ Panel Says
A New Jersey appellate panel on Tuesday said retired attorney Gail Beran isn't liable for malpractice in connection with her husband's failure to file a bankruptcy on time, because his then-clients didn't rely on the idea that she was a partner when they decided to hire the firm.
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Law Firm Leasing Activity Reaches Pre-Pandemic Level
Major firm relocations in late 2023, including Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's December deal for a 20-year lease in a midtown Manhattan skyscraper, helped fuel the hottest legal office space market since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NJ Panel Rebuffs Patent Atty In Breakup Feud With Ex-Firm
The efforts of a Garden State intellectual property lawyer to get additional compensation when he cashed out of a law firm partnership in 2019 were rebuffed Tuesday by a New Jersey appellate panel, which tossed his appeal but sent the question of $830,000 in attorney fees back to the trial court for reconsideration.
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Law Firm Must Pay Rust-Oleum After Expert Divulged Formula
A New Jersey federal judge has ordered de Luca Levine to pay attorney fees to Rust-Oleum Corp. amid ongoing litigation over property damage that allegedly occurred when a company wood stain caused a house fire, saying the firm failed to obey a discovery confidentiality order.
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Feds Want Classified Info Shield In Menendez Bribery Case
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge to shield classified information they plan to introduce in the bribery case against Sen. Robert Menendez.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Michael Baylson
Though his standing order on lawyers writing briefs using artificial intelligence — one of the first in the country to address the technology — is fairly broad, Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says he's "not banning AI."
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Kirkland Nabs $14.6M Payout For Cyxtera's Ch. 11
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Monday approved $43.8 million in final fee and expense applications for professionals involved in Cyxtera Technologies Inc.'s Chapter 11 case, with almost half the money going to an investment banking firm and roughly $15 million to Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Ex-Atty's Retaliation Suit Must Go, NJ Atty Ethics Office Says
The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics reiterated to a federal court Monday that a retaliation suit from a disbarred attorney lacks the detail needed to go to discovery and ignores the fact that some of the defendants are immune to being sued individually.
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Meet The Ex-Judge Mediating J&J's Talc Concealment Suit
The former federal judge who will oversee negotiations in an investor class action against Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey over its cancer-linked talcum powder is a highly experienced and outstanding mediator to whom both plaintiffs and defendants turn in high-profile and complicated cases, attorneys say.
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NJ, Solvay Push Back Against Town's Bid To Pause PFAS Deal
New Jersey and the American arm of Belgian chemical company Solvay have slammed a Garden State town's bid to pause final approval of a $393 million settlement over "forever chemical" contamination, calling it disingenuous and arguing such a move would only delay the assistance the settlement would provide towns impacted by the pollution.
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Bar-Takers See Accommodation Gap For Periods, Lactation
As would-be lawyers prepare to take the bar exam, testing accommodations for those who menstruate or lactate will vary by jurisdiction. In recent years, there's been a reckoning on state bar policies that affect women and transgender test-takers, but advocates say there's more to be done.
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New Group Aims To Help Attys Meet Middle Class Legal Needs
For middle-class Americans who may make too much money to qualify for legal aid services, affording an attorney to assist with civil matters like divorces and estate planning can still be a financial impossibility. The recently launched Above The Line Network, however, is on a mission to promote cost-conscious lawyering models to put legal services within economic reach for a big and underserved middle market.
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Rutgers Law Students Rip Classmate's Bias Suit Subpoenas
A pair of Rutgers Law School students asked a New Jersey state court to shut down subpoenas they received as part of a classmate's suit accusing the school of antisemitic bias for opening a disciplinary investigation against him after he spoke out against the same pair of students for allegedly spreading antisemitism.
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Ex-Professor Atty Hits NJ University With Retaliatory Firing Suit
New Jersey City University has been slammed with a lawsuit in state court from an attorney and former professor who claims he was demoted and then fired in retaliation for reporting that a former university official allegedly sexually harassed a student.
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Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Pryor Cashman's handling of a suit against Pandora over royalty payments and Nutter's work on a healthy-snacks company acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Feb. 9 to 23.
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ACLU Kicks Off Clemency Project To Reduce NJ Incarceration
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey has launched a new initiative aimed at reducing sentences for incarcerated victims of domestic violence and people facing extreme trial penalties, advocating for a framework that calls on the governor to holistically consider injustices facing those groups of people when making decisions on clemency.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cunningham Bounds LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos count as children.
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3 Common Barriers As Law Firms Embrace Upward Reviews
Upward reviews, in which associates provide feedback on partners' performance as their managers, have become increasingly popular in the legal industry in recent years, but according to consultants who help implement them, the potential upsides can be muted if firms fail to avoid some common mistakes.