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Gaming Atty Named Chair Of Philly Area Transport Board
The executive vice president of global public policy and public affairs at Scientific Games was named chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority's board of commissioners, according to an announcement by the agency.
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Shook Hardy Launches Group To Provide DEI Guidance
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has kicked off a diversity, equity and inclusion advisory practice group led by the former litigation and diversity leader for Coca-Cola Co.
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How McLaughlin & Stern Looks To NJ Suburbs For Growth
New Jersey-based attorneys at McLaughlin & Stern LLP may not have gone very far in relocating their office to a neighboring town, but the recent move marks another step in the firm's mission to gain a foothold in the suburbs of the Garden State.
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Cravath Exits Show No Firm Is Immune To Retention Concerns
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP is historically known for its rarity in partner exits, but three partners left the firm in January alone to join BigLaw rivals, a number that may end up jibing with prior years' departures but that some say could signal fresh challenges for the storied firm as it looks to retain talent.
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Why Holland & Knight Revamped Its E-Discovery Tech
After evaluating options and testing different tools for nearly two years, Holland & Knight LLP expanded its e-discovery technology stack with the addition of the cloud-based software Everlaw in January.
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Rapid Response Team Releases AI Guidance For State Courts
An artificial intelligence rapid response team created by state judiciary leaders has released interim guidance and resources to help state courts navigate AI technologies, the National Center for State Courts said Wednesday.
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Carlton Fields Names New Leaders Of 3 Practice Groups
Carlton Fields PA announced that three Florida-based attorneys were named leaders of the firm's business transactions, cybersecurity and privacy and intellectual property practice groups.
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Novel Ruling Finds NJ Prosecutor Conflict Doesn't DQ Office
Addressing a case of first impression, a New Jersey appellate panel turned to case law in other states in concluding Wednesday that a supervising prosecutor's personal conflict does not automatically disqualify the entire office.
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Rutgers Seeks Trim Of Suit Alleging Antisemitic Discrimination
Rutgers University is seeking to pare down a law student's lawsuit alleging antisemitic discrimination by asking a New Jersey state court to strike nearly 60 paragraphs of allegedly irrelevant allegations from the complaint and to dismiss claims against the law school and several individual defendants.
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Lawyer's Email To Stranger Opened His Path To Be GC
In 1999, a young law firm associate in Wichita wrote an off-the-cuff email to a fellow law school alumnus he didn't know, but who had become general counsel of a golf company in Arizona.
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Chancery Trounces New Jersey Attys' Bid To Bar Doc Reviews
A Delaware vice chancellor has pointedly rejected what he called New Jersey discovery rule "exceptionalism" in a dispute over absolute protection claims for documents sought in a suit accusing advisers of siphoning millions from a family-controlled trust briefly chartered in Delaware.
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Fox Rothschild AI Chief Talks 'Terrifying' Deepfakes, Biased AI
Mark McCreary, the chief artificial intelligence and information security officer at Fox Rothschild, leads his firm's internal AI strategy and provides counsel to other law firms trying to bushwhack their path through the often murky AI legal landscape, rife with hallucinated case law citations and disturbingly real deepfakes.
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Law Firm Wins Unredacted Deal Info In NJ Malpractice Fight
A law firm has prevailed in a discovery battle against a sibling duo suing it for malpractice in New Jersey state court with a ruling that the plaintiffs must provide unredacted info about the settlement they reached in the underlying suit that the firm allegedly mishandled for them.
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McElroy Deutsch Litigator Jumps To Stevens & Lee In NJ
Stevens & Lee PC has picked up an insurance and ERISA disputes litigator in New Jersey from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP.
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Ex-Elections Chief Chose To Leave Job, NJ Gov. Says
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has urged a New Jersey state court judge to toss allegations from the Garden State's former elections chief that his civil rights were violated when he was pushed to resign in retaliation for a satirical article, arguing that he never suffered any loss because he voluntarily retired.
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Tucker Ellis Hires 7 Attys To Launch Offices In Atlanta, NJ
Tucker Ellis LLP has opened two new offices in Georgia and New Jersey, hiring a team of Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP attorneys and the firm's longtime former co-managing partner in Atlanta, as well as a pair of health and life sciences partners in Morristown, the firm announced Tuesday.
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An Atty's Path From BigLaw To Solo Practice To Legal Tech
Attorney Eddie Nasser joined the legal technology startup Paxton AI on Jan. 29 as the company's legal product lead, leaving the practice of law behind to help with the legal tool he once used.
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Is BigLaw Ready To Talk About Its Bullying Problem?
The legal community exploded into debate recently after a Black associate's lawsuit accusing her former BigLaw employer of discrimination excerpted an excoriating email from a partner that some online deemed unacceptable and bullying, and others said was simply a fact of BigLaw life.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
King & Spalding LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury awarded mobile game platform Skillz $42.9 million in a patent infringement fight against rival AviaGames.
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White House Slams 'Cruel, Islamophobic Attacks' On Judicial Nom
The White House on Friday mounted a defense of Adeel Mangi, a nominee to serve on the Third Circuit, who would be the first Muslim federal appeals court judge if confirmed and has come under vast attacks from Republican senators.
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Client Says NJ Atty's Math Error Cost Him $276K In Divorce
A New Jersey lawyer and his firm have been hit with a malpractice complaint in state court alleging a mathematical error deprived their former client of around $276,000 in his divorce settlement.
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Trump Atty Didn't Go 'Rogue' In Pushing Club NDA, Court Told
A former server suing a Trump Organization golf club over a nondisclosure agreement that she was allegedly illegally induced to sign by one of Donald Trump's lawyers has urged a New Jersey state court to keep her suit alive, arguing that the club's motion to dismiss relies on "absurd" arguments.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as attorneys made moves and grappled with the implications of artificial intelligence. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Law Class Of 2023 Gave $104M In Pro Bono Legal Services
Members of the law class of 2023 volunteered more than 3,289,714 hours in legal services as part of their education last year, giving a total of over $104.6 million worth of their time, according to a recent survey by the nonprofit Association of American Law Schools.
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NJ Atty Beats Greater Damages Bid Over Hotel Project Loan
A New Jersey attorney won't have to face an additional $9.5 million in damages in a suit over a mishandled escrow agreement related to the development of a luxury New Mexico hotel, a federal judge has ruled.