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Law Firms Prioritized Nonequity Partner Growth In 2023
Even as demand lagged and expenses went up last year, law firms took an aggressive approach to expanding their non-equity partner headcounts, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global's Wealth at Work Law Firm Group.
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These Cos. Are In The Hot Seat As Proxy Season Approaches
At least four high-profile corporations and their general counsel are gearing up for a tougher-than-usual 2024 proxy season — those three months in the spring when most companies hold their annual meetings.
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Locke Lord Denies Playing 'Cat And Mouse' In Fighting Suit
Locke Lord LLP reiterated to a New Jersey state court Monday that the Garden State is the wrong jurisdiction for an oil company's malpractice suit against the firm stemming from a failed oil refinery financing project.
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NJ State Judges Confirmed After 2nd Trio Is Tapped For Seats
The New Jersey Senate on Monday gave the final approval to three new judges for the Superior Court, a week after Gov. Phil Murphy notified it that he intended to nominate three more attorneys for the state court bench.
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Retired NJ Judge On What Makes The Jury System 'Incredible'
Joseph Quinn, the former presiding judge of Monmouth County Superior Court's Chancery Division, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss his reflections on 23 years as a judge and his plans for heading the new mediation practice at Ansell Grimm & Aaron PC.
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Lowenstein Sandler Adds Steptoe Atty As Exempt Orgs Chair
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has hired a Steptoe LLP partner focused on tax and other matters in Washington, D.C., to lead the firm's exempt organizations practice, the firm announced Monday.
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NJ Won't Restrict Ch. 11 Cases To Certain Judges, Group Told
A creditors advocacy group concerned about "judge-shopping" in major bankruptcy cases has said the chief judge of New Jersey's increasingly popular bankruptcy court has assured the group he will not limit such cases to particular jurists.
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'Not Walmart': Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Must Face Theft Suit
A New Jersey state judge on Friday declined to remove McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer from a suit accusing him and his wife of stealing more than $3 million, noting that the heightened ethical duty imposed on law firms justifies keeping the claims alive.
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Legal Event Organizers Stress Efforts To Deter Harassment
Legal conference organizers have told Law360 Pulse that they are committed to fostering safe and inclusive events, and some changes have been made following recent accusations of sexual harassment and assault at legal events.
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NJ Courts Reject Liability In Ex-Judge's Harassment Suit
The New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts asked a state court to remove it as a defendant from a municipal court administrator's sexual harassment suit against a former municipal judge, saying the parties were not employees of the AOC.
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NJ Attorney Gets 3-Month Suspension For Misleading Ads
A New Jersey-based attorney was hit with a three-month suspension by the Supreme Court of New Jersey's Disciplinary Review Board after it found that he engaged in improper advertising by directly mailing potential clients solicitation letters featuring inaccurate and missing information.
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Riker Danzig Names Litigator, Ex-Judge As Diversity Leaders
New Jersey-based Riker Danzig LLP announced the appointment of two experienced attorneys, including the first African-American judge in Middlesex County Superior Court's history, as co-chairs of the firm's diversity committee.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw expanded its reach and big names made headlines after court. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week
Trial and appeals boutique Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP topped this week's list of Legal Lions, with a victory for client FedEx at the Fifth Circuit that slashed a $366 million verdict to $250,000.
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New Crowell & Moring Int'l President Shares 'Story Of Hope'
Geralyn Ritter on Monday became the new president and CEO of Crowell & Moring International LLC, the law firm's global public affairs affiliate. Here, she speaks with Law360 Pulse about her journey to overcome the trauma stemming from surviving a 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight passengers.
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Pierson Ferdinand Added 104 FisherBroyles Attys In January
As of the end of January, a total of 104 partners had departed FisherBroyles LLP to join breakaway law firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, according to an announcement by the new firm, which opened its doors at the beginning of the year.
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NJ Superior Court Hopefuls Greenlighted By Senate Panel
The New Jersey Senate's Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced three nominees for the short-staffed state Superior Court who have served in local government and approved the formal nomination of Essex County's acting prosecutor of six years.
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Ex-NJ Judge Suspended From Law Practice Over Groping
The New Jersey Supreme Court handed down a one-year suspension from practicing law to a former North Bergen municipal court judge who was previously permanently barred from being a judge for groping a woman and being dishonest about the incident in the judicial ethics case against him.
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Ex-Billing Manager Says NJ Firm Put Fees Over Clients
A former billing manager for the New Jersey personal injury firm Brandon J. Broderick Attorney At Law claims she was fired for insisting that the firm's clients receive the most money possible from their settlements, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court.
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Latham Overtakes Kirkland In Financial, Personnel Ranking
Latham & Watkins LLP topped legal market intelligence provider Leopard Solutions' 2023 Law Firm Index and maintained a perfect score for over half a year on the ranking, overtaking last year's top firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, which dropped to third.
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GOP Sens. Probe 3rd Circ. Pick's Ties To Rutgers Program
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are looking into a Rutgers Law School program at the center of their objections to the president's nominee for the Third Circuit, who would be the first Muslim federal appeals court judge if confirmed.
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Ex-NJ Judge Says Femininity Bias Keeps Workplace Suit Alive
A former New Jersey state judge called on a federal court Tuesday to reject court officials' bid to dismiss the remaining claims in her workplace discrimination lawsuit, arguing that her superiors' attitude about her pricey handbags and jewelry amounts to gender bias.
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Locke Lord Shakes Up Internal Leadership Roles
Locke Lord LLP on Wednesday unveiled a number of new leadership shifts, appointing attorneys to new roles on its executive committee and board of directors, and adding new management to two offices.
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Fox Rothschild Must Face Visa Malpractice Suit, Court Told
Two men who claim they were scammed after hiring Fox Rothschild LLP for immigration work have asked a New Jersey federal court to reject the firm's dismissal bid, saying their racketeering suit should proceed because the firm's "culture of corruption" allegedly led to such brazen fraud that it may even merit criminal prosecution.
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Pashman Stein Names 3 NJ Attys To Executive Committee
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has tapped three attorneys from the bankruptcy, construction and litigation practice groups to move up to the firm's executive committee, effective the beginning of 2024.