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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.
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Third-Party Litigation Funding Rule Gets Cold Shoulder In NJ
A New Jersey Supreme Court committee has shot down a proposal to mandate disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements in civil cases, saying drafting such a rule could be difficult.
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Legal Tech Companies Raise Pay To Attract BigLaw Attorneys
Legal technology companies have discovered their secret sauce for selling their software to lawyers: recruit other lawyers as sellers.
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Compensation, Work-Life Balance Keep Associates At Firms
Above all else, associates value compensation, work-life balance and career path opportunities when they're deciding whether to remain at their firms, according to a new study conducted by the NALP Foundation that was unveiled Tuesday.
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Ex-Seton Hall Prez Says School Stood By As Chair Retaliated
Seton Hall University's former president has launched explosive whistleblower claims alleging the school failed to act on his multiple concerns about the school's former board chair, prominent criminal defense attorney Kevin Marino, including that Marino allegedly tried to negotiate a lucrative exit package for the then-dean of the law school amid an ongoing embezzlement probe.
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Feds Fight Sen. Menendez's Bids To Nix Charges, Split Trials
Federal prosecutors have asked a New York federal court to reject requests from U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to dismiss his corruption case and to sever his trial from his wife's, arguing that the senator made "premature" factual arguments and incorrectly claimed immunity from prosecution as a senator.
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Former County Prosecutor Rejoins Hartmann Doherty In NJ
Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP on Tuesday welcomed back a former partner to the firm who brings experience as a trial attorney working in complex civil and criminal cases who served multiple stints as a prosecutor in Bergen County.
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Saul Ewing Minn. Partner Named Transactional Dept. Chair
A former managing partner of Saul Ewing LLP's Minneapolis office will oversee more than 200 attorneys as the new chair of the Philadelphia-headquartered firm's transactional department.
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Volta Investor Attys Denied Fees For 'Moot' Disclosure Case
A New York federal judge has declined to award fees to lawyers who represented a Volta Inc. investor who sued the electric vehicle company over allegedly inadequate disclosures related to a potential acquisition, saying the disclosures the company later provided because of the suit didn't give the investing public any new or useful information.
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Greenberg Traurig Nabs Space Pro From Sherman & Howard
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Monday that it has hired former U.S. Air Force director of space law and chair of Sherman & Howard LLC's aerospace practice group Milton "Skip" Smith to head its space and satellite industry group.
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ABA Passes Historic Law School Free Speech Proposal
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday adopted a proposal to require ABA-approved law schools to have free speech policies, the first resolution of its kind, along with a slate of other new regulations.
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Judicial Watchdog Flags $10K Gift To Menendez's Defense
A $10,000 contribution to Sen. Robert Menendez's legal defense fund by a federal judge's wife should be returned and the judge and his wife should apologize and promise not to make political donations, a judicial watchdog said Monday.
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Cozen O'Connor Hires Wiley Atty As Gov't Contracts Lead
Cozen O'Connor has hired a more-than 25-year veteran of Wiley Rein LLP, who joins the firm to help co-chair its government contracts practice from its Washington, D.C., office, according to a Monday announcement.
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Ex-NJ Judge Joins Ansell Grimm To Start Mediation Practice
Ansell Grimm & Aaron PC has added a retired New Jersey Superior Court presiding judge to launch and run the firm's mediation practice in the firm's Ocean, New Jersey, office.
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Rape Questions Could Be Next Focus Of Bar App Reforms
New Jersey will change its character and fitness questionnaire to ask less invasive questions of sexual assault survivors, after a Law360 inquiry about the form. With nearly every state asking would-be lawyers questions that could dredge up sexual traumas, some attorneys are calling for other states to follow New Jersey's lead.
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Lowenstein Sandler Taps Privacy Chair From Alston & Bird
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has hired an Alston & Bird LLP partner to lead its data, privacy and cybersecurity practice in Washington, D.C., the firm has announced.
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Merck's Former CEO And GC Joins Harvard Board
Kenneth Frazier, who rose in the ranks at Merck & Co. to become general counsel and eventual CEO and chair, will soon join the Harvard Corporation governing board, according to an announcement Sunday, as the Ivy League university continues to look for a new president.
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Arbitration Experts Test Generative AI Tools Amid Skepticism
Generative artificial intelligence's rise has gradually progressed within the legal sector in the past year, extending its potential influence to arbitration and dispute resolution.
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3rd Circ. Won't Overturn Fireworks Control IP Decision
The Third Circuit has refused to overturn an earlier finding that lifted a preliminary injunction blocking Romanian company fireTEK from distributing a product that allegedly infringed a copyright on a U.S. rival's fireworks display communication protocol.
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McCarter & English To Face Revised Biotech Malpractice Suit
A New Jersey state judge on Friday permitted a biopharmaceutical company to amend its malpractice suit against McCarter & English LLP to add new claims and avenues to collect damages, finding the changes were "sufficiently pled" and would not be prejudicial to the firm.
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US Legal Sector Drops 4,400 Jobs In January
After two months of growth, the U.S. legal sector saw a decline in job numbers in January, shedding 4,400 positions, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Ogletree's 1st Woman Leader Reflects On Her 'Greatest Idol'
Liz Washko of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC chatted with Law360 Pulse about her path to managing shareholder, how it feels to be a woman heading up a top 100 firm, and her plans for the firm and her advice to young women attorneys.
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Morgan Lewis Accused Of Improperly Helping Health Biz CEO
A healthcare company with offices in New Jersey alleged this week that a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner committed malpractice during a deal to sell the company by aiding its then-CEO in negotiating a $9 million bonus for himself, at the expense of the business.
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Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC and Andrews & Springer LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, as Delaware's chancellor struck down Elon Musk's proposed $55 billion Tesla pay package.
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6 Key Votes To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider 31 proposals at its semiannual meeting Monday, including a resolution urging all legal employers to continue diversifying their workforces.