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McElroy Deutsch Adds 2 Litigation & Insurance Pros In NJ
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP has added two attorneys in New Jersey who spent lengthy tenures at Tompkins McGuire Wachenfeld & Barry LLP to bolster its litigation and insurance services practice group.
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'Frankly, They're Irrelevant:' ABA Ratings In Trump's 2nd Term
The American Bar Association, long considered the gold standard for rating judicial nominees, no longer gets to interview them as Trump officials claim the group's "not qualified" rating for some nominees during Trump's first term shows it is a biased and "leftist" organization. Ironically though, ABA ratings for President Donald Trump's second-term picks are mostly positive so far.
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New Loan Forgiveness Rule Targets Trump Critics, States Say
Two lawsuits filed Monday, one by a coalition of states and the other by a group of cities, unions and advocacy organizations, are challenging a new Trump administration rule imposing "intentionally vague" and allegedly illegal restrictions on student loan forgiveness for public employees intended to stifle dissent.
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Veteran Tax Controversy Atty Moves Team To Kostelanetz
A longtime New Jersey tax attorney and three of his associates have joined Kostelanetz LLP, the boutique tax firm announced Monday, saying it expected them to bolster its tax controversy practice and add to its commitment to volunteer work and legal education.
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Hartmann Doherty Adds Veteran Federal Prosecutor In NJ
Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP expanded its white collar practice on Monday by adding a partner bringing nearly 30 years of experience as both a federal and state prosecutor in New Jersey.
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NJ Bar Group Starts As 'Independent Voice' for LGBTQ+ Attys
A new LGBTQ+ affinity bar association for New Jersey — Q Law — has launched, seeking to create a community for LGBTQ+ lawyers and carry on a history of legal advocacy for gay rights in the Garden State.
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Law Firms Cite 'Value' In Staffing Up On AI Expertise
Law firms are creating more internal roles to bring on professionals to lead their artificial intelligence implementation, including a push to develop AI agents. But the competition to secure such skilled personnel is stiff.
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Troutman Owes $3.5M For Malpractice, Med Tech Co. Says
A healthcare tech company urged a New Jersey state judge on Friday to have Troutman Pepper Locke LLP pay the more than $3.5 million in counsel fees and costs the company and its managing partner incurred successfully litigating legal malpractice claims against the firm, arguing the path to a trial win was lengthy and complex.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC, Motley Rice LLC and Powell & Majestro PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit overturned a key ruling by a West Virginia federal judge in the first federal bellwether in multidistrict opioid litigation.
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Law Firm Can't Escape NJ Cannabis Malpractice Squabble
Lowenstein Sandler LLP is allowed to pursue its malpractice suit against Trif & Modugno LLC, with a New Jersey state judge rejecting Trif & Modugno's motion to dismiss this week in litigation over a failed cannabis dispensary.
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3rd Circ. Preview: BMW, MiLB And Sandoz Top Nov. Lineup
The Third Circuit in November will hear a pair of disputes over awards handed out in New Jersey federal court, including a nearly $4 million attorney fee for class counsel representing BMW drivers and a $70 million win for Sandoz Inc. in a contract battle over blood pressure medicine.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms announced partner promotions and expanded their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Foley Hoag LLP's work on the acquisition of a healthcare services platform and Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP handling a trademark suit for a luxury pen brand lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 17 to 31.
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NJ Attys Punch Up Governor's Race With Campaign Funds
New Jersey's legal community has donated more than $900,000 to the gubernatorial candidates this election, with the Democrat surpassing the Republican in contributions, campaign finance records show.
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McCarter & English Used Doctrine As 'Whipsaw,' Panel Hears
A biotech company on Thursday urged a New Jersey appellate panel to revive its legal malpractice suit against McCarter & English LLP, arguing that the claims were distinct from the firm's own suit seeking unpaid fees.
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Habba Cites Essayli Ruling To Defend Role In NJ Cases
The U.S. Department of Justice has urged the Third Circuit to reinstate Alina Habba's authority in two criminal prosecutions, arguing a recent California ruling backs her power to supervise cases as first assistant, even if she's barred from acting as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey under federal vacancy law.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Mergers and lateral hires helped some law firms expand their footprints around the U.S. in October, including Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP's plans for a new office in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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2 Firms Beat Malpractice Suit Over Ice Cream Biz
A New Jersey state judge has mostly dismissed a Florida physician's legal malpractice suit against Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP, another firm and several attorneys whom he accused of botching documents in a low-calorie ice cream business project.
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McCarter & English Booted From NJ Food Biz Fight
McCarter & English LLP was disqualified from representing the estate of a food industry executive's former business partner after a New Jersey federal judge determined that the firm represented the executive in the past which has created a conflict of interest.
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Mid-Law Firms Exercise Caution In Limited Spending For AI
With smaller legal technology budgets than their BigLaw cousins, Mid-Law firms are cautiously making investments in AI tools with an eye on utilizing the technology in low-risk and cost-effective ways.
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4 Ways Associates Can Ace Their Annual Review This Year
It’s year-end review time. How can associates put themselves in the best position possible to advance their careers? Here are four tips.
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NJ Appellate Court Won't Revive Legal Malpractice Dispute
A New Jersey appellate court upheld a trial court's dismissal of a legal malpractice suit stemming from a 1995 commercial property deal, finding Tuesday that the property owners failed to turn over complete discovery responses for nearly two years.
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Akin Beats Malpractice Claim Over Alleged IP Theft Plot
A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to revive a malpractice claim against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lodged in a lawsuit that accused attorneys of manipulating patent litigation to steal a former Cornell University graduate student's DNA sequencing intellectual property.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Faegre Drinker Mass Tort Pro In NJ
Greenberg Traurig LLP added to its products liability and pharmaceutical practices in New Jersey this week with the addition of a litigator and trial attorney from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP who specializes in complex mass tort cases.
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Barnes & Thornburg Partner Class Dips To 16 Attys
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has elevated 16 attorneys to partners who are based in eight of the firm's offices including in Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey and California, marking a slight decline from the firm's 2024 partner class of 19.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.