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New Jersey Pulse
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Reed Smith Insurance Ace Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NJ
Lowenstein Sandler LLP continued a recent run of growth in its insurance recovery group, with a new partner joining from Reed Smith LLP who has experience representing corporations in high-stakes recovery matters.
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NJ Panel Tosses Sprawling Legal Malpractice, Fraud Suit
A New Jersey state appellate court has backed the permanent dismissal of a developer's legal malpractice and fraud suit against Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim PA and other parties, ruling that the state's entire controversy doctrine, which requires litigants to put all their relevant allegations in a single suit, bars his claims.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Hecht Partners LLP, Hausfeld LLP, DiCello Levitt and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury returned a landmark $20 million verdict against French bank BNP Paribas.
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NJ High Court Again Denies Judge's Bid To Lift DWI Case Ban
The New Jersey Supreme Court rejected for the sixth time an Essex County municipal judge's attempt to overturn his long-standing disqualification from handling DWI cases, citing a pattern of misleading statements to the judiciary and prior misconduct linked to his own drunken-driving arrest.
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Morgan Lewis Seeks Fees Over Ex-Media Exec.'s 'Absurd' Suit
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is seeking over $500,000 in legal fees from a media executive after successfully defending his former employer from a suit over severance pay that it called "absurd."
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as one BigLaw firm elected a new managing partner and other shops expanded their rosters. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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NJ Appellate Panel Revives Malpractice Suit Against Firm
A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday revived a former Woodbridge Township police officer's malpractice suit against an Edison-based law firm and one of its partners, alleging incompetent representation in a personal injury case.
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NJ Atty Accused Of Groping Paralegal At Holiday Party
A former paralegal is suing New Jersey-based personal injury firm Corradino & Papa LLC in federal court alleging that a name partner groped her at a holiday party last year and that the firm didn't investigate her attempts to report the incident.
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BigLaw's 'New Normal' Is Fewer Hours Per Lawyer
Lawyers are billing fewer hours, even as their rates soar, ushering in what appears to be a "new normal" for billable hours.
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Judges Admit AI Missteps After Grassley's Oversight Push
Federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi admitted their staff used artificial intelligence in faulty orders they had to redo over the summer, according to correspondence released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who is investigating the matter.
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Racial, Class Gaps Persist In Strong Year For Law Grad Hiring
Employment for the class of 2024 reached near-record levels, but graduates from underrepresented backgrounds were less likely to secure attorney positions or judicial clerkships, according to newly released data from the National Association for Law Placement.
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NJ Justices To Review Judicial Privacy Law For 3rd Circ. Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to a request from the Third Circuit to interpret whether the judicial privacy measure Daniel's Law requires a certain mental state in order to establish liability.
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Hinshaw Unveils Rebrand To Show 'Forward Momentum'
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on Wednesday announced a new website and rebranding during what it calls a period of strong financial performance and growth.
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NJ Gov. Nominates 10 Attys For Superior Court Judgeships
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy nominated 10 attorneys for seats on the state Superior Court this week in vicinages across the state, tapping a U.S. Department of Labor judge, a legal adviser in the governor's office, a McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP partner and others for the bench.
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Companies Report Increasingly Gearing Up For AI Risks
More than a third of major public companies in a study cite AI as a risk factor in their annual financial filings, and 73% report they are aligning with external cybersecurity standards. Both numbers are significantly higher than last year.
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Connell Foley Hit With $40M Suit Over NJ Hotel Project
A hotel developer is mounting a $40 million malpractice lawsuit against Connell Foley LLP in New Jersey state court, alleging the firm steered it into costly arbitration with a contractor on a hotel construction project.
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NJ Attys Face Greater Transparency For Client Testimonials
New Jersey lawyers must follow new transparency requirements in using client testimonials in their advertising, according to a new opinion published on Tuesday.
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What It Takes to Stay Elite As Legal Market Shifts
The law firm market has undergone unprecedented change in recent years, allowing for more upward mobility for some firms yet presenting risks for the longtime stalwarts of prestige. Here's how law firms navigate those shifting dynamics.
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The 2025 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.
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Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club
As BigLaw firms continue to post record-breaking revenues, we're highlighting the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the most recent calendar year.
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These Firms Are The 2025 Prestige Leaders
Clients gravitate towards firms with sterling reputations, and so does exceptional legal talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.
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How GCs Can Keep The 'Essence' Of Their DEI Efforts
While shifts this year in federal diversity, equity and inclusion guidelines may have changed the way corporate legal teams track and share demographic information — including for their external counsel — a panel of in-house attorneys who spoke Monday said their work on the issue continues.
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3rd Circ. Suspects Process 'Circumvention' In US Atty Role
The Third Circuit on Monday seemed inclined to back a district court's finding that the U.S. Department of Justice's designation of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor violated federal law, with one jurist suggesting the appointment raised "serious constitutional implications."
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Paul Weiss, NFL And FIFA Defender, Launches Sports Practice
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, whose attorneys have represented the National Football League and FIFA, and have helped lead multibillion-dollar transactions on the acquisition of sports teams and businesses, has launched a formalized sports practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Murphy Schiller Adds DiFrancesco Bateman Land Use Pro
Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP has grown its New Jersey team with a new counsel specializing in all phases of the land development process joining from DiFrancesco Bateman Kunzman Davis Lehrer & Flaum PC.
Expert Analysis
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3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
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Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?
Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.
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How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes
Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
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Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument
Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.
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BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons
There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off?
David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.
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Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms
The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.
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Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking
The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.
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How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles
Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.
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The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.
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The Importance Of Legal Macroeconomics Education For Attys
Most legal professionals lack understanding of the macroeconomic trends unique to the legal industry, like the rising cost of law school and legal services, which contributes to an unfair and inaccessible justice system, so law school courses and continuing legal education requirements in this area are essential, says Bob Glaves at the Chicago Bar Foundation.