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New Jersey Pulse
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Ex-NJ Prosecutor Rips AG's Use Of Gov.'s Text In Firing Suit
A former New Jersey county prosecutor has urged a state court to reject Attorney General Matt Platkin's bid to whittle down a lawsuit over the county enforcer's exit, blasting the office's reliance on a text message with the governor to argue the governor had accepted his resignation.
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What To Know About New Deepfake Â鶹´«Ã½ In New Jersey
New Jersey is taking action against artificial intelligence-generated images and other media known as deepfakes, with new legislation specifically targeting the cutting-edge form of fraud, even as experts say deepfakes remain difficult to pin down in the law.
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Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Â鶹´«Ã½ Work
Block & Leviton winning a bid to co-lead an investor proposed class action and Arnall Golden steering a $245 million acquisition in the energy sector lead this edition of Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Â鶹´«Ã½ Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Â鶹´«Ã½ firms from March 21 to April 4.Â
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Fox Rothschild Employment Atty Joins Pierson Ferdinand
Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced a labor and employment attorney with more than 40 years of experience has joined the firm from Fox Rothschild LLP as a partner based in New York and Princeton, New Jersey.
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Windels Marx Leader Talks New Role After Decades With Firm
Northeast firm Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP announced in the past week that after over 20 years leading the firm, its managing partner has stepped down, with business litigator Scott R. Matthews tapped as his successor.
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More Than 500 Â鶹´«Ã½ Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
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Ex-Prosecutor Opens Defense Shop From Former Firm Office
Paul Murphy, a former federal prosecutor with more than three decades of experience, launched his own litigation shop out of his old law firm's New York office in an arrangement he said will afford him greater freedom over cases and clients.
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Â鶹´«Ã½360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.
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Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns
The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Westlaw Rival Gets Early Appeal Of 1st Fair Use AI Ruling
The Third Circuit will be the first appeals court to weigh in on a dispute over using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems after a Delaware federal court on Friday granted permission to send up questions from ROSS Intelligence Inc. over the copyrightability of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes and fair use.
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Voir Dire: Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Trump Â鶹´«Ã½yer Brings 'Fierce' Style To New US Atty Post In NJ
With a litigation style both praised as "assertive" and criticized as "over the top," Alina Habba's commitment to President Donald Trump — her client in some of his most high-profile trials in recent years — has taken her from managing partner of a small New Jersey law firm to the top federal prosecutor in the Garden State.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In March? Broadcom, Meta And More
The top legal officers at Broadcom, Merit Medical Systems and Meta gave themselves multimillion-dollar pay days in March by selling stock in their companies.
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Judge OKs Toss Of FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday granted the federal government's bid to end the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., ending a legal battle that was beset by delays throughout its six-year run. Â
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McCarter & English Grows Partnership Class With 9 Attorneys
McCarter & English LLP announced it had elevated nine attorneys to partner effective April 1, more than doubling the four partner promotions the firm had in 2024.
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Nadine Menendez Trial Paused Due To Health Concerns
Nadine Menendez's trial on charges that she facilitated bribe payments for her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was paused for the week Thursday morning after the defendant appeared to be in discomfort and expressed unspecified health concerns.
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Atty Can't Duck Land Dispute Malpractice Suit, NJ Sisters Say
New Jersey sisters who sued Fox Rothschild and a firm attorney over the handling of their late stepfather's estate have told a New Jersey state judge that their claims were timely filed and that issues of material fact that would preclude summary judgment still remain.
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When Can Attys Decide To Drop Clients? ABA Says It Depends
Â鶹´«Ã½yers can drop clients at will as long as doing so won't harm the client's legal objectives or needlessly drive up costs, according to new guidance by the American Bar Association — but the guidance also notes that "getting out of a matter can be a lot harder than getting in."
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Chiesa Shahinian Unveils Equipment Leasing, Finance Group
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC launched a new equipment leasing and finance practice group this week to take advantage of a $40 billion industry in New Jersey for financing construction, medical and other kinds of equipment.
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New NJ Courts Admin Head On Leading 'The Finest Judiciary'
Judge Michael Blee, who took over as director of the New Jersey judiciary’s Administrative Office of the Courts on Tuesday, joined Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse for a conversation about his priorities for the state’s court system, including reducing backlog and increasing transparency.
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Feds Drop FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
The federal government on Wednesday moved to dismiss its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives, ending a long-running case that had been stalled by President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing bribery prosecutions and another now-rescinded presidential decree targeting Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, which had been representing one of the defendants.
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23 Firms Remain GCs' Top Picks Despite Referral Drop
Even as corporate legal departments become more selective in recommending outside counsel to their peers, 23 law firms have managed to earn top marks for building trust and relationship management, according to a report released Wednesday by BTI Consulting Group.
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Fla. Litigation Funder Must Face NJ Â鶹´«Ã½yer's Counterclaim
A Florida-based litigation funder pursuing an $18 million breach of contract suit against a New Jersey lawyer must face the bulk of a countersuit alleging the business reneged on an agreement to secure funding for nationwide personal injury cases.
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Burns White Adds Estates, Health Attys, Plans New NJ Office
A pair of recent additions to Burns White LLC's litigation and healthcare practices are helping the firm grow, one by expanding its team in Pittsburgh and the other by preparing for the opening of a new office in northern New Jersey.
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Former Verizon VP Fills GC Role At NJ Utilities Agency
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities appointed the former vice president of government and regulatory affairs at Verizon as its new general counsel this week.
Expert Analysis
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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 Â鶹´«Ã½
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.