/pulse/new-jersey-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Pulse Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:39:46 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349994 New Jersey-based Seeger Weiss LLP is seeking to help protect judges with a $500,000 donation to an institute at Duke Â鶹´«Ã½ School that is named in honor of the murdered son of a federal judge in the Garden State. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350567 Many current state bar character and fitness tests fail to identify bad actors, and at the same time, certain aspects of the queries can hurt efforts to increase diversity in the profession, according to panelists at the American Bar Association's 2025 Virtual Equity Summit on Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:24:58 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2335079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2335079 The U.S. legal industry added 1,100 jobs in May, holding steady in the midst of economic uncertainty, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:19:38 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350585 The University of Virginia School of Â鶹´«Ã½ Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and attorney Edward Gilbert lead this week's edition of Â鶹´«Ã½360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit's ruling that plaintiffs claiming anti-heterosexual workplace discrimination need to provide extra "background circumstances" evidence. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:12:43 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350532 New Jersey-based Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC asked a Louisiana federal judge to dismiss a doctor's suit accusing the firm of driving him into bankruptcy, arguing that there's no jurisdiction that would justify continued litigation in the state. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:15:56 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349835 At an American Bar Association summit session on inclusive workplace practices on Thursday, one panelist noted that one of the ABA's recent recommendations is to engage in guided conversations throughout law firms and across the legal profession. But what exactly is a guided conversation? Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:05:07 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350126 A former New Jersey-based Troutman Pepper Locke LLP attorney has departed to form a solo white collar, government investigations and business advisory shop, A Einhorn Â鶹´«Ã½ LLC. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2350030 The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse’s weekly quiz. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:43:52 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349995 After the merger of Stevens & Lee PC with Providence, Rhode Island, firm Duffy & Sweeney Ltd., the leaders of both firms say that they expect the combination will allow them to grow their business throughout New England, with the combined firm also eyeing a further expansion into Boston. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:30:28 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349998?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349998 Sills Cummis & Gross PC is asking a New Jersey state court to order a former client to produce documents to back up allegations the law firm padded legal bills that reached about $1.5 million, saying the man's responses have been "inadequate" and "vaguely written." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:01:55 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348094 As nonequity partnership tiers expand across U.S. law firms, experts warn that the model, while effective for retaining talent and controlling costs, demands disciplined management oversight to avoid becoming a liability. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:45:09 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349609 New Jersey-based Genova Burns LLC announced Wednesday that the former director of labor relations at Newark Public Schools has been added to the firm's labor law and employment practice as counsel. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2341257 Domestic lawyer headcount growth among the 400 largest law firms in the U.S. picked up speed in 2024, rising 3.1% on average and outpacing growth the previous year, but experts say the winds that bolstered that expansion may have shifted as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:05 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2339011 Many of the largest law firms in the U.S. had a strong year in 2024. And as demand for their services ticked upward they invested in bench strength, boosting the number of lawyers available to assist clients, our latest ranking of the largest U.S. law firms shows. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:09:27 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348496 Even as lawyers have returned to the office in larger numbers than in the years during and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid in-person and remote work remains the norm at law firms today, which have turned their focus to creating flexible, collaborative spaces that "link presence to purpose," according to the results of a survey released this week. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:04:09 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348935?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348935 A New Jersey municipal court judge was hit with a two-month suspension without pay beginning Wednesday after an advisory committee took issue with his Facebook activity indicating support for pro-police movements, political candidates, individual lawyers and law firms. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:49:19 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349352 The former general counsel for state-run NJ Transit has joined McCarter & English LLP as a partner in Newark, New Jersey, expanding the firm's national government affairs practice, McCarter & English announced Wednesday. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:32:19 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2349363 Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday added a false light count to his defamation and malicious prosecution complaint against interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his May 9 arrest outside an immigration detention center. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:43:59 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348668?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348668 The New Jersey Senate has approved the nominations of three Superior Court judges, an administrative law judge and a county prosecutor. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:15:13 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348385?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2348385 New Jersey told a federal judge Monday that he was correct in rejecting a Black-owned investment fund's bid to disqualify Connell Foley LLP from representing the state in its bias suit, saying there was no previous attorney-client relationship.