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Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises
Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.
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Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday.
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The Firms That Handle The Most Trade Secrets Work
Gordon Rees remains the most active law firm representing plaintiffs in trade secrets disputes, according to a new report by Lex Machina analyzing a three-year period from 2021 to 2023, while Littler Mendelson continues to lead the pack on the defendants' side during that same timeframe.
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NJ Real Estate Vet Jumps From Windels Marx To Clark Hill
Clark Hill is growing its real estate team in New Jersey with a new member from Windels Marx whose 30-year career in the industry includes work on massive projects at the state's Meadowlands complex and, more recently, representing clients in the pharmaceutical and cannabis industries, among others.
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Dechert Global Managing Partner On What Inspired Him
Dechert LLP's Vincent H. Cohen Jr. knew from a young age he wanted to be a lawyer. All he had to do was look at his father.
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McCarter & English Recruits EY Tax Pro In New Jersey
McCarter & English LLP has bulked up its tax and employee benefits team in New Jersey with a longtime Ernst & Young expert at a time when the Garden State's business community is bracing for regulations on a series of corporate tax reforms.
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Pietragallo Launches In South Jersey With Former Bush Atty
Pittsburgh-based Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP announced on Tuesday the opening of a new office in New Jersey to be led by a former associate counsel to President George W. Bush and Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP partner.
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Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11 Case Nixed As 'Bad Faith'
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP convinced a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to throw out the Chapter 11 filing of its former chief financial officer, who is behind bars for stealing over $1 million from the firm, with the judge finding Tuesday that the petition was brought in "bad faith" to stall related state litigation.
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The Medical-Style Legal Education Model On The Rise In Calif.
A medical-school style model of legal education is expanding to a second California law school, giving law students the option of a year of hands-on training experience and a head start for post-graduation employment while providing much-needed support for nonprofits and government agencies.
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Lewis Brisbois Lands 9 Litigators From Pillinger Miller
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added more litigation muscle with a nine-attorney pickup from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, expanding the larger firm's head count in locations including New Jersey and New York.
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Legal Pros Adopting Gen AI Faster Than Past Tech
U.S. legal professionals may be adopting generative artificial intelligence tools far faster than they started using cloud-based tools, according to results released Tuesday from a survey on technology trends in litigation and investigation that e-discovery software provider Everlaw conducted with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.
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Most Young Lawyers Say Debt Alters Their Career Plans
A recent student debt study by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has found that student debt affects young attorneys in many ways — including changing their career plans.
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DLA Piper's Boston Leader To Co-Lead US Real Estate Team
A longtime DLA Piper attorney focused on real estate investment and development is stepping up to co-lead the firm's U.S. real estate practice, according to an announcement Monday.
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Kramer Levin Beats NJ Malpractice Suit From RE Developer
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has defeated a malpractice suit from a real estate developer who claimed it represented both the developer and a firm partner's son — who was an employee of the developer — at the same time, according to a New Jersey state appellate decision issued Monday.
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Ballard Spahr, Lane Powell Strike Deal To Combine
Philadelphia-founded Ballard Spahr LLP and Seattle-based Lane Powell PC announced on Monday their plans to merge and form a combined firm with more than 750 lawyers under the Ballard Spahr name.
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NJ Atty's Med Mal, Defamation Suit Against Hospital Revived
A New Jersey appellate court on Friday reinstated a suit accusing a hospital of negligently committing an attorney complaining of hip pain as a schizophrenia patient, saying the requisite medical expert affidavit was not necessary due to the so-called common knowledge exception.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Deal Signals Combos To Come
The upcoming merger of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP, set for January 2025 and expected to create a firm with over 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices, is indicative of a broader, accelerating trend of consolidation in the legal industry, according to consultants and experts.
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Atty Loses Bid To Revive NJ Malpratice Suit Against 2 Firms
A New Jersey state appeals court on Friday upheld the dismissal of an attorney's common law fraud and negligence claims against two law firms for allegedly misrepresenting a debt he owed.
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Trustee Backs Tossing Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11 Case
The U.S. Trustee's Office has urged a New Jersey bankruptcy court to dismiss a Chapter 11 petition from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former CFO, who is currently incarcerated for embezzling millions from the firm, because he has stonewalled the trustee's requests for information about his finances.
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Lowenstein Sandler Atty To Lead Rutgers Gymnastics Probe
Rutgers University has selected the leader of Lowenstein Sandler LLP's white collar defense team and chair of the firm's corporate investigations and integrity group to head an investigation into the university's women's gymnastics program amid widely publicized allegations of bullying by the team's head coach.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Selendy Gay PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes over $1 billion to a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur over a post-acquisition dispute.
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Legal Job Market Continued Downward Trend In August
The legal industry lost 2,300 jobs in August, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Road Map For Restoring Public Trust In State Courts
At a time when misconduct accusations continue to hover over the U.S. Supreme Court, state court leaders have put forth a strategy to boost trust in local judicial officials that largely calls for them to take on more public-facing roles.
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NJ Atty Censured Over 'Protracted Conflict Of Interest'
A New Jersey attorney has been censured in connection with his representation in an action over environmental contamination of a real estate property.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another action-packed week as law firms shifted offices and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.