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The leader of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC's environmental law group, a veteran practitioner with a varied history in both public and private roles, will serve as its co-chair, the New Jersey firm announced Tuesday.
From cameras in the courtroom to explanatory law review articles to posts on social media, Judge Stephen Dillard uses every tool at his disposal to improve transparency at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the second quarter of this year.
O'Toole Scrivo LLC has a new head for its alternative dispute resolution practice group in a former judge who recently retired after serving 15 years on the New Jersey Superior Court bench, bringing with him a reputation as an "admired" and "beloved" jurist.
Large law firms are hungry for top litigation partners who can bring strong client relationships and big books of business along with them, according to legal recruiters. But many are finding that a tall order in today's legal industry, where everyone is looking for the same thing and portability as a litigator can be a challenge.
A New Jersey state judge on Monday tossed an election lawyer's attempt to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the state ballot as an independent presidential candidate, ruling the attorney must file an objection to Kennedy's presidential bid with the Garden State's secretary of state.
The American Bar Association ethics committee published on Monday its first formal opinion on attorney use of generative artificial intelligence tools, saying lawyers should consider their ethical obligations, including those related to model rules on competency, confidentiality and fees.
Public trust in the federal judiciary, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, has fallen in recent years, with fewer than half of Americans now expressing confidence in the federal courts, according to a study released Monday.
A law firm that represented National Football League players in a multidistrict litigation over the league's handling of concussions can't avoid a litigation funding agency's $2.9 million judgment against it, after a Pennsylvania federal judge shot down Mitnick Law Office's arguments that the fees being garnished fell under various exceptions.
Davis Saperstein & Salomon PC has been hit with a pair of lawsuits in New Jersey state court alleging the Bergen County-based personal injury firm didn't pay overtime wages, paid its female employees less than their male colleagues and subjected a pregnant woman to a hostile work environment.
A jury will have to determine whether the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office was following a neutral, general policy when it denied an employee's religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, or whether D.A. Larry Krasner harbored anti-religious bias in the decision, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
Dentons announced last week that it is bringing on Kate Barton, a former EY executive, as its new global CEO to replace Elliott Portnoy, who has held the position since 2013.
Four years after her son's murder spurred a New Jersey judge's determination to bring about monumental advances in judicial security, positive change is reaching another sector of the court community.
A former assistant dean and two other former employees of Seton Hall University School of Law pled guilty this week to defrauding their former employer of more than $1.3 million in a scheme spanning 13 years.
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer was sentenced Friday in a New Jersey state court to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and failing to pay income tax.
Boyden Gray PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Fifth Circuit struck down as unconstitutional the Federal Communications Commission's system for subsidizing telecommunications service for rural and low-income users.
Benesch's work on a private equity acquisition of a bankruptcy advisory firm and Hausfeld's handling of a proposed class action in a data breach affecting over seven million people lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 12 to 26.
Rutgers University wants a New Jersey state court to reject a bid by a law school student who filed a discrimination suit against it to hold the school in contempt for moving ahead with disciplinary measures against him, arguing there is "no basis" to grant the request.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has thrown out an ethics complaint against a retired state judge for continuing to administer a deceased client's estate for 13 years after being appointed to the bench.
The top attorney for Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut is set to begin 2025 as the dental benefits company's leader following the retirement of its longtime chief executive officer.
Trial in a five-year-old case alleging two former Cognizant executives authorized a bribe to a government official in India could be delayed again after New Jersey federal prosecutors said on Friday that the current Sept. 9 date is too soon to complete necessary depositions in that country.
A shakeup in the presidential race kicked off another busy week for the legal industry as two BigLaw firms named leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
As the criminal case against McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLC's former chief financial officer reaches sentencing, fraud experts and legal leaders tell Law360 Pulse that his misconduct signals a lack of internal controls at the firm.
A New Jersey pharmaceutical startup wants to disqualify the "tainted" attorneys of a former executive who was allegedly caught spying on the CEO, claiming the attorneys should have immediately shielded their eyes when they realized their client was using stolen, privileged emails to carry out an "attempted shakedown."
The class of 2023 set new records for the overall employment rate, employment in jobs that require or anticipate bar passage, and median and average salaries. In addition, private practice employment has hit the highest level in more than 30 years, per data released Thursday by the National Association for Law Placement Inc.