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Share Of New Partners Who Are Women Decreased This Year
More than 80 major law firms had new partner classes in 2024 made up of at least 50% women, according to an analysis released Tuesday by a think tank focused on diversity and workplace flexibility. However, the analysis also found that the proportion of new U.S.-based partners who are women decreased.
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NJ Judge Exits Disbarred Atty's Suits Over Ties To State Bar
A disbarred New Jersey civil rights attorney persuaded a New Jersey federal judge to recuse herself from cases he has pending before her due to the "slim, but conceivable chance" of an appearance of impropriety stemming in part from her time as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
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Besieged NJ Prosecutor Keeps Suit Over Resignation Alive
The former county prosecutor in Warren County, New Jersey, has partially defeated a motion to dismiss from Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin, and can pursue a state court claim that he never technically resigned before being replaced.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Rosenthal Praises Zoom Hearings
While U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal calls the pandemic a disaster that "discombobulated" the federal courts, she thinks there was also a silver lining to the experience.
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How Certifications Became Ubiquitous For Privacy Attorneys
As privacy has become a more prominent and popular practice area, many attorneys have turned to certifications offered by the International Association of Privacy Professionals to market their skills, with those in the field saying that the popularity is the result of privacy's rapid evolution and the ubiquity is unlikely to diminish.
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The Psychology Of Top Firms' Growing Partner Pay Spreads
Dan Binstock, a legal recruiter who works with top law firms, recently said to me about partner pay, "You can never please everybody."
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Ex-Fox Rothschild Clients Push To Revive Malpractice Suit
Two former clients of Fox Rothschild LLP asked a New Jersey federal judge to reject the firm's bid to dismiss a third amended complaint alleging attorneys deceived them into opening credit cards and engaging in a fake marriage under the guise of trying to secure a U.S. visa.
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Attorney Says NJ Red Flag Law Violates 2nd Amendment
An attorney who had his firearms seized after flashing a handgun during a road rage incident alleged in New Jersey federal court that a state red flag law violates the Second Amendment, arguing it is another way for the state to suppress the right to carry handguns in public.
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3 Factors Attorneys Should Keep In Mind When Using AI
Attorneys who hope to leverage new artificial intelligence programs in their legal work should stay mindful of three rules of conduct from the American Bar Association dictating attorney competence, client confidentiality and billing procedures, according to a recently published paper from the International Association of Defense Counsel.
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Becker Appoints 5 New Vice Chairs, Chief Business Officer
Becker & Poliakoff PC announced Monday that the Florida-based firm appointed four of its attorneys and a senior director as vice chairs of their respective practices, along with giving its chief strategy officer the additional role of chief business officer.
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NJ Senate Confirms 5 New Judges, Reappoints 12 With Tenure
New Jersey gained five new Superior Court judges on Monday when the state Senate confirmed a Day Pitney LLP commercial litigator and a Camden County criminal defense attorney for the bench, as well as three Union County nominees approved in committee last week.
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NJ Gov.'s Chief Counsel Departing For Lowenstein Sandler
Parimal Garg, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's chief counsel and the longest-serving attorney in that role in state history, is leaving the governor's office to work at Lowenstein Sandler LLP in white collar and business litigation, according to an announcement on Monday.
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NJ Suspends Ex-Carter Ledyard Partner After NY Disbarment
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered the indefinite suspension of a former Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP partner, two years after a New York state appeals court disbarred the lawyer for ignoring subpoenas and failing to cooperate in a fee investigation.
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Kennedys' New Head Steps Up In 'Evolving' Insurance World
Meg Catalano, who was named Kennedys’ new global managing partner this week, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss her vision for the role and how the firm looks to stay on top of client needs in a volatile world under her leadership.
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National Footprints Scramble Partner Pay's Link To Location
Law firm partners' increasing pay often varies based on where those attorneys are located, a fact reinforced by a new study out Thursday, but experts say the relationship between compensation and location has become more complicated as more firms operate on a national scale.
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Insurers Have Long Used AI; Now Litigation Funders Want In
As State Farm waded into the nascent field of "artificial intelligence" tools in the mid-1980s, its mainframe computers began to overheat under the strain of calculating the values of claims.
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Milber Makris Expands Trial Capabilities With 15 Attys In NY
Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden LLP, a full-service civil litigation defense firm for the insurance industry, has expanded its litigation and trial capabilities with the addition of 15 attorneys from Zaklukiewicz Puzo & Morrissey LLP and Gartner & Bloom PC in New York.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as firms prepared for increased lobbying activity in anticipation of the upcoming election, while lawyers nationwide came together to support a nonpartisan initiative focused on protecting the electoral process. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kemp Jones LLP, Parker Nelson & Associates and Campbell & Williams lead this week's list of Law360 legal lions with back-to-back wins in ongoing litigation against a bankrupt "alkaline water" company.
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Incoming NJ Judge Wins Appellate Ruling To Collect Pension
A former deputy attorney general and Camden County prosecutor will be able to collect her state pension while serving on the Superior Court of New Jersey, a state appeals court ruled Thursday in a published opinion.
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Trio Of New NJ State Judges Among 15 Nominees Advanced
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday signed off on three new state Superior Court judges in Union County, tapping a Jersey City government attorney, a longtime family law leader at Legal Services of New Jersey and an experienced litigator for the bench.
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Ex-Moody's GC Gets Prison For Tax-Filing Fail On $54M In Pay
The former general counsel for Moody's Corp. was sentenced Thursday to eight months in prison for willfully failing to file federal income tax returns for four years in which he collected $54 million in income.
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Dilworth Paxson Chair On Firm's Measured Growth Plan
Dilworth Paxson LLP’s expansion this month into Erie, Pennsylvania, with the addition of a longtime local business attorney is the latest in what firm chair Lawrence McMichael told Law360 Pulse was a string of carefully considered growth opportunities over the past 18 months.
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Kennedys Turns To US For New Global Managing Partner
Kennedys named the firm's regional chief in the U.S. as its second global managing partner on Thursday as it looks poised to go from strength to strength after it recently recorded revenues of more than £380 million ($493 million).
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Big Jump In Outside Counsel Spending Forecast For 2025
Spending on outside counsel will rise 6.9% in 2025, the largest increase in 10 years, according to a report Thursday from BTI Consulting Group, which forecasts that litigation spending will see the biggest jumps and that practice areas including labor and employment and mergers and acquisitions will also see large spending increases.
Expert Analysis
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
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NY's Cybersecurity CLE Rule Is A Sign Of Changing Times
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
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Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark
Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
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A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
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Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
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Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
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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.