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Abbe Lowell Defending Menendez In Bribery Case Once Again
NJ Scales Back Mental Health Disclosures For Bar Applicants
Retired NJ Judge On Tackling Vacancy Crisis As Mediator
Meet The Atty Seeking To Get NJ University Back On Track
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Gold, Cash And A Car: Gov't Has Edge In 2nd Bribery Case
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez previously dodged a corruption conviction when a federal bribery case against him ended in a hung jury six years ago, but former prosecutors say a new indictment unsealed Friday paints a much more serious picture for the New Jersey politician — and reveals alleged conduct that one attorney said "stinks to high heaven."
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NJ Gov. Calls For Menendez To Resign Over 'Disturbing' Charges
In the wake of an indictment alleging that Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife have had a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, Gov. Phil Murphy and other prominent Democrats called on Friday for his resignation.
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NJ Courts Turn Attention To AI Impact With New Committee
The New Jersey Supreme Court has launched a 31-member committee on artificial intelligence, it announced Friday, bringing together legal and other experts to study the possible effects of AI on court operations and the legal field.
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Ex-Aide Wants Suit Against Sister's NJ Firm In State Court
A former aide at her sister's New Jersey law firm has urged a federal judge to move her lawsuit against the practice back to New Jersey state court and grant her attorney fees, arguing the federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over her anticipatory breach of contract and retaliation claims.
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NJ Judicial Protections Law Survives Constitutional Challenge
A journalist has lost his New Jersey state lawsuit seeking an exception to a state law shielding judges' and others' personal information from public disclosure, with a judge finding that those protections outweighed the benefits of publishing a story documenting the home address of a city police director
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Stone Hilton PLLC, The Buzbee Law Firm, Cogdell Law Firm and Scheef & Stone LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after they worked to unhook Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from impeachment allegations.
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4 Ways Young Attorneys Can Find The Perfect Mentor
Having a mentor can be a crucial boost to a young attorney’s career. Here are four tips on how new associates can go about finding the ideal mentor.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Pryor Cashman's work on a $440 million music catalog sale and Irell & Manella's patent suit against Samsung lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 8 to 22.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Summer ended with another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and reach. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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NJ Sen. Menendez Took Bribes For Egyptian Aid, Feds Charge
Manhattan federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Friday charging Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., with steering billions of dollars worth of military aid to Egypt and attempting to interfere in criminal prosecutions in exchange for bribes.
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Pomerantz To Be Lead Counsel In Mallinckrodt Investor Suit
Pomerantz LLP has been appointed lead counsel in a suit asserting insolvent drugmaker Mallinckrodt PLC tricked investors into thinking it had recovered from bankruptcy and would make a $200 million payment to an opioid fund, a New Jersey federal judge said in an order.
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Sherwin-Williams Says NJ Must Testify About 'Dump Site'
Sherwin-Williams has urged a New Jersey state judge to compel testimony from the reticent New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection about the effects of the paint company's alleged pollution at the site of one of its former manufacturing plants, arguing it's entitled to the requested testimony during discovery, and it's not protected by privilege.
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NYC Bar Leader Takes On 'Epic' Challenge For Parkinson's
New York City Bar Executive Director Bret Parker will be taking part this weekend in a 4x4x48 challenge — which involves running/walking four miles, every four hours, for 48 hours — to raise awareness and money for Parkinson's disease research. Here, Parker spoke to Law360 about his work with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and his own experience with Parkinson's.
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Coming Soon: The 2023 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard Rankings
What combination of attributes adds up to a firm that stands above the rest? On Tuesday, we will publish the first of our Leaderboard rankings, providing analysis and insights into what it means to be a successful law firm.
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Schnader Harrison Defends Retainer Accounting Amid Closing
The recently shuttered Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on Thursday responded to questions over its apparent difficulty refunding client retainers, saying clients had given consent for some retainer funds to be deposited into the firm's operating account instead of a trust account.
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Why Law Firms Are Poaching So Many In-House Cyber Pros
Large law firms have had a big appetite this spring and summer for cybersecurity and privacy experts, and one way they've met the demand for that talent is by hiring attorneys from in-house legal departments.
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SEC Dings Atty For Role In Promoting $1.5M Crypto Offering
A Virginia attorney has settled U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that his now-defunct money services company was a partner in an offering that raised $1.5 million in digital assets as a purported "pre-sale" for other digital assets that were ultimately never produced.
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Gfeller Laurie Leader On New Practice Area, First Year In Role
Gfeller Laurie LLP, based in West Hartford, Connecticut, has been focused on strategic growth for some time, according to its managing partner, Melicent B. Thompson, as shown by its recent addition of a health care and professional liability group.
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Outside GC Practices Are A Potential Mid-Law Opportunity
As more Mid-Law firms create dedicated practice areas for their outside general counsel services, those in the industry see the area as a potential sweet spot for mid-size and regional firms.
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Equal Justice Works CEO On Diversifying Public Interest Law
Verna Williams of Equal Justice Works says she remains committed to diversifying public interest law, even as the legal industry deals with challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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Pulse Shooting Survivor Says NJ Firm Won't Pay Settlement
A survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting has asked a New Jersey judge to enforce a settlement he reached in July with a law office and its manager, who was accused of soliciting the survivor for sex in exchange for legal services.
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After Closure, Schnader Harrison Attys, Staff Move On
Six weeks after storied Pennsylvania firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP announced it would be shutting down, the majority of its attorneys and staff have moved to new firms — alone or with a group — retired or secured other employment, though not all have found new homes.
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Porzio Bromberg Atty To Probe HS Football Race Bias Claim
A Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC attorney who was a former Garden State education commissioner has been appointed to conduct an investigation into allegations of racially biased officiating at a high school football game, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association said.
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Firm's Privilege Row Among 'Strangest' For 3rd Circ. Judge
The Third Circuit on Wednesday pondered what happens when state attorney-client privilege law intersects with federal judicial estoppel in the case of a gambling machine company that sued its former counsel, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, for representing a casino it considered adverse to its interests, with one judge placing it among the "strangest" matters he's ever mulled.
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Klehr Harrison Names Two New Litigation Co-Chairs
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP has announced that it will expand the role of its litigation practice chair at the start of 2024 by naming two co-chairs to share the job with the incumbent, Jonathan Krause.
Expert Analysis
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5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent
Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage?
Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.
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Resume Gaps Are No Longer Kryptonite To Your Legal Career
Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.
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Law Firm Guardrails For Responsible Generative AI Use
ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.
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Opinion
We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds
Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.
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Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity
Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.
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Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers
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Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.
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How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up
In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys?
Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.
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Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud
A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.
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Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects
There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.
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How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks
Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.
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Keys To Managing The Stresses Of Law School
Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.
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Can Mandatory CLE Mitigate Implicit Bias's Negative Impacts?
Amid ongoing disagreements on whether states should mandate implicit bias training as part of attorneys' continuing legal education requirements, Stephanie Wilson at Reed Smith looks at how unconscious attitudes or stereotypes adversely affect legal practice, and whether mandatory training programs can help.
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Ditch The Frills And Start Writing Legal Letters In Plain English
To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.