New Jersey-based DeCotiis FitzPatrick Cole & Giblin LLP has announced that it is reorganizing its leadership structure as its co-managing partner is set to leave to start his own firm by Jan. 31 with seven other attorneys.
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DeCotiis Co-Leader Exiting With 7 Attys In NJ Firm Shakeup

By Rose Krebs

New Jersey-based DeCotiis FitzPatrick Cole & Giblin LLP has announced that it is reorganizing its leadership structure as its co-managing partner is set to leave to start his own firm by Jan. 31 with seven other attorneys.

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Chiesa Shahinian Brings On K&L Gates Compliance Atty In NJ

By Jake Maher

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC has hired an attorney from K&L Gates specializing in working with New York and New Jersey agencies, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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J&J Largely Loses Bid To Toss Former Atty's NJ Bias Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

A New Jersey federal judge largely shot down Johnson & Johnson's bid to scrap a former company data privacy attorney's racial and gender discrimination suit and rejected its bid to sanction her over the case.

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Boutiques Loomed Large In Latest Bonus Season

By Aebra Coe

Sometimes referred to as the BigLaw bonus scale, year-end associate bonuses of more than $100,000 have included prestigious boutique law firms in recent years, with a notable outpouring of large bonuses among such firms in 2025, an analysis of data compiled by Law360 Pulse shows.

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Do's And Don'ts For How To Handle That Year-End Bonus

By Kevin Penton

While associates' bank accounts may be flush after the recent round of year-end bonuses at many of the country's top firms, whether the money leads to additional benefits or problems hinges on how attorneys handle the influx of cash, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Kellogg Hansen's handling of an antitrust suit against Google and Choate's work on a $215 million acquisition of a medical device maker lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 2 to 16.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Sher Tremonte LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit upheld a ruling requiring Getty Images to pay out nearly $88 million to investors who said they were blocked from purchasing shares in the company once it became public.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Sarah Martinson

The legal industry had another action-packed week with more lateral moves, leadership changes and C-suite promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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