Fox Rothschild LLP gained a former longtime Riker Danzig LLP partner in its financial restructuring and bankruptcy department with experience in complex restructurings, corporate trust matters and more, the firm announced this week.
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Fox Rothschild Lands Restructuring Ace From Riker Danzig

By Jake Maher

Fox Rothschild LLP gained a former longtime Riker Danzig LLP partner in its financial restructuring and bankruptcy department with experience in complex restructurings, corporate trust matters and more, the firm announced this week.

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NJ Judge Defends Palestinian Attire As Religious, Not Political

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey judge accused of an ethics violation for wearing pro-Palestine clothing to a judicial training conference denied intentionally making a political statement this week, instead arguing he was wearing the clothing for religious reasons and is facing viewpoint discrimination with the ethics charge.

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How A Growing Midsize Law Firm Is Evaluating AI Tools

By Sarah Martinson

Columbus, Ohio-based midsize law firm Perez Morris hired Nick Morrison as director of artificial intelligence and technology strategy in January to evaluate and roll out AI tools. Four months later, here is where Perez Morris is at in the process.

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Alleged Plea Breaches In Abuse Case Prompt New Judge Bid

By George Woolston

The defendant in a child sexual abuse case in which a federal judge ordered the trio of attorneys then leading the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office to testify about who was in charge has asked for his sentencing to be reassigned to a new judge, arguing that the federal government has repeatedly breached his plea agreement.

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Atty, Brother Say Father's Last Will Altered In Secret

By Emily Sawicki

A Blank Rome LLP attorney and his brother have sued the attorney who executed their father's will in New Jersey federal court, alleging the lawyer preyed on their ailing father toward the end of his life to alter his beneficiaries through undue influence, forgery and fraud.

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DLA Piper Clears Vote To End Verein, Unify Leadership

By Tracey Read

DLA Piper announced Friday that firm partners on both sides of the Atlantic have "overwhelmingly approved" a plan to dissolve its Swiss verein structure effective May 1.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Shutts & Bowen's work on a data center company's stock offering and Robbins Geller's lead counsel spot in an investor class action lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 10 to 24.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Butler Prather LLP, Bowen Painter LLC and Cannella Snyder LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fluor Corp. can be held liable for a veteran's state-based injury claims stemming from a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms shifted leadership roles and new figures revealed lateral hiring trends. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ammons Law Firm

Blank Rome

Bowen Painter

Butler Prather

Cannella Snyder

Consovoy McCarthy

DLA Piper

Epstein Becker

Foley Hoag

Fox Rothschild

Jones Day

Martinez Reilly

Nagel Rice

Ogletree Deakins

Paul Weiss

Reed Smith

Riker Danzig

Robbins Geller

Sanders Law Group

Shutts & Bowen

Varnum LLP

Verrill Dana

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accenture PLC

American Airlines Group Inc.

BellRing Brands Inc.

Duos Technologies Inc.

Fluor Corp.

Fordham University

Frontier Airlines Inc.

GKN PLC

Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV

Legal & General America Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Microsoft Corp.

RELX PLC

Rite Aid Corp.

TopBuild Corp.

Townsquare Media

Twitter Inc.

York Space Systems LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Supreme Court