Genova Burns LLC of Newark, New Jersey, is expanding its bankruptcy practice group with the addition of four top attorneys from Wasserman Jurista & Stolz PC, a Garden State bankruptcy firm that is closing up shop.
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Genova Burns Boosts Bankruptcy Practice With New NJ Attys

By Nick Muscavage

Genova Burns LLC of Newark, New Jersey, is expanding its bankruptcy practice group with the addition of four top attorneys from Wasserman Jurista & Stolz PC, a Garden State bankruptcy firm that is closing up shop.

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Ex-Simpson Atty Shares Plans As NJ Consumer Affairs Chief

By Nick Muscavage

The New Jersey Senate confirmed Paul R. Rodriguez as the director of the state's Division of Consumer Affairs just before the new year, and he already has a lot planned for the year ahead.

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NJ Justices Take On Challenge To Virtual Grand Juries

By Bill Wichert

The New Jersey Supreme Court will address a constitutional challenge to the state's virtual grand jury program after a defense attorneys' group accused the justices of overstepping their power in authorizing the remote proceedings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an order made available Thursday.

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4 Firms Build $586M Go-Private Deal For Insurer ProSight

By Benjamin Horney

TowerBrook Capital Partners and Further Global Capital Management will buy New Jersey-based property and casualty insurer ProSight Global for roughly $586 million, the companies said Friday, in an agreement assembled by Ropes & Gray, Sullivan & Cromwell, Sidley Austin and Kirkland.

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Princeton Not Immune To Lake Drowning Suit, Court Told

By Bill Wichert

The parents of a man who drowned in a lake owned by Princeton University have urged a New Jersey state court to reject its bid to toss their claims against the institution, blasting the school's argument that it is shielded from liability under the state's Charitable Immunity Act.

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Where 5 States Stand On Nonlawyer Practice Of Law Regs

By Aebra Coe

At least five states are in various stages of consideration and implementation of new attorney regulations that would expand the universe of who can practice law — in some cases to include nonlawyers.

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Anheuser-Busch Brews Up Discovery Cost-Saving Algorithm

By Steven Lerner

Anheuser-Busch InBev is making more than just beer, as the brewing giant's in-house legal department told Law360 Pulse it has developed a tool that could reduce time spent reviewing documents and cut discovery costs by millions of dollars.

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'I'm Not A Cat,' Atty Assures Judge Amid Zoom Filter Mishap

By Morgan Conley

A Texas attorney went viral Tuesday after he logged into a Zoom state court hearing unknowingly sporting a cat filter as he geared up to represent Presidio County in civil forfeiture proceedings, then assured the judge he was ready to carry on despite his feline facade.

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Legal Industry Still Largely White And Male, ABA Survey Says

By Marco Poggio

White men still occupy most law firm leadership roles and are more likely to move up the ladder than women, minorities and people with disabilities, according to a survey published Tuesday by the American Bar Association.

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These Firms Steered The Most Cases In The Last 3 Years

By Xiumei Dong

Attorneys have fielded hundreds of thousands of civil lawsuits in federal district courts over the past three years, according to Lex Machina's Law Firms Activity Report released Thursday. Here, Law360 Pulse digs into which law firms racked up the most litigation work.

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Movers & Shakers

1Law's Jason Velez On Nonlawyer Investment

By Aebra Coe

Attorney Jason Velez launched his firm 1Law to experiment with new ideas around how to deliver legal services, including through technology. Here, he speaks with Law360 Pulse about seeking nonlawyer investment for the firm and other innovations.

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Analysis

Virtual Law Firms Grow Amid BigLaw Hiring Slump

By Xiumei Dong

Several law firms that have long embraced a remote work culture saw their headcounts and revenues soar in 2020, a trend some say will continue post-pandemic now that attorneys have gotten used to the work-from-home model.

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Legal Tech Expands As Remote Work Settles In

By Steven Lerner

As companies went remote in 2020 amid the pandemic, law firms and legal departments supported the changing work environment with new investments in technology.

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Veteran Business Atty Joins Bressler In NJ

By Adrian Cruz and Nick Muscavage

Bressler Amery & Ross PC has added a veteran business and commercial litigator with more than 30 years of experience representing Fortune 500 companies to its Florham Park, New Jersey, office, the firm has announced.

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Class Attys Shed Credit Agency Founder's Harassment Claims

By Jeannie O'Sullivan

A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed a credit reporting company founder's lawsuit that alleged he was harassed as part of underlying litigation over payday lending, ruling that there was no showing that the class action attorneys suing him directed the actions of a purportedly rude process server.

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11 Tech Tips To Help Law Firms Prepare For Attys' Return

By Steven Lerner

As law firms bring their legal professionals back to the office, technology will be instrumental to ensuring a safe and productive work environment. Here are 11 ways firms can use technology to ready their offices for the new normal.

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Q&A

How Greenberg Traurig Added 37 Laterals In 19 Weeks

By Aebra Coe

Greenberg Traurig LLP has added 37 lateral shareholders since the beginning of 2021. CEO Brian Duffy talked to Law360 Pulse about the role in the firm's appeal of a management style light on "micromanaging."

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Wilentz Atty Remembered As 'Titan' In Trusts And Estates Law

By Nick Muscavage

A longtime Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA attorney and past chair of the firm's trusts and estates team died at the end of May, leaving behind a legacy as a "titan of the trusts and estates bar" and an advocate of probate reform.

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NJ Senate Panel OKs Judges, New Union County Prosecutor

By Nick Muscavage

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee had a busy day on Wednesday, giving the green light to seven potential new state Superior Court judges, two renominated judges and a new Union County prosecutor.

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Why Willkie, Longford Want Their $50M Funding Deal Public

By Steven Lerner

The $50 million litigation funding agreement between Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Longford Capital Management LP is a market milestone in the acceptance of third-party financing among lawyers and clients alike. Here, leaders from Willkie and Longford tell Law360 Pulse why they made the deal public.

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NJ Senate Confirms Morris County Prosecutor, New Judges

By Nick Muscavage

The New Jersey Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nominations of a new Morris County prosecutor and several judges, including a first-generation Arab American as a superior court judge.

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Video Tech Glitches, Masked Jurors Spark 'Inevitable' Appeals

By Jack Karp

Technical hiccups in videoconferencing, masked jury selection and off-screen witness coaching are some of the pandemic-related issues cropping up in a growing number of appeals attorneys call inevitable.

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Judiciary Seeks $1.54B For Renovations, Better Security

By Ryan Boysen

The U.S. federal court system has asked Congress for $1.54 billion to beef up security, renovate aging courthouses and overhaul inadequate IT systems, as lawmakers contemplate a massive, multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill.

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Katten Won't Set Return-To-Office Mandate

By Xiumei Dong

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP will not require its attorneys and staff to work in the office for a set number of days once the firm reopens its offices in the fall, according to an internal memo shared with Law360 Pulse.

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Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Now Among Firm's Largest

By Anna Sanders

Husch Blackwell LLP's virtual office has become one of the BigLaw firm's largest a year after opening during the coronavirus pandemic, with leaders saying the fully remote workspace has buoyed efforts to expand and support clients across the country.

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Do Virtual Courts Have A Harmful Effect On Litigant Empathy?

By Adrian Cruz

Courthouses and other legal bodies have had to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic in a similar fashion to many other institutions, by substituting most, if not all of their in-house proceedings with virtual ones typically done over Zoom. But do these virtual courts have a hidden side effect that puts litigants at a disadvantage?

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NJ Town, Cops Still Can't Dodge Ex-Judge's Civil Rights Suit

By Jeannie O'Sullivan

A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a town's new bid to toss a civil rights lawsuit by a former state court jurist over her arrest for allegedly harboring her fugitive ex-boyfriend, reasoning Thursday that the lawsuit was not barred by findings in criminal and ethics cases involving the same circumstances.

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Paul Weiss Joins Firms Delaying Return Plans, Mandating Vax

By Justin Wise

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP is delaying the next phase of its office return plan and will Monday require all personnel and visitors to be vaccinated to enter its locations, according to a memo shared with Law360.

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Cryptic US Crypto Rules Seen Pushing 'Good Actors' Abroad

By Michele Gorman

The U.S. needs a clear cryptocurrency framework for "good actors" who want to run their businesses with clarity, or risk continuing to lose companies moving abroad where regulations in this space are more apparent, a group of panelists said Thursday during the American Bar Association's annual meeting.

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Do Diversity Reviews Actually Advance Progress?

By Cara Bayles

In recent years, corporate clients have been asking firms more and more for internal demographic data, in an effort to hold BigLaw to its diversity goals. But can client pressure and data gathering actually produce results?

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Mid-Law Salaries Rising Amid Pressure From Market, BigLaw

By Emma Cueto

As BigLaw firms raise associate salaries to new heights, many midsize firms are also increasing their compensation, a move driven largely by the same market pressures affecting BigLaw.

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Lowenstein Sandler Atty Targeted In NJ Virus 'Favor' Suit

By Bill Wichert

A former New Jersey health official is looking to pull the governor's chief of staff and a Lowenstein Sandler LLP attorney into his whistleblower suit alleging he was fired for objecting to collecting COVID-19 test samples from the chief of staff's relatives, saying the state has admitted that they "orchestrated" his termination.

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These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships

By Jacqueline Bell

Many law firms are seeing only modest progress as they seek to close the gender gap in their top ranks. But these firms are working to shake up that reality and forging a path to progress.

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Returning To The Office Isn't One-Size-Fits-All

By Xiumei Dong

As summer vacations draw to a close, a growing number of law firms are signaling their desire to bring attorneys back to their desks, with some adopting a four-day-in-office policy. However, as firms grapple with redefining their office culture, experts are cautious about the one-size-fits-all approach.

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Saul Ewing, Freeman Leaders On Why They Combined Forces

By Tracey Read

Saul Ewing LLP and Southern California's Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP have created a combined law firm with more than 400 lawyers across 18 offices. Law360 Pulse spoke with firm leaders on how the combination takes advantage of "strength on strength."

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Georgetown Law's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic and Ellwanger Law lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the full Fifth Circuit unwound decades-old precedent that limited the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to "ultimate employment decisions."

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Philly Atty Who 'Threw It All Away' Gets Prison For Tax Fraud

By George Woolston

A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison for not paying income tax on more than $8 million in revenue he earned and for failing to pay almost $60,000 in payroll taxes.

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Judges, Attys Must Pay Special Attention To Implicit Bias

By Jack Karp

While everyone has implicit bias, judges, lawyers and court staff can be particularly susceptible to unconscious prejudices, and their biases can have a greater impact on the people they encounter, according to a webinar held Monday.

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SEC Dings Atty For Role In Promoting $1.5M Crypto Offering

By Emilie Ruscoe

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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Witness Logistics Delay Ex-Cognizant Execs' Bribery Trial

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge agreed Wednesday to delay the trial of two former Cognizant executives to give the government time to determine if a key witness will testify, despite objections from defense counsel who lamented discovery concessions and the energy spent in preparing for an early October start date.

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Red Mass: What Does It Mean To Be A Catholic Lawyer?

By Daniel Connolly

This fall, some Catholic lawyers are celebrating the Red Mass, a traditional blessing for the legal profession. An annual mass in Washington, D.C. has sometimes drawn U.S. Supreme Court justices. Amid the church’s ongoing challenges, what does it mean to be a Catholic attorney today?

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Why Gusto's CLO Puts Advocacy 'At The Heart' Of Her Work

By Michele Gorman

Growing up in Ukraine, Dina Segal was influenced by her grandfather, who as a lawyer helped solve complex issues in the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. She remembers declaring at age 13 that she wanted to become a lawyer. Now, she advocates for small businesses as chief legal officer at software company Gusto, which helps simplify complex processes in HR services.

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NJ Firm Seeks Toss, Not Remand, Of Retaliation Suit

By Chart Riggall

Amid a renewed push from an ex-employee and sister of a New Jersey law firm's co-owner to have her lawsuit against the firm sent back to state court, the firm said this week that the complaint should not be remanded, but tossed out wholesale.

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Provident Bank Taps Dechert Finance Atty As Asst. GC In NJ

By Jake Maher

Provident Bank has built out its in-house team with the hire of a Dechert LLP associate with 10 years of experience in corporate litigation and transactional law as a new assistant general counsel.

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NJ Atty, Developer Get House Arrest For $3.5M Loan Fraud

By Greg Lamm

A New Jersey-based lawyer and a real estate developer were both sentenced to time served and placed under house arrest by a federal judge Tuesday after they admitted to buying houses with fake mortgage applications and pocketing the loan funds, ultimately costing the federal government $3.5 million in defaulted loans.

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Latham & Watkins Most Social Media-Savvy US Firm In 2023

By Andrea Keckley

Latham & Watkins LLP was deemed the most social media-savvy BigLaw firm in the U.S. this year by an annual analysis, released Thursday, of the top 200 U.S. firms' social media performance.

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Va. Law Prof Wants Illegal Recording Verdict Tossed

By George Woolston

A business of law professor at Longwood University in Virginia has asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a jury's $361,000 verdict finding she illegally recorded her former son-in-law, claiming he provided no evidence at trial to show he had a reasonable expectation of privacy.

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Bonus Spotlight

Kramer Levin, Katten Join Pay Hike And Bonus Bandwagon

By Xiumei Dong

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP are the latest law firms announcing year-end bonuses for associates and 2024 raises that are in line with the prevailing scales set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

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What's Keeping Small Firm And Solo Attys Up At Night In '24

By Daniel Connolly

As 2024 approaches and the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes further into the past, many of the big issues affecting small and solo law firms remain in flux, including office space, the role of remote work and remote hearings, and the proper role of AI.

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Gibbons' Exec Chair Departs After Over 3 Decades With Firm

By Lynn LaRowe

Gibbons PC announced on Thursday that a longtime leader who shepherded the firm through a merger, expansions and a rebranding has departed after more than three decades with the firm, including the past 20 years in leadership posts.

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NJ Attorney Gets 3-Month Suspension For Misleading Ads

By Adrian Cruz

A New Jersey-based attorney was hit with a three-month suspension by the Supreme Court of New Jersey's Disciplinary Review Board after it found that he engaged in improper advertising by directly mailing potential clients solicitation letters featuring inaccurate and missing information.

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These Cos. Are In The Hot Seat As Proxy Season Approaches

By Sue Reisinger

At least four high-profile corporations and their general counsel are gearing up for a tougher-than-usual 2024 proxy season — those three months in the spring when most companies hold their annual meetings.

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Trump Atty Didn't Go 'Rogue' In Pushing Club NDA, Court Told

By Jake Maher

A former server suing a Trump Organization golf club over a nondisclosure agreement that she was allegedly illegally induced to sign by one of Donald Trump's lawyers has urged a New Jersey state court to keep her suit alive, arguing that the club's motion to dismiss relies on "absurd" arguments.

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These Are The Hottest Trends In Law Firm Design

By Tracey Read

Out with the law library and in with Zoom rooms? Law360 Pulse recently talked to architects and legal employers to find out what the biggest trends are in law firm design.

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Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Mitchell Law PLLC, Gessler Blue LLC and Dhillon Law Group Inc. lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that states can't bar former president Donald Trump from running for reelection this year based on a 14th Amendment provision.

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Connell Foley Leader, AT&T VP Join NJ Biz Group's Trustees

By Madison Arnold

The New Jersey Business & Industry Association has selected Connell Foley's managing partner and an AT&T executive to serve on its board of trustees, the organization announced Friday.

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Success Unlikely For Menendez As Independent, Analyst Says

By Carla Baranauckas

Although embattled Sen. Robert Menendez, under indictment on federal corruption charges, announced he will not run in New Jersey's Democratic primary but may seek reelection as an independent, the effort is likely to be fruitless, a Garden State political analyst said Friday.

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How Senior Associates Can Build Their Books Of Business

By Kevin Penton

As associates grow into their positions, there can come a point at which they realize that mastering the art of the legal brief or the deposition is not enough: They also need to learn how to attract and retain clients.

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'Eat Or Be Eaten': Mid-Law Drove Q1 Law Firm Mergers

By Aebra Coe

As firms feel the pressure to grow to meet client demands, midsize law firms appear to be more eager to gobble up small law firms and less thrilled by the idea of being acquired, according to consultants and first quarter U.S. law firm combination results collected by Law360 Pulse.

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Sen. Menendez's Wife Gets Own Bribery Trial

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge agreed on Thursday to give the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez her own trial in a sprawling case accusing the couple of accepting bribes for using the New Jersey Democrat's influence to further the interests of three businessmen.

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Menendez Trial Date In Limbo Over Pact On Atty's Testimony

By Carla Baranauckas

A co-defendant's reticence has stalled an agreement on the scope of a Gibbons PC attorney's testimony in the bribery case of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and two New Jersey businessmen, leaving the much-litigated trial date of May 6 in limbo.

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Invitae Defends Its Ch. 11 Hire Of Kirkland Against DQ Bid

By Vince Sullivan

Bankrupt genetic-testing company Invitae Corporation has told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge that attempts to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP as its bankruptcy counsel are baseless and no conflicts exist for the firm due to its representation of a creditor in other legal matters.

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NJ State Police Settle Suit Over Expungements Backlog

By Carla Baranauckas

The New Jersey State Police agreed to speed up the processing of expungements to resolve the Office of the Public Defender's proposed class claims over a backlog of judicial orders that numbered 46,000 as of October, Attorney General Matt Platkin and Public Defender Jennifer N. Sellitti said in a joint statement Friday. 

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Once A Standard, US News Rankings Now 'Entirely Irrelevant'

By Alison Knezevich

Once "the bellwether of the legal academy," the annual law school rankings published by U.S. News & World Report don't matter to today's prospective law students, a pair of law professors say in a new study.

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Mountain Of Messages Dominates Week 2 In Menendez Trial

By Carla Baranauckas

The wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez asked her "handsome senator" husband for a favor that allegedly furthered a bribery scheme, coached him on what to say to Egyptian officials, and let an attorney use her phone to make a deal with him, jurors learned during the second week of trial in the government's corruption case.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sonosky Chambers Sachse Endreson & Perry LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, Sidley Austin LLP and Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government is required to reimburse two Native American tribes millions of dollars in administrative healthcare costs.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Beveridge & Diamond PC's successful pursuit of a writ of certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court in a Clean Water Act case and Farella Braun & Martel LLP's work on a cannabis company business loan lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 24 to June 7.

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Brach Eichler Adds Insurance Pro From Garces Grabler In NJ

By Jake Maher

Brach Eichler has continued a recent boom in its litigation team with the hire of a no-fault insurance expert from personal injury giant Garces Grabler & LeBrocq PC in New Jersey who also brings expertise as a former in-house attorney for GEICO.

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Former McElroy Deutsch Exec Fights Home Claim In Theft Suit

By Jake Maher

With her husband having pled guilty to stealing over $1.5 million from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP last month, the firm's former business development director held firm this week that a New Jersey state court must reject the firm's bid to put the couple's house in a constructive trust.

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Bressler Grows In NJ With New Litigation, Tax Experts

By Jake Maher

Bressler Amery & Ross PC added longtime experts in tax law, trusts and estates, and commercial litigation in a recent round of expansion in New Jersey announced this week.

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Marshall Dennehey Adds Co-Chair Of Disciplinary Practice

By James Boyle

An attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing professionals in malpractice and liability matters has moved his practice to Marshall Dennehey PC after more than 17 years with Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos LLP.

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An Olympics Volunteer, This GC Still Seeks To Be Champion

By Sue Reisinger

Robert Herbst, a former general counsel and world champion weightlifter, has woven together the law and sports throughout his career, including this week in Paris where he is working with the U.S. Olympic team as a volunteer.

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Bar Associations Issue 'Call To Action' To Law Firms On DEI

By Tracey Read

Presidents from eight of the nation's largest bar associations are asking legal industry leaders to help defend diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives against attacks from segments of the country.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Fillmore Law Firm LLP, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center and the Business Roundtable lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal judge blocked a Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts.

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The Road Map For Restoring Public Trust In State Courts

By Lynn LaRowe

At a time when misconduct accusations continue to hover over the U.S. Supreme Court, state court leaders have put forth a strategy to boost trust in local judicial officials that largely calls for them to take on more public-facing roles.

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Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say

By Ryan Boysen

Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.

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Cozen O'Connor Reelects CEO Michael Heller To Fifth Term

By James Boyle

Cozen O'Connor's continuous steady growth over the last 12 years has prompted the firm's leadership to reelect its current chief executive for another three-year term.

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Morgan Lewis Lands Capital Markets Pro From Davis Polk

By Rose Krebs

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Tuesday that it has added to its capital markets and public companies practice with the hiring of an attorney who formerly was at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and served as an attorney-adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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NJ Law Firm Gets Partial Win In Dispute With Ex-Employees

By Irene Spezzamonte

The arbitration pacts that two former employees at a New Jersey law firm filed cover their discrimination claims, a New Jersey state court judge ruled, handing the Bergen County-based personal injury firm a partial win in the workers' wage and bias suit.

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TD Bank Case Shows How Money Movers Top Corruption List

By Sue Reisinger

When newly appointed general counsel Cynthia Adams signed off on TD Bank's whopping $3 billion penalty for money laundering on Thursday, the penalty became further evidence that financial institutions are among the companies that most often find themselves in the cross-hairs of enforcement agencies.

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Prosecutor's Office Seeks Order For NJ AG To Defend It

By Carla Baranauckas

The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office urged the New Jersey appellate court Wednesday to order the state attorney general's office to defend and indemnify it in a lawsuit stemming from an internal affairs investigation of a police official.

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Seton Hall Fights Moving Ex-Prez's Suit Over Law Clerk Ties

By Jake Maher

Seton Hall University has urged a New Jersey Superior Court judge to undo an order transferring a whistleblower suit by its former president out of Essex County because of a supposed conflict of interest involving the law clerk daughter of one of the defendants.

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BigLaw Partner Pay Soars, But Not At The Same Clip For All

By Aebra Coe

Average partner compensation at the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. by revenue has almost doubled in the last decade and has increased by 26% in the past two years alone, according to the results of a survey by recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa LLC that were released Thursday.

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Federal Judges Fear Slower Courts After 'Devastating' Veto

By Jack Karp

The president's veto of legislation that would have added dozens more federal judgeships has stunned and disappointed top jurists around the country, leaving them worried that the "devastating" move means backlogs on court dockets will continue to delay cases, hurt litigants and undermine confidence in the judicial system.

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Judge Nixes Bid To Depose SEC Counsel In $73M Fraud Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal magistrate judge has denied a credit reporting agency's bid to depose four U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys and to compel the production of their witness interview notes in a civil enforcement action over an alleged $73 million fraud, ruling the information sought is protected by the work-product doctrine.

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Are Law Firm Office Mandates Missing The Point?

By Aebra Coe

Creating a workplace that fosters community, connection, collaboration and a clearly defined culture cannot be accomplished through office mandates alone, and, in fact, a lack of flexibility when it comes to remote work options could backfire on that goal, according to the author of a new book out this month.

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Lowenstein Sandler Can Pursue Trimmed Dispensary Fee Suit

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey state court judge dismissed part of Lowenstein Sandler LLP's $800,000 fee suit against a cannabis dispensary former client Thursday and told the firm it must give the former client the notice of its right to resolve the fee dispute through arbitration.

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Law Firm Accused Of Botching NYC Construction Lawsuit

By Jake Maher

An HVAC subcontractor and one of its investors claim that attorneys at a New York law firm cost them a $700,000 judgment at trial by failing to call any witnesses or produce any documents to rebut claims from a general contractor that they diverted funds, according to a lawsuit in New Jersey state court.

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Legal Job Satisfaction Up, Less Turnover Expected, Study Says

By Xiumei Dong

Legal professionals surveyed reported high job satisfaction at the end of last year, signaling a quieter job market for the legal industry in 2025, according to a new report from recruiting firm Robert Half Inc.

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Paul Weiss Chair Defends Trump Deal Amid Outcry

By Aebra Coe

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP Chairman Brad Karp explained to the law firm's personnel on Sunday his decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration to avoid retribution related to the firm's selection of clients and DEI practices, a decision that has prompted public outcry among legal industry pundits and firm alumni.

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Former McCarter & English Atty Fights Bid To Toss Firing Suit

By Jake Maher

A former McCarter & English LLP attorney and Navy SEAL has accused the firm in New Jersey state court of trying to "smear" him by claiming he was fired for his offensive social media posts rather than his advocacy for veterans.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's work monitoring compliance in the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and Choate Hall & Stewart LLP's role in the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 4 to 18.

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DLA Piper Hires New CFO From Knight Frank

By Ashish Sareen

DLA Piper said Monday that it has appointed Knight Frank's group chief financial officer to take on a similar role as it looks to achieve its goals for growing the business.

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Porzio Bromberg Brings On Retired NJ Appellate Judge

By Rose Krebs

Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC announced Tuesday that it has added a former New Jersey Appellate Division judge as of counsel to bolster its litigation services and co-chair its professional development committee.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Institute for Justice, Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt LLP, Spears & Filipovits LLC and attorney Lisa Lambert lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution's supremacy clause cannot shield the federal government from Federal Tort Claims Act suits.

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Q&A

Gordon Rees Leader Talks Handing Reins To New Blood

By James Mills

As he approached two decades at the helm of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, managing partner Dion Cominos says he knew it was time to turn over leadership of the firm to a "new generation."

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New Jersey US Atty Faces Authority Challenge In Drug Case

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey man facing federal drug and firearms charges is mounting what appears to be the first formal legal challenge to Alina Habba's continued role as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, arguing that her appointment is unlawful and undermines the legitimacy of his prosecution.

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Stevens & Lee Merges With NJ Firm, Opens 18th Office

By Emma Cueto

Stevens & Lee has opened its 18th office via a merger with Brown Moskowitz & Kallen PC, adding eight attorneys and a location in Chatham, New Jersey, as part of the firm's third combination in 2025, it was announced Monday.

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How These Small Firms Have Withstood The Test Of Time

By Rachel Rippetoe

According to the leaders of small law firms that have survived for generations, and whose legacies include prosecuting secessionists after the Civil War and taking on Ford Motor Co. in one of the first automobile-related product liability cases, succession planning and deep community ties have been key to their longevity.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs

Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

1Law

Agnifilo Intrater

Akin Gump

Allen Allen Allen & Allen

Anthony Pope Law Firm

Arden Levy Law PLLC

Arseneault & Fassett

Atlas Consumer Law

Austin LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Barnes & Thornburg

Beasley Allen

Benesch Friedlander

Berger Montague

Berry Appleman

Beveridge & Diamond

Bird Marella

Bleichmar Fonti

Bohrer PLLC

Brach Eichler

Bradley Arant

Branigan & Associates

Bressler Amery

Brown Moskowitz

Brown Rudnick

Brownstein Hyatt

Bryan Cave

Buchalter APC

Butler Weihmuller

Cadwalader Wickersham

Carr Maloney

Catalano Gallardo

Chaikin Sherman

Chiesa Shahinian

Choate Hall

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Coblentz Patch

Coburn & Greenbaum

Cohen Milstein

Cole Schotz

Connell Foley

Constantine Cannon

Consumer Litigation Associates PC

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

Cruser Mitchell

Curtis Thaxter

DLA Piper

Daly & Black

Davidson Sochor

Davis Polk

Davis Saperstein

Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis+Gilbert LLP

Day Pitney

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Devlin Law Firm LLC

Dhillon Law Group

DiCello Levitt

Dilworth Paxson

Dinse PC

Dinsmore & Shohl

Downs Law Group

Duffy & Sweeney

Dvorak & Associates LLC

Dwyer Connell

Eimer Stahl

Eisenberg & Baum

Elizabeth F. Schwartz PA

Ellwanger Henderson

Faegre Drinker

Farella Braun

Farmer Brownstein

Fears Nachawati

Fennemore Craig

Fillmore Law Firm

Finnegan

Fish & Richardson

FisherBroyles

Fitch Even

Forchelli Deegan

FordHarrison

Fox Rothschild

Fragomen Del Rey

Fredrikson & Byron

Freeman Freeman

Friedman Kaplan

Fross Zelnick

Furlong & Krasny

Garces Grabler

Genova Burns

Gessler Blue

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Goldman Ismail

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Gottlieb & Associates

Greenberg Traurig

Greer Burns

Gupta Wessler

Haynes & Boone

Helmer Conley

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hoagland Longo

Hobbs Straus

Hogan Lovells

Hugo Parker

Hunton Andrews

Husch Blackwell

Ivins Phillips

Jackson Kelly PLLC

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Jackson Lewis PC

Jacobs Law Group PC

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Joseph & Hall

K&L Gates

Kasowitz Benson

Katten Muchin

Kellogg Hansen

Kelly Guzzo

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kirkland & Ellis

Kohrman Jackson

Kramer Levin

Krieger Kim

Krovatin Nau

Kutak Rock

L'Abbate Balkan

Lashly & Baer

Latham & Watkins

Lemberg Law

Lewis Brisbois

Liebowitz Law Firm

Liskow & Lewis

Littler Mendelson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Marino Tortorella

Maron Marvel

Marshall Dennehey

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McDermott Will

McElroy Deutsch

McGuireWoods

Merlin Law Group

Michael Faillace & Associates

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Mitchell & Shapiro

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Morris Nichols

Morrison & Foerster

Morrison Cohen

Murphy McKeon

Neal Gerber

Neaton & Puklich

Nesenoff & Miltenberg

Nielsen & Treas

Norton Rose

Nossaman LLP

O'Toole Scrivo

Ogletree Deakins

Orrick Herrington

Pandit Law

Parker McCay

Parker Poe

Parlatore Law Group

Parsons Behle

Pashman Stein

Patterson Belknap

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Pearson Warshaw

Perkins Coie

Phelps Dunbar

Phillips Erlewine

Phillips Murrah

Pomerantz LLP

Porzio Bromberg

Potomac Law Group

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP

Rigrodsky Law

Rimon PC

Robinson & Cole

Ropes & Gray

Sanders Barshay

Satz Law Group

Saul Ewing

Schertler Onorato

Schuckit & Associates

Schulte Roth

Shell Law Firm

Sherman Atlas

Shipman & Goodwin

Shook Hardy

Sideman & Bancroft

Sidley Austin

Simmons Hanly

Simpson Thacher

Skadden Arps

Smith Mullin

Sonosky Chambers

Stamoulis & Weinblatt

Steptoe LLP

Stevens & Lee

Steyer Lowenthal

Stokes Lawrence

Sullivan & Cromwell

The Cochran Firm

The Law Firm of Cesar de Castro

The Nations Law Firm

Thompson Coburn

Thompson Coe

Trif & Modugno

Tyson & Mendes

VLP Law Group

Venable LLP

Verrill Dana

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Walsworth

Weil Gotshal

Weitz & Luxenberg

Whipple Azzarello

White & Case

Wilentz Goldman

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Elser

Wilson Sonsini

Withersworldwide

Zucker Steinberg

ZwillGen

de Castro PC

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ACT Corp

Accenture PLC

Accession Risk Management Group Inc.

Altman Weil Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV

Apple Inc.

Arch Resources Inc.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

BASF SE

Bank of America Corp.

Barclays PLC

Bayer AG

Boston Celtics

Brandeis University

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Brown & Brown Inc.

Business Roundtable

CONSOL Energy Inc.

Carolina Hurricanes

Chicago Bar Association

Citigroup Inc.

Coty Inc.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

DISH Network Corp.

Deerfield Management Co. LP

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Deutsche Bank AG

Discord Inc.

DocuSign Inc.

ESPN Inc.

Enstar Group Ltd.

Ernst & Young LLP

Eversource Energy

Federal National Mortgage Association

Ford Motor Co.

Fordham University

Gallup Inc.

Geico Corp.

Good Jobs First

Google Inc.

Google LLC

Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC

Hillshire Brands Co.

Instagram Inc.

Institute for Justice

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Invitae Corp.

Ironclad Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Johnson & Johnson

KPMG International

Kinder Morgan Inc.

LexisNexis Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Longford Capital Management LP

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Marriott International Inc.

Maxell Ltd.

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Microsoft Corp.

MillerCoors LLC

Monsanto Co.

Morgan Stanley

NASDAQ Inc.

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

National Hockey League

National Native American Bar Association

National Veterans Legal Services Program

New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York University

Novant Health Inc.

PerformLaw

Pew Research Center

Pfizer Inc.

Piper Sandler Cos.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Princeton Alternative Funding LLC

Princeton University

RELX PLC

Robert Half Inc.

Rocket Lawyer Inc.

Rowan University

Ryan LLC

Special Olympics Inc.

Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

State Bar of California

Sutter Health

Symphony Technology Group

T-Mobile US Inc.

TILT Holdings Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The New York Times Co.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

The Walt Disney Co.

TikTok Inc.

Toronto-Dominion Bank

TowerBrook Capital Partners LP

Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.

Trian Fund Management LP

Truist Financial Corp.

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UBS Group AG

US News & World Report LP

United Services Automobile Association

Validus Holdings Ltd.

Villanova University

Volkswagen AG

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

YouTube Inc.

Zeughauser Group LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

California Supreme Court

Central Intelligence Agency

Colorado Supreme Court

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Food and Drug Administration

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

International Monetary Fund

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Legislature

New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

New Jersey Supreme Court

Northern Arapaho Tribe

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

San Carlos Apache Nation

Shelby County District Attorney

Sioux City, Iowa

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court