Ex-Coach Says NJ University's Gender Bias Led To Her Firing

By Ganesh Setty

An award-winning Montclair State University softball coach told a New Jersey federal court that the university wrongfully fired her following an investigation into alleged misconduct that she said was tainted with gender bias and failed to let her respond.

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Apple Will Pay $150K To End NJ's Visible Pricing Law Claims

By Sydney Price

Apple Inc. will pay the state of New Jersey a $150,000 penalty and alter its business practices to settle claims that its stores did not properly mark merchandise with the total selling prices, violating state law and a consent order from nearly nine years ago, the state attorney general said Thursday.

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NJ Requires Update Of Requirements For Ag Land Taxation

By Zak Kostro

New Jersey will require a state committee to periodically adjust gross sales and income requirements for land to be deemed devoted to agricultural and horticultural use for assessment and tax purposes under a bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

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NJ Courts Report Bail Reform Successes, COVID Snags

By Brandon Lowrey

A New Jersey state court report on Thursday found that the state's mostly cashless, risk-based bail system has resulted in a dramatic decrease in people jailed because of an inability to post minimal bail, despite lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Murphy's Legacy: NJ Gov. Leaves Historic Mark On Judiciary

By Jake Maher

After eight years in office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy made a lasting impact on the state court system with his bench appointments and bail reform efforts, while leaving behind a mixed legacy over a fiercely contested judicial privacy statute.

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Murphy's Legacy: How The Governor Reshaped NJ Business

By Carla Baranauckas and Jake Maher

As Democrat Phil Murphy concludes his second term as governor, New Jersey's economy reflects a mix of lasting reforms, pandemic‑era scars and regulatory shifts that continue to shape how businesses operate and workers are protected in the Garden State.

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Murphy's Legacy: Tackling Some Of NJ's 'Intractable' Issues

By George Woolston

When New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took office, he had his pick of policy challenges that had plagued the Garden State for years. The state's pension fund had been underfunded for decades, municipalities had been locked in litigation over their affordable housing obligations, and the state's public transit system needed a major overhaul.

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Murphy's Legacy: 3 Political Battles Of NJ Gov.'s Tenure

By Carla Baranauckas, Jake Maher and George Woolston

From bare-knuckled fights over "millionaires taxes" to a court showdown that brought about the collapse of the state's "county line" ballot system, Gov. Phil Murphy's eight-year run as New Jersey governor had its share of major political and legal battles.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Loses 3rd Circ. Appeal In CBA Fight

By Emily Brill

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has lost its latest bid to duck an injunction compelling it to restore its 2014-17 collective bargaining agreement, with the full Third Circuit refusing to reconsider a panel's decision to issue the injunction in 2025.

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Split 3rd Circ. Finds Khalil Can Be Detained Again

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit vacated on Thursday a series of New Jersey federal court orders blocking the detention and removal of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation under a rarely used foreign policy provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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PTAB Denials, Reexams & New Patent Suits Rose In 2025

By Theresa Schliep

The volume of Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions dropped last year, while requests for ex parte reexaminations surged with a 66% increase from those in 2024, according to a new report from Unified Patents.

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Rite Aid Trusts Can Access Health Data To Pursue Tort Claims

By Alex Wittenberg

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge said Thursday he will allow trusts set up under Rite Aid's first Chapter 11 plan to examine personal health data to support their effort to litigate tort and insurance claims, overruling the new Rite Aid debtor's objection.

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4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume

As automation and arbitration increase the volume of legal filings, in-house counsel must build scalable service of process systems that strengthen corporate governance and manage risk in real time, says Paul Mathews at Corporation Service Co.

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Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Much like skilled attorneys, the best anglers prize preparation, presentation and patience while respecting their adversaries — both human and trout, says Rob Braverman at Braverman Greenspun.

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As Goldstein Trial Begins, Gov't Points To 'Lavish' Lifestyle

By Jared Foretek

An accountant for billionaire investor Alec Gores said that Thomas Goldstein had suggested he open a foreign account for Gores' poker-related transactions or even classify him as a professional player for tax purposes, although Gores was just getting started in the high-stakes poker world.

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Simpson Thacher Offers Stipend To Lure Summer Associates

By Tracey Read

In an effort for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to attract top students who want to pursue public interest work, the firm said it will pay a stipend of $42,500 for the 2026-2027 cycle for those who opt to spend their 1L summer in a qualifying public service, government, academic, in-house legal or nonprofit role.

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Calif. Justices Order Prosecutors To Explain Alleged AI Errors

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Supreme Court has ordered Nevada County prosecutors to explain to a lower court why they shouldn't be sanctioned for "apparent serial submission" of artificial intelligence-generated briefs with nonexistent legal citations in multiple criminal proceedings.

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Judiciary AI Rule Draws Fire As Judges Get Deepfakes Survey

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary policymakers heard extensive concerns Thursday regarding high-profile plans to formally screen evidence generated with artificial intelligence, and they set the stage for more feedback by preparing an AI survey for every federal trial judge.

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ICE Detention Facilities Nearly Doubled Last Year, Report Says

By Tom Lotshaw

An American Immigration Council report said the Trump administration detained record numbers of noncitizens last year, most without criminal records, and held them in a rapidly expanding network of facilities that could soon rival the federal criminal prison system.

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Fla. High Court Opens Door To Non-ABA Accrediting Entities

By Carolina Bolado

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday changed the bar exam admission requirements to allow graduates of law schools accredited by entities other than the American Bar Association to sit for the Florida bar exam.

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5th Circ. Revives Allstate's Fraud Suit Over Car Crash Billing

By Gina Kim

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday revived Allstate's racketeering suit alleging doctors and personal injury lawyers unleashed a barrage of unnecessary treatments for car accident patients and caused Allstate to pay $4.7 million in claims, finding the insurer sufficiently pled details about the conspiracy and specifics surrounding each allegedly fake medical billing.

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Sens. Advance Indiana Judge Nominee Grilled Over Sermons

By Courtney Bublé

A federal judicial nominee for Indiana who came under scrutiny by a Republican senator for his past sermons as an ordained elder was voted out of committee Thursday alongside five other judicial nominees.

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Trump US Atty Pick In NM Bumped To First Assistant

By Emily Sawicki

A New Mexico federal judge has ruled the Trump-appointed interim U.S. Attorney for New Mexico is not validly serving in the role but declined to disqualify the prosecutor from a slate of cases pending in the district, instead determining the lawyer may continue to work in the federal prosecutor's office as first assistant.

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Wash. Judges To Pick US Atty As Floyd's Term Set To Expire

By Gina Kim

The chief judge for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday announced the court's intent to select a U.S. attorney to serve on a temporary basis if President Donald Trump's pick, Charles Neil Floyd, who has been serving on an interim basis, isn't confirmed by the Senate by next month. 

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