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Clark Hill Says No Conflict Exists In Health Noncompete Fight
Clark Hill PLC urged a New Jersey federal court to deny a disqualification bid from a health consulting company in litigation against one of its former employees, arguing that there is no conflict under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Beasley Allen Says NJ Justices Review Of Talc DQ 'Essential'
Beasley Allen urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to disqualify it from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, arguing that the court's immediate review of the interlocutory order is "essential."
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Seeger Weiss Lands Former NY Federal Prosecutor
Plaintiffs firm Seeger Weiss LLP has added an attorney who spent more than a decade in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York prosecuting high-profile cases, including litigation that led to a $1.4 billion settlement with major financial services provider UBS AG.
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Reed Smith's Silence On Depo 'Speaks Volumes,' Ex-Atty Says
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for underpaying her based on her gender criticized the firm for its "inexcusable delay and attempted meandering" in seeking to resume deposing her years after her last deposition date.
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White Males Continue To Dominate Partnership Ranks
Women and people of color remained significantly underrepresented within the legal partnership ranks in 2025, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Incoming, Outgoing Morgan Lewis Chairs On Transition Plans
On Monday, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced that longtime firm chair Jami McKeon will be retiring at the end of the year. Law360 Pulse spoke to McKeon and David A. McManus, who will start a five-year term as chair on Oct. 1, about the upcoming leadership change.
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Nursing Home Atty Fees Axed Over Lack Of Proximate Cause
A New Jersey appellate panel has ruled that an estate can't recover attorney fees under the state statute governing nursing home residents' rights because the jury in an underlying wrongful‑death and negligence trial found no damages tied to any statutory violation.
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Attys Split Over Mandatory Hyperlinks To Curb Fake AI Cases
A new legal requirement to hyperlink case law is drawing support from legal professionals as a counter to artificial intelligence-generated fake cases in court submissions, but some aren't sure that it is enough to solve the problem and worry that it will be an added burden on lawyers.
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NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight
The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.
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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit
Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.
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NJ Law Firm Hit With Firing Suit From Former Paralegal
A former paralegal at Rainone Coughlin Minchello LLC has alleged the New Jersey municipal-law firm violated the New Jersey Family Leave Act in illegally firing her after she sought intermittent family leave to care for her mother‑in‑law following a debilitating stroke.
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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Baron & Budd PC, Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP and Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit revived a major hospital chain's False Claims Act suit accusing large pharmaceutical companies of massive overcharges in a prominent drug discount program.
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Beasley Allen Can't Halt DQ Ruling In J&J Talc Litigation
A New Jersey state appeals court has refused to pause its decision disqualifying the Beasley Allen Law Firm from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, according to a court order.
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15 Companies To Offer Votes On Political Spending Disclosure
Shareholders seeking more transparency about corporate political spending have filed ballot measures at 29 companies so far this proxy season, with nine companies agreeing to the disclosures without a vote and five more blocking the proposal from their ballots, according to the latest numbers on Friday from the nonprofit Center for Political Accountability in Washington, D.C.
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Ex-NJ Judge At Wilentz Talks 20 Years On The Bench
Robert Mega, formerly the head equity judge for Union County and now an ADR expert at Wilentz Goldman Spitzer PA, joined Law360 Pulse for a conversation on how he improved court operations as a judge and how that legacy will carry over to private practice.
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Weber Gallagher Adds Med Mal Defense Partner In NJ
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP announced that an experienced litigator has joined the firm's Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, office as a partner in its medical malpractice group.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
During this past week in legal industry news, there were leadership transitions, new offices, and the dissolution of a combination. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Wilentz Adds Veteran DeCotiis FitzPatrick Atty As Shareholder
A longtime attorney at DeCotiis FitzPatrick Cole & Giblin LLP has joined New Jersey-based Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA in its Woodbridge office as a business and commercial litigation shareholder.
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AI Errors Likely To Persist Despite Escalating Court Sanctions
Judges have begun issuing sanctions to lawyers, escalating the consequences over artificial intelligence-generated errors, but attorneys say that penalties might not be enough to stop the problem.
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Longtime Tucker Ellis Atty To Co-Chair Appellate Team
Tucker Ellis LLP announced on Thursday that it has named one of its longtime Cleveland-based attorneys as co-chair of its appellate and legal issues practice.
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Biz Firm Lauletta Birnbaum Acquires Philly Litigation Boutique
New Jersey-based Lauletta Birnbaum expanded its resources and its reach into Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., with the recent acquisition of litigation boutique firm Harty Williams.
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NJ Judicial Privacy Law Suits Survive Venue Challenge
Seven out of eight data collection companies that claimed Garden State federal courts lack jurisdiction over them in suits alleging they violated the state's judicial privacy law purposefully availed themselves of the market in New Jersey, a federal judge ruled.
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DOJ Understaffing Takes Toll After 'Unprecedented' Exodus
Federal criminal and civil cases, like a recently dismissed gun prosecution in Minnesota, are being plagued by delays, extension requests and missed deadlines as a result of the large number of attorneys who have departed the DOJ since President Donald Trump returned to office and the inexperienced lawyers replacing them.
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NJ Firm Pushes For Rare Arbitration Redo In Fee-Split Dispute
A Garden State law firm urged a New Jersey appellate panel Wednesday to throw out an arbitrator's fee-split award it said was "riddled with obvious mistakes" and issued in violation of the parties' agreement, while acknowledging that overturning arbitration decisions is "difficult" and rarely granted.
Expert Analysis
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
What is the firm's data on profit per partner? How do the rainmakers seal deals without pre-COVID-19 pricey dinners? Is the firm financially stable? These are the kinds of partner-level questions associates are now asking before choosing a new firm, which points to a major shift in the lateral landscape, say Kate Reder Sheikh and Rebecca Glatzer at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law
It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.