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Scarinci Hollenbeck Adds 4 Lawyers In NJ, NY Growth Push
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC has announced a slate of attorney hires, with two partners, a counsel and a senior associate adding to its bench in bankruptcy, corporate transactions, litigation and other practice areas.
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Dilworth Paxson Hires Real Estate Trio From Commercial Firm
Midsize northeastern firm Dilworth Paxson LLP has announced it has hired three attorneys from corporate and commercial law firm Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC, saying their hires "[strengthen] the firm's capabilities in complex commercial real estate transactions, leasing, and related litigation."
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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2025
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review
A law degree can lead to careers across law firms, government, business and public interest, according to the latest ABA data. See which schools stand out for placing graduates in BigLaw, federal and state clerkships, public interest roles and more.
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Aiming For BigLaw? These Schools Deliver
Law school students continue to set their sights on law firm jobs post-graduation, with interest in BigLaw roles holding strong. Here's a look at how those preferences are playing out and which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates directly to BigLaw.
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NJ Prosecutor Gets OK To Trim Suit Over Alleged Interference
Atlantic County Prosecutor William E. Reynolds can narrow his suit seeking independent outside counsel to represent his office due to the alleged attempts made by county counsel to interfere with prosecutions, a New Jersey state judge ruled.
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Firm Leaders Report Rising Rates Fueling Client Churn
While rate increases are the primary driver of law firm revenue, legal leaders also fear those price hikes are leading to client churn, according to a report released Wednesday by marketing technology platform Passle.
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Court Rule Changes Uncertain After Few Deepfake Challenges
Very few federal judges have handled challenges to audiovisual evidence that litigants claim has been faked by artificial intelligence, raising questions about whether changes to the rules of evidence are actually necessary.
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Ex-McCarter & English Atty Pushes To Keep Alive Bias Suit
A former McCarter & English LLP attorney suing the firm for discrimination against veterans is trying to fight off several motions to dismiss his New Jersey federal suit, arguing the firm is relying on a rehash of rejected arguments.
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FBT Gibbons Adds RE Ace From Riemer & Braunstein In NJ
FBT Gibbons grew its real estate practice in the New York and New Jersey area with a partner with experience structuring, negotiating and closing sophisticated real estate transactions coming from Riemer & Braunstein, the firm announced this week.
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AY Strauss Merges With New Jersey Boutique, Adds 3 Attys
A.Y. Strauss has added a second New Jersey office and three attorneys to its roster after a recent merger with boutique firm Newman Simpson & Cohen LLP.
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Falcon Rappaport Launches NJ Office As AI Hub For Firm
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP on Monday announced the launch of a new office in New Jersey to serve as a hub for legal artificial intelligence led by the former New York City managing partner at Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC.
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NJ Justices Won't Consolidate Judicial Privacy Law Cases
The Supreme Court of New Jersey rejected a bid from a data privacy firm to consolidate more than 100 cases alleging violations of the state's judicial privacy statute into multicounty litigation, according to a notice to the bar.
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Buchanan Ingersoll Adds Fox Rothschild Litigator In NY, NJ
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC added a new litigation partner in New York and New Jersey from Fox Rothschild LLP who brings decades of experience in complex commercial disputes and high-stakes matters.
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Women Lag In BigLaw Tech Leadership, Except For One Role
The percentage of women holding tech-focused C-suite positions at the largest U.S. law firms is just under 20%, though women hold parity in roles centered on innovation, a Law360 Pulse analysis found.
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Data Center Boom Unites Wide-Ranging Practice Areas
As the legal industry vies to take advantage of the trillions of dollars of investment on the horizon for data center development, a range of law firms have formed multidisciplinary groups that can handle various aspects of the projects, from real estate and energy to finance and regulatory work.
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Atty Escapes Firm's Suit Over Co-Counsel Deal 'Gone Bad'
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a fee dispute between a New Jersey law firm and its former co-counsel, finding that the plaintiff firm needed to name the co-counsel firm, not just the principal individual attorney behind it, as a defendant.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury cleared Armistice Capital and two of its executives of class action claims that it pumped and dumped $250 million in Vaxart stock during the COVID-19 pandemic and violated federal securities law with insider trading.
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'No Easy Task': Atty Seeks Fees For Ending Practice Limit Law
A New Jersey attorney and his law firm told a state judge on Friday that they should be awarded counsel fees after they successfully challenged the constitutionality of a state law provision that penalizes attorneys who specialize in debt adjustment for representing debtors.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Insights on 2026 law firm performance and BigLaw firm efforts to expand practice offerings made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Choice Of Trump's Attys For Bench Worries Some, Not Others
President Donald Trump is drawing from a pool of his own personal lawyers to fill some seats on the federal bench — a change in strategy from his first term that some experts say is unremarkable, but that others worry will undermine the legitimacy of the courts.
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FBT Gibbons Plans Expansion, Upgrades In Nashville Office
FBT Gibbons LLP announced a renovation and expansion of its office at the Symphony Place tower in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with plans to extend its lease through 2037.
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How Benesch Again Defeated Fake Price Markdown Claims
A Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP appellate team has scored its second notable victory for retailers accused of deceptive discount practices, convincing the state supreme court in the usually consumer-friendly Washington to reject a proposed class action by drilling down into what constitutes an injury.
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J&J Says Ill. Ruling Backs Beasley Allen's DQ From Talc Suits
Johnson & Johnson told a New Jersey federal court that a recent ruling in Illinois backs the Beasley Allen Law Firm's disqualification from multidistrict litigation over its talcum powder.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
An active April saw several law firms around the country expand their footprints into new markets and move their teams into new spaces.
Expert Analysis
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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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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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.