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A former business development director for McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, whose husband pled guilty to stealing millions of dollars from the law firm, where they were both employed, cannot duck her onetime employer's legal claim on her $1 million house, a New Jersey state court judge has ruled.
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
A witness from India whose 2023 absence on the brink of the foreign bribery trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives set off a lengthy delay is now willing to testify, federal prosecutors said, despite stating they were under no obligation to respond to defense counsel's concerns.
Prosecutors and attorneys for Nadine Menendez told a Manhattan federal judge that her trial might last longer than that of her husband, former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, with the parties still at odds over stipulations about evidence.
A vital prosecution witness whose unavailability delayed the highly anticipated 2023 trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives on foreign bribery charges in New Jersey federal court might again be missing in action as the new trial date of March 3 approaches, according to court filings.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney for stealing at least $16,000 from his firm by using its credit card to buy tokens for an online casino video game under the guise of buying office supplies.
A former assistant finance manager for Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey has sued the vicinage and its trial court administrator, alleging that in retaliation for reporting a colleague's racist remark she was subjected to a discriminatory investigation and ultimately terminated.
Even as many law firms see rising profitability, a number of factors are still negatively affecting their profit margins, including write-offs and discounts, according to a new report out Tuesday.
Marie Mathews, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC’s new managing partner announced last week, worked her way up from associate at the firm, and told Law360 Pulse that her professional growth there demonstrates the firm’s culture of support for its attorneys.
New Jersey law firm The Wacks Law Group LLC has reached a settlement agreement with a former client to end a proposed class action claiming that the firm's negligence in properly securing its data led to the theft of hundreds of clients' personal information in a March cyberattack.
A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by a former municipal public defender against Atlantic City and her onetime supervisor after the parties settled.
CarePoint Health is once again pushing to have Proskauer Rose LLP disqualified as counsel for healthcare network RWJBarnabas Health Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit in New Jersey federal court, asserting that a magistrate judge erred in previously denying its request.
Nadine Menendez, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's wife, has lost her bid to postpone her Feb. 5 trial on bribery charges, as a Manhattan federal judge rejected her contention that her husband's sentencing on similar charges just a week prior would taint her jury.
The new chief executive of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation resigned Friday after questions were raised in a news report about her residency and a second full-time job she holds out of state.
Parker Poe's work on the sale of a majority stake in a $575 million real estate portfolio and Keker Van Nest's handling of a first-of-its-kind challenge under a new California gaming law lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 1 to 10.
After three months of steady recovery, the U.S. legal sector's job growth reversed course in December, with a loss of 1,200 positions, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
Sive Paget & Riesel PC and Kaplan Martin LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Third Circuit denied an emergency motion for an injunction to halt New York City's highly litigated congestion pricing toll program.
Prosecutors have asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to at least 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking bribes from three New Jersey business executives in exchange for political favors.
The 2024 bonus season has trickled into January, with Goodwin Procter LLP announcing it will give associates year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, Law360 Pulse confirmed Friday.
State courts can start tackling data governance by forming a committee, providing additional training to current team members, hiring more team members and creating data use guidelines, according to a pair of state court leaders.
Cayce Lynch, the first-ever national managing partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the significance of women seeing other women "in positions of success and leadership."
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.
The legal industry kicked off 2025 with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms inked mergers, made leadership changes and promoted associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
An insurer has told a New Jersey federal court that a law firm it insured had no coverage for malpractice allegations because it knew its attorney was accused of bilking a man's heirs out of estate assets years before the firm was sued for wrongdoing, but never told the insurer.
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.
Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In LawIt 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.