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ABA's President-Elect On Navigating Changing Legal Industry
Law360 Pulse caught up with Michelle Behnke, the American Bar Association's new president-elect, to discuss the challenge of keeping up with changes in the legal profession.
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Tech Is Helping Law Firm Trainers Boost Learning Programs
Creating a successful learning program depends on finding the right tool at the right price to properly train users within a law firm, a panel of experts said during a discussion on Monday.
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NJ Bar Aims To Nix Opinion Allowing Atty Keyword Search
The New Jersey State Bar Association is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn an ethics advisory opinion allowing attorneys to purchase other attorneys' names to use as keywords in online searches in order to redirect web traffic to their website.
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NJ Health System Wants Proskauer DQ'd From Antitrust Case
Proskauer Rose LLP is facing accusations that it should be disqualified from representing one of New Jersey's largest healthcare systems in an antitrust lawsuit brought by a competitor that was once a client of the firm.
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Ex-Seton Hall Prez Fights Amicus Brief In Whistleblower Suit
The former president of Seton Hall University who launched a whistleblower suit against the school in New Jersey state court is opposing a bid by a former university board chair and prominent defense attorney to file an amicus curiae brief, saying he has no "special interest" in the "contract dispute."
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NJ Atty Beats Malpractice Claims Over Real Estate Dispute
A suspended New Jersey attorney has prevailed over a malpractice complaint from another attorney accusing him of providing bad legal advice on a real estate matter and exposing her to her own malpractice case, according to an order made available Monday.
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Ex-Reed Smith Practice Leader Joins Greenberg Traurig In NJ
Greenberg Traurig LLP's new shareholder, John O. Lukanski, got his start working on securities and broker-dealer matters by being in the right place at the right time, he told Law360 Pulse in an interview Monday.
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How 3 Law Firm Leaders Manage Multiple Generations
Law firm leaders today are faced with an unprecedented challenge and opportunity: managing anywhere from four to five generations of lawyers together in a single workplace.
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A Look At Cooley's Generative AI Chatbot For Startups
International law firm Cooley LLP recently launched a generative artificial intelligence chatbot called Cooley GObot to make it easier for startups to access online resources provided by the firm about building a company.
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RFK Jr. Can Stay On State's Ballot, NJ Secretary Of State Says
New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way has said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential bid does not violate the state's "sore loser" law, rejecting an election attorney's challenge to Kennedy's placement on the Garden State's ballot.
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Eckert Seamans Sued Over New Jersey Condo Development
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC simultaneously represented a real estate development company and two of its former managers, and also improperly took compensation for its work before company debts were satisfied, according to a legal malpractice lawsuit filed this week in New Jersey state court.
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Littler Announces 2 New Leaders for Mentor, Diversity Groups
Employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC has announced that a pair of experienced shareholders have been named leaders of its associate mentorship program and one of its diverse affinity groups.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Robins Kaplan LLP's work pursuing royalties on the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Pennsylvania and Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP's handling of an aviation acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 26 to Aug. 9.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit revived Florida-based NTE Energy Services' anticompetitive lawsuit accusing Duke Energy of squeezing it out of the market in North Carolina.
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Ex-Judge, Litigator Launch New Chiesa Shahinian ADR Team
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC debuted a new alternative dispute resolution group this week, bringing federal and state judges, prosecutors, and more together into a unified practice and creating a "service that is right for the times," according to its leaders.
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Recruiters Predict Domino Effect After Milbank Midyear Bonus
As Milbank LLP becomes the latest law firm to award midyear bonuses, legal recruiters anticipate a ripple effect, with other major firms expected to follow suit in announcing similar bonus payments for their attorneys.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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NJIT Names Former Iona University, CUNY Atty As GC
New Jersey Institute of Technology has announced that an attorney who worked for multiple educational institutions during her career, including Iona University, Queens College and The City University of New York, will soon be taking over as its general counsel.
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Where Judicial Vacancies Stand As Congress Is In Recess
The U.S. Senate doesn't return for about a month, but when it does, Democrats will be on the final sprint to try to top the 234 judges confirmed in former President Donald Trump's first term.
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An Olympics Volunteer, This GC Still Seeks To Be Champion
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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McElroy Deutsch Seeks To Ax Former CFO's Ch. 11 Case
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP urged a New Jersey bankruptcy court Thursday to throw out a Chapter 11 filing from its former chief financial officer, who has been sent to prison for stealing over $1 million from the firm, slamming it as a bad faith "tactical maneuver" to stall ongoing civil litigation.
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NJ Chief Justice Escapes Depo In Ex-Jurist's Pension Suit
Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court will not have to sit for a deposition in a suit brought by a former Superior Court judge over the denial of her disability pension application, a Garden State judge ruled Thursday.
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50 Cent Beats Liquor Consultant's 'Ridiculous' Wiretap Claim
A frustrated New York state judge on Thursday tossed a former Beam Suntory Inc. sales contractor's reworked wiretapping allegations against rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in a $3 million embezzlement dispute, calling the claims "ridiculous" and an "obvious" delay tactic.
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LegalZoom Seeks Arbitration Of Unauthorized Practice Claims
LegalZoom has asked a New Jersey federal court to force arbitration of proposed class claims that the company engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, arguing the named plaintiff entered into a binding arbitration agreement by clicking "agree and pay now" when he purchased services from the online platform.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid Fallout Over Politics, Social Issues
With a presidential election approaching, the Israel-Hamas war continuing, and numerous social issues creating division in the country, Dawn Reddy Solowey of Seyfarth Shaw LLP discusses how law firms might de-escalate potential conflicts that could erupt at work.