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  • Law Firm Sought To Collect Expired Debts, 3rd Circ. Told

    A New Jersey woman has urged the Third Circuit to revive her proposed class action against Garden State law firm Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP over its debt collection practices, arguing a lower court was too loose with its standard for the timeliness of the two lawsuits involved.

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    NJ Investigation Agency Elevates Interim Chief To Top Role

    The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation has appointed Tiffany Williams Brewer, a former state administrative law judge, assistant U.S. attorney and law professor, as chief executive of the agency.

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    Lowenstein Sandler Elects 5-Atty Partner Class For 2025

    Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced a class of five new partners for 2025 this week, drawing on attorneys working from New York and New Jersey and bringing expertise in tax law, environmental law, white collar defense and more.

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    Gibbons Brings On Prudential Employment Legal Chief In NJ

    Gibbons PC has expanded its employment and labor law practice group with the addition of the former chief legal officer for labor and employment at Prudential.

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    Approach The Bench: Justice Goodwin Liu On Oral Argument

    When Goodwin Liu became a California Supreme Court justice in 2011, the constitutional law professor found the intellectual demands of judging similar to academia, but was surprised to learn that "the art of judging is much more practical than people think."

  • Menendez's Wife Fears His Sentencing Would Taint Her Trial

    The wife of former Sen. Robert Menendez asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to delay her trial on bribery charges, scheduled for Feb. 5, to avoid having it commence within one week of the sentencing of her husband and co-defendant.

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    Here's How Paul Hastings' Big Bet On Finance Paid Off

    As the financial markets swayed between booms and busts in recent years following the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Hastings LLP stayed the course, doubling down on its transactional practices by recruiting top-tier talent across key global markets like New York and London, and rising hubs such as Texas.

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    Goya Foods Names 1st New GC In Over 3 Decades

    For the first time in more than 30 years, Hispanic-owned food company Goya Foods has named a new legal leader.

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    Troutman Pepper Locke Leaders Define A Successful Merger

    What makes for a successful law firm merger? It's more than headcount and profits, according to two leaders of the newly minted Troutman Pepper Locke LLP law firm, which was formed Jan. 2 by the combination of major U.S.-based law firms Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord.

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    Tyson & Mendes Names First National Managing Partner

    Tyson & Mendes LLP has elevated a California-based attorney under 40 as its first-ever national managing partner, a position that she hopes will allow her to continue supporting women leaders in the legal industry and beyond.

  • Judge Urged To Sit Out Alopecia IP Row Over Ex-Clerk's Role

    Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has asked a New Jersey federal judge to recuse himself from a case alleging the company's alopecia drug infringes an Incyte patent, saying Incyte's attorneys hired the judge's former law clerk and put him on the case, creating "an indelible appearance of impropriety."

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    Which GCs Sold Stock In Dec.? Robinhood, Alphabet, More

    Legal leaders at tech and fintech companies like Robinhood, Alphabet, Coinbase and Meta enriched their holidays as each sold more than $2 million worth of stock in December.

  • Convicted Atty Who 'Lost Everything' Fights To Keep License

    A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney who was convicted for not paying income tax on more than $8 million in revenue he earned and for failing to pay almost $60,000 in payroll taxes argued Monday he should not permanently lose his ability to practice law in New Jersey.

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    Chiesa Shahinian Taps Former Litigation Head As New Leader

    Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC named a new managing partner on Monday, tapping its former litigation practice group leader and former deputy general counsel for the leadership role.

  • Pashman Stein Avoids Atty's Claims, Rips Threat Accusation

    Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has defeated an attempt from an attorney and former client to countersue it for breach of contract in New Jersey state litigation from the firm over unpaid fees, accusing the lawyer of a "flagrant attempt to manipulate the judicial process."

  • National Court Reporters Association Hit With Antitrust Suit

    The National Court Reporters Association exploits its monopoly in the stenographic certification market to charge its members inflated and unnecessary membership dues and keep potential competitors out of the market, according to a new antitrust lawsuit in New Jersey federal court.

  • 3 Firms Seek $36M Fee Award In 'Historic' NJ PFAS Deal

    The Law Offices of John K. Dema PC, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP have asked a New Jersey state court to award $36.7 million in attorney fees for their work in securing a $393 million deal over "forever chemical" contamination by Belgian chemical company Solvay as special counsel to the Garden State.

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    Film Captures NJ Law Grad's Fight Against Child Sex Abuse

    Brisa De Angulo won a historic international human rights victory against the government of Bolivia in 2023 over how it handled her legal case against the relative who sexually assaulted her as an adolescent, and an upcoming documentary is putting her story to the big screen.

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    Law Firms Ended 2024 With 'Drastic' Drop In Lateral Hiring

    Large law firms engaged in more lateral hiring in 2024 than the year before, but a strong start to the year fizzled out with a substantial dip in hiring across all job categories in the fourth quarter, according to new information from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.

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    Ogletree's 2025 Shareholder Class Is Largest In Over A Decade

    After a year of expansion, management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC on Thursday announced its largest shareholder class in more than a decade.

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    Holland & Knight Matches BigLaw Bonuses In Major Markets

    Holland & Knight LLP announced associates in major U.S. markets will receive year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, with attorneys working in regional offices making smaller figures, according to a report.

  • Menendez Cites 'Good Deeds' In Bid To Avoid Prison

    Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has asked a Manhattan federal judge not to sentence him to prison after he was convicted of bribery and corruption in July, saying a "lifetime of good deeds and good character" and a low likelihood of future offenses merit leniency.

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    Eckert Seamans Names First Chief Marketing Officer

    Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC announced on Thursday the appointment of Matthew T. Goffe, who joined the firm in 2022, to the role of chief marketing officer.

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    The Top In-House Hires Of December

    Legal department hires in the past month included high-profile appointments at Eaton Corp., Conde Nast, Constellation Energy Corp. and Turing. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the past few weeks.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    While for many the new year begins with resolutions to slim down, several firms across the U.S. have started 2025 either a little bit larger or with plans to get bigger.

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