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    GCs Expect Bigger Budgets And Deeper Focus On AI In 2025

    Fifty-five percent of general counsel saw a budget increase in 2024 for their legal departments, and that number is expected to rise even higher next year, according to a new report from alternative legal service provider Axiom.

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    GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise

    General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.

  • In-House Atty Brings Bias Suit Over Firing After Miscarriage

    A former in-house attorney at chemicals company Arxada has launched a discrimination lawsuit in New Jersey state court accusing the business of unlawfully terminating her in the days after she showed interest in going on leave to recover from a miscarriage.

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    Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say

    Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.

  • New Jersey Powerhouse: Seeger Weiss

    Seeger Weiss LLP had a standout run of success throughout the past year, including a record $6 billion settlement for military veterans who suffered hearing damage because of defective 3M Co. earplugs, a billion-dollar agreement to compensate users of Philips CPAP machines and a multimillion-dollar settlement for users of proton pump inhibitor medication.

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    PSEG's GC To Retire As Utility Co. Lines Up Her Successor

    The top attorney for Public Service Enterprise Group is retiring next year after more than three decades with the utility provider, the company announced Tuesday.

  • New Jersey Powerhouse: Sills Cummis & Gross

    Big appellate wins, including a high-profile employment case involving a New Jersey Catholic school, have helped put Sills Cummis & Gross PC on Law360's 2024 New Jersey Regional Powerhouses list.

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    Why Ballard Spahr Leaned On An AI Startup For Litigation

    While initially hesitant about using generative artificial intelligence because of confidentiality concerns, Ballard Spahr LLP eventually adopted an AI tool from a startup that cut down on time spent in litigation.

  • Kennedys Adds 2 Knowledge Management Pros In London

    Kennedys said on Monday it has boosted its back-office technology and knowledge management teams with the hire of two experienced experts in legal procedures and practices and IT.

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    McCarter & English's Misstatement Won't Nix Malpractice Win

    A New Jersey state judge has refused to toss his decision dismissing a biotechnology company's legal malpractice lawsuit against McCarter & English LLP, finding that the firm's misstatement about the chronology of earlier litigation — repeated in the judge's opinion — did not warrant reviving the case. 

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    The 2024 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.

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    Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks

    After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals.

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    K&L Gates, AltaClaro Partner On Gen AI Supervisory Course

    Legal training provider AltaClaro released a generative artificial intelligence supervisory course for law firm partners that it developed with law firm K&L Gates LLP.

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    3rd Circ. Won't Undo Philly DA's Immunity From Cop's Suit

    The Third Circuit won't revive a Philadelphia police officer's lawsuit alleging that city District Attorney Larry Krasner violated his civil rights by hitting him with a murder charge that was ultimately tossed, finding that the officer couldn't overcome the immunity granted to prosecutors when advocating on behalf of the state.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys and Texas litigator Richard L. Stanley lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Federal Circuit on Monday revived a patent infringement case for their client Contour IP Holding LLC against GoPro Inc.

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    Mayer Brown Bankruptcy Ace Jumps To Pashman Stein In NJ

    Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has bolstered its bankruptcy practice in New Jersey with the addition of a partner from Mayer Brown LLP along with two associates, expanding the firm's roster in a state known for attracting large and complex bankruptcy cases. 

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    Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    Another BigLaw firm merger and a report about rising litigation spending rocked the second week of September. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.

  • DHS Denies Immigrants Remote Court Access, Groups Say

    Several immigrant rights groups filed a proposed class action Wednesday in New Jersey federal court against the Department of Homeland Security and several officials alleging noncitizens detained at a Pennsylvania processing facility were denied remote options to participate in their criminal proceedings in New Jersey.

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    McElroy Deutsch Construction Pro Jumps To Offit Kurman

    Offit Kurman this week said it had hired an experienced attorney from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP to join its construction law, transactions and disputes practice group in its Bergen County, New Jersey office.

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    Buchanan Ingersoll Looks Inward For New COO

    Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC didn't have to look far for its new chief operating officer.

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    Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises

    Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.

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    Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive

    A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday. 

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    The Firms That Handle The Most Trade Secrets Work

    Gordon Rees remains the most active law firm representing plaintiffs in trade secrets disputes, according to a new report by Lex Machina analyzing a three-year period from 2021 to 2023, while Littler Mendelson continues to lead the pack on the defendants' side during that same timeframe.

  • NJ Real Estate Vet Jumps From Windels Marx To Clark Hill

    Clark Hill is growing its real estate team in New Jersey with a new member from Windels Marx whose 30-year career in the industry includes work on massive projects at the state's Meadowlands complex and, more recently, representing clients in the pharmaceutical and cannabis industries, among others.

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    Dechert Global Managing Partner On What Inspired Him

    Dechert LLP's Vincent H. Cohen Jr. knew from a young age he wanted to be a lawyer. All he had to do was look at his father.

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