/pulse/new-jersey-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Pulse Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:56:02 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2421589?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2421589 Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:55:30 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2425309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2425309 Alston & Bird LLP has reportedly unveiled its year-end associate bonus tiers, matching the market scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP this fall. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:52:54 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2425219?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2425219 Schenck Price Smith & King LLP expanded its elder and special needs practice group with a partner in Florham Park, New Jersey, who joins from his own firm, Bozanian McGregor LLC. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:27:28 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2418969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2418969 New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:19:27 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2425237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2425237 The New Jersey Supreme Court last week reprimanded an attorney who left clients in "limbo" for years over their potential environmental contamination claims against drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:22:46 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424355?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424355 A360 Media LLC and Bauer Media Group USA LLC are urging a New Jersey federal judge to award them more than $520,000 in attorney fees and costs after defeating a former executive's ERISA severance suit, arguing they prevailed over a bad-faith claim by the exec and he should be saddled with the legal fees to deter others. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:18:01 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424854 The New Jersey Senate confirmed the acting Warren County Prosecutor for the full prosecutor's role as well as approving nearly 20 new Superior Court judges Monday.  Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:09:11 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424636 Mandelbaum Barrett PC will expand its footprint into New England at the start of the new year when the firm adds two dozen attorneys, support staff and the Connecticut office of Ivey Barnum & O'Mara LLC to its resources. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:05:43 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423874?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423874 This year, judges across the country grappled with attorneys' use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, and prominent federal prosecutor battles dominated headlines in some of the top legal ethics matters of 2025. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:38:33 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424719?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424719 Haynes Boone is handing its associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those offered by a significant portion of BigLaw this year, largely adhering to a bonus scale first put forward by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in November, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:23:01 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423375?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423375 As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded in mainstream legal practice, they are reshaping the administration of law itself, from how experts document and validate their work to how joint defense teams operate, demanding a new level of contractual clarity and operational discipline, says Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:46:42 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423758 Billing rates from law firms varied widely in the first half of 2025, and corporate legal departments will need to anticipate tiered and regional shifts in fee dynamics to keep costs under control next year, according to a report released Monday by Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:44:18 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423920 As lawyers across the U.S. tally their hours and take stock of how the past year unfolded, a recent Law360 Pulse survey suggests many will meet their billable goals, but often at the expense of their mental health and work-life balance. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:34:30 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423923 Generative AI is raising questions about how time-based billing adapts when tasks become faster to complete, but most attorneys recently surveyed by Law360 Pulse are skeptical that AI will shift expectations anytime soon. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:57:30 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424132?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424132 A New Jersey state judge rejected a gambling technology company's bid for sanctions in its defamation suit against investigative firm Black Cube and law firm Calcagni & Kanefsky LLP, ruling that Black Cube did not willfully disobey a court discovery order. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:18:11 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424137?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424137 Foley Hoag's handling of a suit challenging the proposed White House ballroom and Vedder Price's work on a $2 billion transaction with Goldman Sachs lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Dec. 4 to 19. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:41:38 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2422912?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2422912 Lowenstein Sandler LLP rolled out a new practice group this week focusing on state-level financial regulation to be co-led by the former chief of the Bureau of Securities in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:36:42 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424161 Five firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the D.C. Circuit reinstated an order that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing grants for climate change projects. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:17:53 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423660?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2423660 The legal industry had another action-packed week with a mega law firm merger announcement and eye-popping year-end bonuses at a handful of elite boutiques. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:49:48 +0000 /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-jersey-pulse/articles/2424081 Rutgers University has welcomed two experienced attorneys to its office of general counsel, including a Connell Foley LLP attorney, just months after another Connell Foley attorney became the school's general counsel.