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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
In-house attorneys report high job satisfaction when it comes to schedule flexibility, team collegiality, and compensation, but concerns linger about workload and career advancement, particularly for mid-level lawyers seeking to climb the career ladder, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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In-House Attorneys Have Saner Schedules, But Long Hours
It may once have been that the typical in-house lawyer worked a 40-hour week, but that no longer appears to be the case for many corporate counsel, with more than 40% reporting they exceed 50 hours at work each week in a recent survey by Law360 Pulse.
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In-House Etiquette — Tips For Outside Counsel
While most in-house lawyers seem generally happy with their outside counsel, about 9% of participants in Law360 Pulse's first In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey want more, saying they are fed up with being nickel-and-dimed while receiving low quality work and poor communication from their outside attorneys.
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Ex-Chemical Biz Atty Drops Claims Against Bain Capital
A former in-house attorney for chemicals company Arxada has agreed to remove Bain Capital as a defendant in her New Jersey state court suit alleging that she was unlawfully dismissed after she discussed taking leave to recover from a miscarriage.
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Saul Ewing Adds NJ Employment Litigator To Exec Committee
Saul Ewing LLP has tapped a 16-year attorney at the firm from New Jersey and the current chair of its labor and employment practice to serve on the firm's seven-member executive committee, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Former Connell Foley Leader Joins Tanenbaum Keale In NJ
A former managing partner at Connell Foley LLP has announced his move to the litigation boutique Tanenbaum Keale LLP, where he'll bring years of experience in litigation and transactional work and in law firm management.
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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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NJ Securities Litigator Named Riker Danzig's Co-Chair
Riker Danzig LLP announced that an experienced securities litigator who has served on the firm's executive committee since 2021 has been appointed co-chair of the firm following his predecessor's decision to step down from the role.
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Ex-US Attorney Philip Sellinger Rejoins Greenberg Traurig
Former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger — known for creating the first stand-alone civil rights division at any U.S. attorney's office — is rejoining his former firm, Greenberg Traurig LLP, the firm announced Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Keller Postman LLC, Ward & Smith PA, Pope McGlamry PC and Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that after a Missouri resident dropped her federal claims in a putative class action over alleged mislabeling of prescription dog food, the case was properly sent back to state court.
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Connell Foley's Managing Partner Reelected For 2nd Term
New Jersey-based Connell Foley LLP has reelected Timothy Corriston as its managing partner again for a two-year term and added three new attorneys to its executive committee, according to an announcement Friday unveiling the firm's 2025 leadership team.
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Lowenstein Sandler Can Pursue Trimmed Dispensary Fee Suit
A New Jersey state court judge dismissed part of Lowenstein Sandler LLP's $800,000 fee suit against a cannabis dispensary former client Thursday and told the firm it must give the former client the notice of its right to resolve the fee dispute through arbitration.
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Gibbons Lands Porzio Leader To Head Its Restructuring Group
Gibbons PC announced Friday that it has added an experienced attorney who was at Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC for more than two decades and had held leadership posts at his former firm to lead its financial restructuring and creditors' rights practice group.
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New Jersey AG Says Office Is Clear In Menendez Bribery Case
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Friday that his office found no misconduct by any of its members relating to former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez following an internal investigation that started after the senator was indicted on bribery charges.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as law firms inked new deals, elevated attorneys and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Atty Suspended Over Wrongful Imprisonment Case Fees
A Florida attorney accused of overcharging two intellectually disabled stepbrothers avoided disbarment when the New Jersey Supreme Court imposed a five-year suspension instead of opting for the permanent license revocation recommended by the court's disciplinary review board.
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Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth
Women, people of color and women of color keep setting records for representation in the nation's legal industry, but a smaller percentage of Black summer associates may portend future challenges, according to a report released Thursday.
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Porzio Bromberg Lobbying Arm Adds Former NJ State Senator
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC's related lobbying firm has landed a former New Jersey state senator of 16 years and former leader of the Senate Republicans as its director of legislative strategy.
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Duane Morris Names First New Southern NJ Leader In 15 Years
Duane Morris LLP's Southern New Jersey office is under new management for the first time in 15 years, as the firm elevated a co-leader of its energy industry group to take over from the office's founder and longtime leader.
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Scarinci & Hollenbeck Names New Business Law Dept. Leader
Scarinci & Hollenbeck LLC announced Thursday that a partner whose casework includes a novel age bias suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been tapped to chair its business law department.
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Atty Gets 5-Year NJ Suspension After Tax Fraud Conviction
A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney 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 received a five-year suspension from New Jersey's Supreme Court but will keep his law license in the state.
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Menendez Judge Urges Lawyers To Streamline Wife's Trial
A Manhattan federal judge urged attorneys on Thursday to cut down their 10-week estimate for the upcoming bribery trial of former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's wife, Nadine, warning against "boring everybody" with a slog of custodial witnesses
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Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.