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All 200 legal-operations professionals responding to a survey experienced tensions with their legal teams due to conflicting power dynamics and decision-making authority.
Bad Optics to Hire a White Man? Manager Says He Was Fired for Hiring Caucasian
"If somebody said to him, 'You're being terminated because you're a white guy, we don't like the optics that you hired another white guy.' If I were representing the employer, I would not want my client making a statement like that if they're terminating somebody," said employment lawyer Julie Levinson Werner, who is not involved in the case.
Third Circuit Revives Religious Discrimination Suit Over Prosecutor Office's Vaccine Mandate
A lawyer for the plaintiff, who had worked at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, said the ruling "could create a lot of litigation for people who work for municipal governments."
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Ex-Law Firm Leader Headed to Prison Over Unauthorized Raises, Lavish Travel Billed to Firm
"John's conduct really was aberrational and highly unlikely to ever repeat itself. John is thankful that the court agreed with his negotiated sentence, and imposed the minimum sentence possible," said Ricardo Solano Jr. of Gibbons, the attorney for John Dunlea.
$1.3M Stolen From Seton Hall Law School: Ex-Assistant Dean Pleads Guilty
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New Jersey's Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights Challengers Fall Short Before 3rd Circuit
"We are thrilled that the Third Circuit rejected the challenges to the 2023 Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights, which provide much-needed labor protections to some of our most vulnerable workers," a spokesperson for the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said in a statement to the Law Journal. "We look forward to continuing to defend this law and to stand up for New Jersey workers in court."
Law Firm in Crosshairs as 8 Ex-Staffers File Suit Against It
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