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Former Partner at Failed BigLaw Firm Sues for Severance Payments
The legal industry is in the midst of a fundamental shift as the United States' largest law firms continue to confront the challenges posed by decreased demand for their services, outsized expenses stemming from years of growth and rate pressures from emboldened clients.
Judge Denies Bail to Ex-Prosecutor Charged With Murder, Other Crimes
A federal judge in Newark on Friday refused to grant bail to former Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Bergrin, who stands indicted on charges of leading a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of a drug-case witness and the attempted murder of an informant.
Healthcare Reform Debate in Focus
More than 100 people with disabilities and those who work with, advocate for and support them gathered at the New Jersey Law Center recently for the annual Law and Disability Issues conference.Local Law 7: Expanding 'Housing Standards' in the Civil Court
Menachem J. Kastner, a member of Cozen O'Connor, and Ally Hack, an associate at the firm, discuss Local Law 7, which was enacted to give tenants yet another avenue to pursue "landlord harassment" claims, and its issues and inconsistencies, which provide fertile ground for advocacy on behalf of building owners. In the end, write the authors, Local Law 7 is inherently ambiguous, seemingly contradictory, impermissibly subjective and out of place within New York City's Administrative Code's enforcement scheme. It remains a fertile arena for litigation until the Appellate Courts speak on its meaning and intent.
Justices Clear Non-Nurses to Give Insulin Shots in Schools
In a Rare Move, Sharper Image Cuts Departing CEO's Severance
Sharper Image found itself in a distinguished spot recently when its board did what most of its counterparts in corporate America have failed to do: It cut its former CEO's severance package. Few companies are willing to slash the money that they had promised to pay executives when they depart, partly because of ironclad employment contracts that make it hard to recoup a dime. But corporate boards are also to blame for not even trying to negotiate lower payouts when executives' performance disappoints.
Graubard, Lawrence Estate Begin Trial on $42 Million in Legal Fees
Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong on N.J. Supreme Court Appointments
Conventional wisdom holds that Chief Justice Stuart Rabner may fill the vacancy by making a temporary assignment, that Go. Chris Christie is hamstrung until the Senate relents, but that Justice John Wallace Jr. may continue to decide cases argued before his term expired. The conventional wisdom is all wrong.Trending Stories
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