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January 14, 2004 |

Law School Probed on Reverse Discrimination Claims

Seton Hall University School of Law is the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for allegedly discriminating against white law students. The department's Office for Civil Rights, acting on a complaint from an unidentified party unharmed by the alleged discrimination, is looking at two Seton Hall programs: a minority mentoring effort called "Partners in Excellence" and a minority job fair aimed at increasing law firm diversity.
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June 06, 2005 |

Foot-Dragging on Denials May Cost Insurers

Legal malpractice insurers have plenty of legitimate reasons for denying coverage, but a case heading to a New Jersey appeals court warns that a denial won't stick if they take too long to make the decision. At issue is whether an insurer's reservation-of-rights letter was sufficient to alert a firm that the carrier might exercise the opt-out clause at any time. The lower court decision suggests that when it comes to insurance, lawyers can't be held to a higher standard of knowledge than the general public.
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November 13, 2000 |

Plugging a Leak

When the FBI arrested a former paralegal at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe for trying to sell one of Orrick's confidential trial-planning documents from the firm's tobacco industry suit to the defense, they had the cooperation of both the plaintiff and defense teams during the sting operation. The incident raises the question of how much access legal support staff should have to confidential documents.
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February 18, 2003 |

On the Move

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July 22, 2002 |

Pros and Cons of Capping Managing Partners' Terms

As firms grow and diversity, new management practices are catching on, among them the placing of term limits on managing partners. Advocates of the practice say it ensures an influx of new ideas, guards against generational conflict within the firm and promotes smoother leadership successions.
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August 29, 2005 |

A Shallower Gender Pool

There are proportionally fewer women in the associate ranks at New Jersey's largest firms this year, and no one seems to know quite why. While the overall associate population increased slightly at the firms studied in the Law Journal's annual census of women and ethnic lawyers, the number of women associates declined. At 19 firms surveyed, women made up 37.4 percent of all associates in 2005, down from 41.9 percent last year.
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August 04, 2004 |

N.J. Supreme Court Draws Line on Public Access to Discovery Data

The general public does not have guaranteed access to discovery documents used in litigation if they have not been filed with the trial court, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling is a setback for consumer groups that wanted to use the case as a way to allow the public to intervene in litigation and to ask courts to decide whether good cause exists to issue a protective order putting documents under seal, specifically in cases involving public hazards.
5 minute read
July 28, 2003 |

U.S. District Court

No. 01-30135; United States District Court (DNJ); opinion by Bassler, U.S.D.J.; filed May 13, 2003.
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December 27, 2004 |

Scandals Eclipse An Eventful Year

The medical malpractice mess. The advent of limited licenses for corporate counsel. The rise of technology in the courts. The fall of state revenue for legal programs. The ebb and flow of New Jersey's legal economy. All were developments worthy of analysis. But they lacked the drama - perhaps the long-term political significance - of the governor's announcement that he was gay and had an adulterous affair with another man, or the subsequent disclosure of an impending sexual harassment suit against him.
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In 200-Page(!) Ruling, Third Circuit Revives Part of Ginormous Insurance Bid-Rigging Class Action
Publication Date: 2010-08-18
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The ruling is as exhaustive a study of Twombly as we've ever seen. In the end, it gives both the small team of plaintiffs lawyers and the veritable defense army in the case something to cheer about.

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