On a Wednesday night in mid-November, 3,000 Rutgers University freshmen, full of anticipation to register online for spring classes, took to the university's website to get the best of the school's first-come, first-served policy.

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To celebrate our upcoming year-ending Book of Lists, we're commemorating the season with our 24 Lists of Christmas.
Each day through Dec. 24, we'll email you the top five leaders in a different category, giving you a sneak peek at what you may be missing.

U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp heard nearly two hours of oral arguments last Thursday in what was the latest chapter of New Jersey's ongoing efforts to bring sports betting to the state.

Law firm acquisitions are often larger firms gobbling up smaller ones to add to the big firm's list of practices.
That's not always the case.

Law firms are on the rise again in Newark. It's a story not unlike that of its tallest skyscraper.

There was a four-week span in the fall in which New Jersey saw law firm acquisitions at the rate of one each week. This followed two significant acquisitions earlier in the year.

TruPlan, the multiple-employer health plan launched in 2013 and sponsored by Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, will wind down operations by year's end after failing to attract enough members beyond its core group of hospital employees to put it on a financially sustainable footing.

Today, billions of dollars in sales may hinge on arriving at the patent office just an hour before your competitor.
Just ask Richard Gearhart.