Craig A. Domalewski, most recently senior counsel to Gov. Chris Christie, today rejoined Cranford-based law firm Dughi & Hewitt P.C. as a principal member, resulting in the firm's name change to Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski.

As the competition to hire experienced attorneys intensifies, and the ranks of newly minted lawyers joining the jobless rolls seems to grow exponentially, the heads of big law firms say legal search firms — or headhunters — often add confusion and frustration to the marketplace for jobs and talent.   Firms more frequently rely on ...

In the fourth quarter of 2011, 65,000 lawyers across the nation were unemployed, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. “We’re inundated by resumes right now, both of attorneys who became unemployed as a result of the crisis, and of course the law schools have done nothing to ...

A Bridgewater specialty pharmaceutical firm says it will run out of money by the end of the month if it doesn’t find a buyer, investor, or other partnership deal. NovaDel Pharma Inc. announced in August that it would seek “strategic alternatives” to keep the company moving forward. On Thursday, the company provided an update, estimating ...

A $100 million class-action lawsuit was announced today against Quest Diagnostics Inc. and its Ameripath Inc. subsidiary, alleging Quest systematically discriminated against female employees. The suit alleges that high-ranking Quest officials foster an environment hostile to the success and advancement of female employees and promoting an “old boys’ club” attitude, giving junior male employees disproportionate ...

The Woodbridge law firm Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP has added 13 attorneys to its environmental and real estate practices, according to one of its co-managing partners, all from the Westfield firm Farer Fersko, which is winding down its operations through a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing. “We think in both general real estate and ...

Three of the four landlords at Newark’s Gateway Center have filed an appeal to block a $250 million tax credit package awarded to their tenant, Prudential Financial Inc., which has been exploring a move within the Brick City. The suit, filed Dec. 23 in state appellate court, argues the state Economic Development Authority on Nov. ...

A district judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction against a contractor working on the $250 million Paulsboro port project, clearing the way for dredging to continue in the Delaware River. Texas-based TDM America LLC asked the U.S District Court of New Jersey to stop dredging work in the Delaware River by Cranford-based ...

Class-action suits have been filed against three law schools over recent graduates’ employment rates and the data on hiring and salary that the institutions used to market their programs to applicants — and up to 15 more suits may be in the works, in what two attorneys studying the issue say is a dangerous trend ...

Office holiday parties are often the stuff lawsuits are made of. When there is too much drinking, people can let their guard down — flirting, telling inappropriate jokes, using foul language or buying distasteful gag gifts.