/pulse/delaware-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Delaware Pulse Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:26:27 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350594 Delaware-based Rhodunda Williams & Kondraschow LLC is claiming in a new lawsuit that hackers used the law firm's email to hijack a real estate transaction and have funds wired to their account at Truist Financial Corp., which lacked the needed security measures to prevent the alleged fraud. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350567 Many current state bar character and fitness tests fail to identify bad actors, and at the same time, certain aspects of the queries can hurt efforts to increase diversity in the profession, according to panelists at the American Bar Association's 2025 Virtual Equity Summit on Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:24:58 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2335079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2335079 The U.S. legal industry added 1,100 jobs in May, holding steady in the midst of economic uncertainty, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:19:38 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350585 The University of Virginia School of Â鶹´«Ã½ Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and attorney Edward Gilbert lead this week's edition of Â鶹´«Ã½360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit's ruling that plaintiffs claiming anti-heterosexual workplace discrimination need to provide extra "background circumstances" evidence. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:15:56 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349835 At an American Bar Association summit session on inclusive workplace practices on Thursday, one panelist noted that one of the ABA's recent recommendations is to engage in guided conversations throughout law firms and across the legal profession. But what exactly is a guided conversation? Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2350030 The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse’s weekly quiz. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:21:55 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349829?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349829 Maryland-based Tydings & Rosenberg LLP announced that it has moved its Newark, Delaware, location to Wilmington, home to the First State's bankruptcy court. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:01:55 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348094 As nonequity partnership tiers expand across U.S. law firms, experts warn that the model, while effective for retaining talent and controlling costs, demands disciplined management oversight to avoid becoming a liability. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:59:22 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349417?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349417 As Jameson Tweedie takes on the role of Delaware's public advocate, the longtime environmental lawyer said he aims to ensure that utility ratepayers get a "fair shake" while also tackling important policy issues such as ensuring that the power grid can meet growing demand. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:16:41 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349821?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349821 Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has nominated an attorney who works with the state's Department of Justice and the Office of the Child Advocate to fill a newly created judgeship on the Family Court bench in Sussex County. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2341257 Domestic lawyer headcount growth among the 400 largest law firms in the U.S. picked up speed in 2024, rising 3.1% on average and outpacing growth the previous year, but experts say the winds that bolstered that expansion may have shifted as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:05 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2339011 Many of the largest law firms in the U.S. had a strong year in 2024. And as demand for their services ticked upward they invested in bench strength, boosting the number of lawyers available to assist clients, our latest ranking of the largest U.S. law firms shows. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:09:27 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348496 Even as lawyers have returned to the office in larger numbers than in the years during and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid in-person and remote work remains the norm at law firms today, which have turned their focus to creating flexible, collaborative spaces that "link presence to purpose," according to the results of a survey released this week. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the Â鶹´«Ã½360 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:05 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347877?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347877 Delaware's corporation law courts have overshadowed the entire federal court system for some class attorney fees based on multiples of usual rate benchmarks, according to two Stanford Â鶹´«Ã½ School researchers whose findings have already caught the attention of a top state lawmaker. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:18:39 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347947 Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Adobe, Takeda Pharmaceutical and Duke Energy. Here, Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from May. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:28:34 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2344024?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2344024 While many in the legal industry may be apprehensive about generative artificial intelligence, leaders at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP are working to get the firm's attorneys excited about the technology and willing to experiment with it in their work. Fri, 30 May 2025 21:48:10 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347369 Delaware's governor wants to weigh in on a potential Delaware Supreme Court midcase review of a controversial state corporation law overhaul that limits the liability of directors and controlling investors for allegedly self-interested corporate acts. Fri, 30 May 2025 20:59:53 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347171?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347171 The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge not to allow hospital chain CarePoint to retain K&L Gates LLP as special litigation counsel retroactively to the start of the bankruptcy case, saying the company has not shown the "extraordinary circumstances" that would warrant such a move.  Fri, 30 May 2025 16:44:10 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347227 Susman Godfrey's selection as the head of multidistrict litigation against Microsoft and OpenAI and Benesch's work on an $800 million public offering on behalf of a longtime client lead this edition of Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Â鶹´«Ã½ Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Â鶹´«Ã½ firms from May 16 to 30.