/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Â鶹´«Ã½ Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:26:27 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 17:23:28 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350272?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350272 Counsel representing two female teachers should receive nearly $218,000 in costs following a jury trial in which the workers were awarded $165,000 over claims that a Pennsylvania school district paid them less than men, the teachers told a federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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/small-law/articles/2335079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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/small-law/articles/2350585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 16:02:51 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2348524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2348524 A group of energy lawyers coming out of the federal government have launched their own boutique in Washington, D.C., aimed at helping clients through a rapidly changing regulatory environment, the attorneys announced this week. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:43:43 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350223 Insurance litigation firm Matthiesen Wickert & Lehrer SC pushed back against a whistleblower's request to have her case remanded to state court, arguing that the amount sought in the case satisfies the $75,000 minimum to stay in federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:15:55 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350228 A divided Texas First Court of Appeals won't disturb a split decision that revived a dispute between an attorney and a former attorney over a fee-sharing agreement in tobacco litigation, rejecting a litigation finance company's en banc request to keep its trial court victory and prevent the case from being remanded. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:15:56 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2349835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 14:05:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350126 A former New Jersey-based Troutman Pepper Locke LLP attorney has departed to form a solo white collar, government investigations and business advisory shop, A Einhorn Â鶹´«Ã½ LLC. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:32:43 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350471 A onetime Cramer & Anderson LLP partner was sentenced Friday to a seven-year prison term after being convicted of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting an attacker in the parking lot of his rural Litchfield, Connecticut, law firm, although his incarceration will be suspended after 2½ years. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 16:43:52 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2349995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2349995 After the merger of Stevens & Lee PC with Providence, Rhode Island, firm Duffy & Sweeney Ltd., the leaders of both firms say that they expect the combination will allow them to grow their business throughout New England, with the combined firm also eyeing a further expansion into Boston. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:23:57 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2349876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2349876 Tom Girardi's son-in-law pled guilty to criminal contempt Thursday in Illinois federal court, admitting he knew the once-celebrated plaintiffs lawyer failed to pay millions of dollars in plane crash settlement funds they had been ordered to distribute to their clients "as soon as practical." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:16:15 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2349723?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2349723 A Florida lawyer sentenced to 75 months in prison over a COVID-19 loan fraud scheme has asked the Eleventh Circuit to rehear her sentencing en banc, arguing the appellate court should reexamine the district court's so-called Keane statement allegedly disregarding sentencing guidelines. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:15:52 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2349771?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2349771 The co-chair of Holland & Knight LLP's entertainment practice has left the firm to join a fashion, entertainment and sports boutique, according to a statement Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:14:53 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2348973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2348973 Claggett Sykes & Garza LLC partner Andrew Garza told a Connecticut state court judge Thursday that someone used his identity to open bank accounts and file a fraudulent registration for his former law firm with the Secretary of the State's office, and he needs the court to order U.S. Bank and other companies to give him information that could reveal the perpetrator. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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/small-law/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 21:20:08 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2346262?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2346262 A Federal Circuit panel on Wednesday questioned Ramey LLP managing partner William Ramey's challenge to one of several sanctions that have recently been imposed on his firm in patent cases, with some judges suggesting that the order in question in a case against Google LLC appeared warranted.