/pulse/connecticut-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Connecticut Pulse Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:59:03 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2357358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2357358 As a new generation of lawyers enters the profession and artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law, firms are increasingly turning to professional coaches to help junior attorneys adapt. One unexpected area of focus? Teaching them how to manage and respond to email. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:52:06 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2356712?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2356712 Reed Smith should not be allowed to halt court proceedings amid its effort to hold onto a client file sought by postbankruptcy owners of Eletson Holdings Inc., a reorganized international shipping company, amid its ongoing dispute with Levona Holdings Ltd., according to briefs both sides filed before the Second Circuit. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:30:24 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2356544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2356544 The U.S. General Services Administration selected a 2.19-acre parking lot in Hartford, Connecticut, as the home for a new federal courthouse, which it says will be operational by 2030. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:30:42 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327036 Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:18:32 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354831 State and local courts' growing reliance on Tyler Technologies' court management software is helping judiciaries manage caseloads while increasing citizens' access to justice, but the software has also led to data breaches, lawsuits and concerns around accountability, experts say. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:51:49 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2356102?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2356102 Connecticut employment law firm Hayber McKenna & Dinsmore LLC may advance vexatious litigation claims, but not abuse of process claims, against attorneys for several restaurants who previously accused the firm of violating state unfair trade practices laws to target potential clients, a state trial court judge has ruled. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:46:22 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355163?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355163 After more than two decades as a member of the organization, Silver Golub & Teitell LLP's managing partner was named this week to a one-year term as president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:23:14 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355735?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355735 A Connecticut estates attorney has agreed to an interim suspension of her law license and will undergo a medical examination after failing to attend scheduled court dates four times in the last 60 days, records in her professional discipline case show. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:26:53 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355314?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355314 White and Williams LLP announced this week that it has welcomed six Northeastern attorneys to its business department, two of whom will lead three new practice areas for the firm. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:32:14 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355833?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355833 Incoming Connecticut Bar Association president Emily Gianquinto has her eyes on the future, not just for the upcoming start of her one-year term, but also for the 150-year-old organization as it looks to welcome more young attorneys, and for the state's legal community and judiciary amid threats to the rule of law. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:35:25 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354580 From sharing details about being part of the first class of female graduates at Washington and Lee University School of Law to explaining how a middle-school teaching job led to obtaining a law degree, five commencement speakers — all current or former general counsel — recently shared their wisdom for the next generation of attorneys. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:33:36 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355207 WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated a $300 million patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, based on instructions by a Texas federal judge that the appellate court panel determined to be erroneous. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:13:25 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2355170 The legal industry marked mid-June with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms and legal departments appointed new leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:24:12 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354834?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354834 A Connecticut lawyer must repay his ex-girlfriend $30,000 to cover loans she cosigned for his law school expenses, with the Connecticut Supreme Court denying his petition for certification to appeal. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:01:48 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354985?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354985 Here is a look at how the tragic opioid epidemic weaved through the careers of two general counsel and shaped their legacies for better or worse. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:46:16 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2354268 Dru Levasseur, founder of the newly formed Trans Legal Professionals Networking Program, discusses the experiences of trans legal professionals today, what they need, and ways the industry can support them. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:05:07 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353287 There's a striking disconnect between how lawyers who serve consumers perceive their client relationships and how clients truly feel, which could affect reputation, according to new survey results told exclusively to Law360 Pulse. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:40:58 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353706 A Connecticut trial court judge acted within his power to consider and then add three criminal contempt sentences to a murder convict's prison term after the defendant hurled a series of racial and profane attacks at the court when a habeas corpus hearing concluded, the state's highest court ruled Monday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:53:37 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353199 The full Second Circuit refused Friday to revisit President Donald Trump's challenge to writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual assault finding against him, with two judges dissenting. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:50:40 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353444 A Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that empowered administrative law judges to award ongoing disability benefits created such an outcry that lawmakers intervened in order to cap the costs for entities that would shoulder those bills, attorneys at the state bar association's annual conference heard Friday.