/pulse/modern-lawyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Modern Lawyer Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:54:35 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392889?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392889 Nearly 150 residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, say plaintiffs' lawyers misled them into joining a $600 million deal with Norfolk Southern by concealing experts' testing and community members who got sick after a fiery 2023 derailment, according to a motion asking a federal judge to let them out of the settlement. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:42:14 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2393078?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2393078 Longtime Williams & Connolly LLP partner Robert B. Barnett, known for advising presidential candidates, guiding world leaders in publishing deals and representing global companies like McDonald's and Walmart, has died, the firm announced Friday. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:39:42 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392808 Holland & Knight LLP has tapped a business litigator to head its Orange County, California, office. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:26:54 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392835 A Philadelphia judge has been asked to approve a $300,000 settlement between DLA Piper, one of its former firm partners and a Los Angeles businessman who claimed the former partner defrauded him while practicing at the firm. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:05:21 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2390658?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2390658 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP has hired a former White & Case LLP partner as head of its U.S. technology transactions practice in New York. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:50:14 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392888?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392888 Baker Botts LLP and MoloLamken LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit wiped out a $181 million jury verdict against AT&T and Nokia in a patent infringement case. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:42:32 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392001 Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a pair of former Reed Smith LLP attorneys in the U.S. and U.K., marking the latest additions to a burgeoning finance bench. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:25:21 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2391929?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2391929 Jones Day announced that its New York office has gained a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lawyer who advises issuers, underwriters and lenders on public finance and real assets transactions. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:00:23 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392842?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392842 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Friday that it will wind down its 10-year-old Geneva office by the end of the year. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:45:53 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392904 Following the completion of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's merger with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in June, the recently appointed managing partner of the newly combined firm's office in Washington, D.C., is looking to leverage an expanded international platform to help boost business. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:42:42 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392818?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392818 Law firms are starting to win the adoption battle with attorneys who are reluctant to use artificial intelligence, thanks to the right messaging and initiatives. Here, two firms discuss what worked for them. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:17:33 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392403?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392403 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has expanded its Minneapolis office with the return of an attorney who previously worked in-house at Teradata Corp. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:17:14 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392626 A former assistant section chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Environmental and Natural Resources Division has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP's Washington, D.C., office after five years with Perkins Coie LLP. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:56:51 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392791?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392791 Morrison Foerster has agreed to pay £25,000 ($34,000) to settle a discrimination claim that it dropped a trans man as a client amid the Trump administration's move against diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:04:02 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392698 The legal industry had another action-packed week, with a Democratic investigation into BigLaw firms' pro bono work for the federal government, and a former New York state judge leaving the bench to dodge ethics charges. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:26:59 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392618?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392618 Holland & Hart LLP has added a former Perkins Coie LLP partner to enhance its capacity to handle commercial litigation and advise high-net-worth individuals about a variety of matters. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:53:39 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2391231?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2391231 Amid a push by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to crack down on fraud against U.S. investors by foreign companies, a focus on the "gatekeepers" of such fraud puts law firms at risk of being caught in the regulator's crosshairs. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:48:24 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392372 September saw several large firms, including Ballard Spahr LLP and Polsinelli PC, find new homes for their teams in Seattle and Philadelphia, as well as moves for smaller shops like Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC, which relocated its New Jersey headquarters, and Hicks Johnson PLLC, which doubled its footprint in Houston. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:09:50 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2389363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2389363 As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly adept at handling entry-level legal tasks, firms and organizations must consider new ways to train and mentor junior attorneys to prepare them for leadership in an AI-integrated profession, say attorneys at KXT Law. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:46:31 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2392463 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has hired DLA Piper's former aerospace, defense and government services transactional practice co-leader, who is joining the team in Washington, D.C., as a partner, the firm announced Thursday.