/pulse/new-york-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New York Pulse Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:56:02 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2421589?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2421589 Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:55:30 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2425309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2425309 Alston & Bird LLP has reportedly unveiled its year-end associate bonus tiers, matching the market scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP this fall. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:25:27 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2418891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2418891 Carlton Fields' New York team has left the Chrysler Building, making room for potential growth in a high-rise just a few blocks away. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:03:07 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423794?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423794 Milbank LLP has bolstered its New York office with the hire of a partner from Paul Hastings LLP with experience in the digital infrastructure and energy sectors, both in the U.S. and Latin America. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:02:25 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2425246?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2425246 The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:33:15 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424124 While the traditional idea of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace is often appearance-based, a group of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC leaders told Law360 Pulse that its approach to DEI goes further, embedding itself in the firm's cultural and operational ethos.  Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:09:27 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2425088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2425088 Pharmaceutical investment firm Royalty Pharma will soon have a new executive vice president and chief legal officer, as George Lloyd has decided to retire from that role effective Dec. 31, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:04:04 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424976?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424976 JPMorgan has unveiled new details in its ongoing legal fee fight with Charlie Javice, accusing the convicted financial aid startup founder's Quinn Emanuel defense counsel and other firms of billing for "absurd" and "outrageous" expenses, including specialty cocktails, cellulite butter, a Cookie Monster toy and $530 on gummy bears. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:35:54 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424604?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424604 The managing partner of the New York City office of midsized law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is leaving with three other securities partners to join a new securities boutique that was launched by a lawyer who recently left Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP in a contentious exit. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:15:30 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424686?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424686 A retired prosecutor who protested Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's deal with the Trump administration has sued New York City and others in federal court, alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was arrested outside the BigLaw firm's headquarters in Manhattan. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:05:43 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423874?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423874 This year, judges across the country grappled with attorneys' use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, and prominent federal prosecutor battles dominated headlines in some of the top legal ethics matters of 2025. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:38:33 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424719?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424719 Haynes Boone is handing its associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those offered by a significant portion of BigLaw this year, largely adhering to a bonus scale first put forward by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in November, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:23:01 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423375?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423375 As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded in mainstream legal practice, they are reshaping the administration of law itself, from how experts document and validate their work to how joint defense teams operate, demanding a new level of contractual clarity and operational discipline, says Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:46:42 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423758 Billing rates from law firms varied widely in the first half of 2025, and corporate legal departments will need to anticipate tiered and regional shifts in fee dynamics to keep costs under control next year, according to a report released Monday by Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:44:18 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423920 As lawyers across the U.S. tally their hours and take stock of how the past year unfolded, a recent Law360 Pulse survey suggests many will meet their billable goals, but often at the expense of their mental health and work-life balance. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:07:24 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424436 Tarter Krinsky & Drogin has hired a former Abrams Fensterman LLP partner who helped lead that firm's practice focused on cooperative and condominium work, as chair of its own cooperatives and condominiums practice, the firm recently announced. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:34:30 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423923 Generative AI is raising questions about how time-based billing adapts when tasks become faster to complete, but most attorneys recently surveyed by Law360 Pulse are skeptical that AI will shift expectations anytime soon. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:51:27 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424610?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424610 The architects of the deal to create a major new transatlantic player called Winston Taylor say that "there's no finishing point" to their plans for expansion as they signal an openness to more deals and even external investment. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:00:26 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423795?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2423795 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on Monday that it has added its ninth lateral partner to its private equity group this year, welcoming a former corporate attorney with Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:06:00 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424472?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2424472 The U.S. Department of Justice indicated Friday that it will appeal the dismissals of headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, after a federal judge ruled the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed.