/pulse/pennsylvania-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pennsylvania Pulse Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:03:28 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2357363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2357363 The opportunity to join a strong team at Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP's Philadelphia office was music to the ears of an attorney who moved his litigation practice after 22 years with McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:29 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356820 A generative artificial intelligence hackathon originally designed to empower the next generation of lawyers to think creatively about solving complex problems expanded to include senior staff members, resulting in over a dozen ready-to-go AI use cases for the firm. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:59:03 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2357358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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 16:56:11 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356790?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356790 A top career official at the U.S. Department of Justice who was fired has come forward with a whistleblower complaint alleging Third Circuit judicial nominee Emil Bove, who was acting deputy attorney general at the beginning of the year, sought to defy court orders. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:26:29 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356749?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356749 The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:25:18 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356697 A Philadelphia federal judge has denied a University of Pennsylvania law professor's attempt to stop her impending one-year suspension from teaching, saying the professor failed to demonstrate she would suffer irreparable harm from the school's disciplinary actions. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:17:43 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356716?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356716 A former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP partner has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to certify a class of employees in an ERISA suit against the shuttered firm in the lead up to approval of a settlement resolving claims over retirement savings practices. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:34:53 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356342 Ahead of Emil Bove's hearing on Wednesday for his judicial nomination, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing for information on complaints alleging his misconduct while at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and Main Justice earlier this year. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:30:42 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2327036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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 16:09:36 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355281?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355281 Kennedys Law LLP expanded its litigation team with the recent addition to its offices in Philadelphia and Chicago of four attorneys specializing in liability, insurance and cybersecurity. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:09:06 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2356324 An attorney convicted of federal crimes after serving as a "consigliere" to a drug trafficking ring has been denied reinstatement to the Pennsylvania bar, with the state's Supreme Court siding with a disciplinary board report that flagged "his efforts to downplay his misconduct." Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:18:32 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2354831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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 07:01:27 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355432 Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has elected global managing partner Casey Ryan to a new four-year term. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:26:53 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355314?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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 12:35:25 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2354580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-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. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:52:57 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355256?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355256 New Philadelphia-area litigation boutique Goldshaw Greenblatt Pierce LLC has added another employment and civil rights partner from boutique Weir LLP, the firm announced this week. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:09:44 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2354735?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2354735 A Pennsylvania federal judge reprimanded Simon & Simon attorneys Tuesday for letting paralegals file a "cookie-cutter" slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart without a presuit investigation and adding store managers as a ploy to beat federal jurisdiction, criticizing counsel for racing through courts "wearing blinders" with "no idea who he is suing." Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:02:02 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355021?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2355021 The former chief public defender for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, said Wednesday in a lawsuit that she was wrongfully accused of racial bias and unilaterally fired by the county manager, rather than by the county executive who had appointed her.