/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:10:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420609 EscapeX IP is asking the Federal Circuit to review en banc a decision upholding $255,000 in fees and sanctions for what a California federal judge found to be a frivolous patent suit against Google, arguing the decision contradicts precedent and raises questions for the whole legal profession. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:34:20 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420349 A father-daughter team of attorneys have brought a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging their suspensions for criticizing a Florida state judge who reversed a $2.75 million jury verdict in favor of their client in a racial discrimination lawsuit, saying their comments are protected by the First Amendment.  Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:47:27 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420138 Wells Fargo is seeking to shed claims in Texas federal court alleging it turned a blind eye to a convicted former attorney's misuse of client funds held in accounts at the bank, arguing that the victims of the lawyer's fraud failed to show it knew of the misconduct. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:44:27 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420588?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420588 A Florida appeals court will refer an attorney to the state's Bar after she filed a brief that included a "hallucinated" case. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:34:38 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420335 Litigation boutiques Yetter Coleman LLP and Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP are giving above-market bonuses to their associates, according to reports from Above the Law and Bloomberg. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:13:15 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420573?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420573 New Jersey firm Beattie Padovano LLC has been sued in state court by a man accusing it of legal malpractice that led to his inability to reclaim nearly $800,000 he says he lost in an investor fraud scheme perpetrated by former frequent CNBC guest James Arthur McDonald Jr. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:40:57 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420616?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420616 Stone Hilton PLLC attorneys facing a sexual harassment suit from a former employee defended their move to subpoena two high-ranking members of the Texas Office of the Attorney General this week, saying their "hands are tied" by the ex-staffer's use of an email related to the purported misconduct. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:28:30 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2416039?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2416039 Trends and statistics reveal that law firms of all sizes and practice areas remained attractive litigation targets this year, so firms must take concrete steps to avoid professional liability risks in the year to come, say Douglas Richmond and Andrew Ricke at Lockton Companies. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:07:46 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420223 Jack Smith, the former Justice Department special counsel appointed to investigate President Donald Trump, is set to launch his own firm alongside two of his former top deputies and the co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's investigations and enforcement practice. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:03:45 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2413342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2413342 What does it take to stand out as a global legal powerhouse? The firms featured in this year's Law360 Pulse ranking have built a worldwide reach few can match.  Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:03:45 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2412652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2412652 The U.S. remains by far the world's most important legal market, but as clients and capital flows become increasingly international, U.S. law firms are grappling with where and whether to expand their global footprint. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:03:43 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2382659?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2382659 The law firms in this year's Law360 Pulse Global Leaders ranking have built networks that span the globe. Visualize the reach of those 50 firms with our interactive map. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:58:43 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420081 A California federal judge said Tuesday it appeared an attorney for plaintiffs claiming Uber failed to protect passengers from sexual assault "acted in a cavalier manner" with a protective order in the multidistrict litigation, but didn't rule on Uber's requests for monetary sanctions nor its bid to kick the attorney off the plaintiff steering committee. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:08:31 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420144?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420144 The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted an attorney's surrender of her law license Tuesday after she admitted she overdrew her client trust account and improperly mingled funds to cover personal and business expenses. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:53:05 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420169?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420169 Hargrove Firm, a Kentucky-based trust and estate planning law firm, has worked out a deal for a private equity investment in its related technology platform known as NetLaw at a time of growing interest in nontraditional business arrangements within the legal industry. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:49:01 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420033?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420033 Morrison Foerster LLP and boutique law firm Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC both recently unveiled above-market bonuses, according to a MoFo in-house memo and a media report.  Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:44:46 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2419544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2419544 More firms are offering benefits such as parental leave and bonuses, and the legal industry appears to be settling on the amount of remote work that attorneys and staffers are allowed to perform, the Association of Legal Administrators has found in its latest annual report. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:32:46 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2419782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2419782 An attorney said a Florida federal judge went too far with her sanctions over fake citations following the possible use of artificial intelligence in his motion for a temporary restraining order, and asked her to reconsider the level of punishment. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:42:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2419209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2419209 A Nevada federal court on Friday temporarily blocked the former executive of a litigation finance business from using its trade secrets, finding the evidence indicates that his new law firm employer leveraged its proprietary mass tort review system.  Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:49:54 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2418688?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2418688 A Florida-based litigation funder has sued two California attorneys and a law firm, alleging they secretly settled a client's civil dispute and steered the money so they wouldn't have to repay over $1.5 million.