/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:35:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2357535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2357535 A Texas magistrate judge has recommended that a litigation funder and a Houston-area attorney be freed from a proposed class action that alleges a law firm engaged in deceptive advertising targeting hurricane victims in Louisiana. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:33:40 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356893 The ex-wife of an intellectual property lawyer in North Carolina has asked the state's highest court to affirm an order awarding her half the value of his law firm in their divorce, arguing the practice's goodwill is marital property subject to equal distribution. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:50:50 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2357034?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2357034 A Colorado lawyer has settled claims she brought against her former employer in December, when she accused the law firm of having "abruptly and unlawfully" terminated her employment due to her age and gender. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:17:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2354132?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2354132 An estates attorney has brought her solo practice to Harrison LLP in Florida, where she'll draw upon her expertise in real estate, trust administration and probate law, and the related tax implications. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:35:20 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2357104?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2357104 An attorney drew upon his past as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey and as a healthcare compliance counsel to get all charges dropped against a doctor accused of accepting close to $150,000 in bribes through Insys Therapeutics for "sham" speaker program engagements. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:28 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2354331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2354331 In his section of a new book, Hoffmann & Baron LLP managing partner Daniel A. Scola Jr. challenges lawyers looking to grow their practice to rely on more than just technical skills and says that with the right amount of patience and boldness, lawyers can deliver work to "make it rain." Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:59:03 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2357358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 18:02:16 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356326?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356326 A Texas mass tort attorney who filed for bankruptcy allegedly owing hundreds of millions of dollars to litigation funders agreed to shift his Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, putting to rest the U.S. Trustee's bid to convert or dismiss his case. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:35:35 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356367 A gaming company and a law firm asked the Eleventh Circuit to reject an insurer's bid to avoid representing the firm in a malpractice case, arguing that if at least one claim in an underlying complaint was covered, the insurer couldn't apply a misappropriation exclusion. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:26:29 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356749?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 16:19:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356779?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356779 Boutique firm Nichols Liu LLP's co-founding partner Andy Liu has launched a solo practice to continue representing government contractors and healthcare industry clients in civil and criminal enforcement matters, telling Law360 Pulse Tuesday he wanted to go out on his own for greater control. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:00:26 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356900 Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP announced Tuesday that it is bringing on four new partners in Dallas who previously made up the entire roster at trial and appellate boutique Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin PC. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:44:48 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356551 Trial veteran Abbe Lowell has been fighting government overreach since the Reagan presidency, but he told Law360 Pulse that the "urgent need" to challenge Trump administration policies meant leaving Winston & Strawn LLP for the nimbleness of his new litigation boutique staffed by young lawyers and fellow BigLaw expats. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:25:48 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356299?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356299 Subscribers to the Fubo streaming service asked a California federal judge to name them and their attorney the leads in the recent proposed settlement with Disney over the carriage fees for its sports streaming service, and to be "wary" of a motion to appoint the attorney for the two other classes of streaming customers as lead counsel. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:17:53 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356464?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356464 A Boston law firm is accusing a smaller personal injury practice of secretly steering cases and work to a now-former shareholder, including one case that led to a $5 million settlement, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in a Massachusetts state court. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:52:46 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2356427 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday that it is expanding in Naples, Florida, with a pair of new private client partners, just ahead of a June 30 merger that will grow the firm in West Palm Beach and Stuart. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:30:42 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2327036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 16:09:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2356324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/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 15:46:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2355490?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2355490 Seton Hall University's former president's whistleblower suit against the school will be heard in a New Jersey state court in Hudson County after an Essex County judge confirmed her decision to move the case due to a potential conflict of interest involving the daughter of one of the defendants. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:06:32 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2355671?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2355671 A former Milbank LLP partner known for his work on high-profile international arbitrations announced Friday that he has teamed up with two former colleagues to launch a disputes boutique in New York City that he hopes will fill the gaps often left by how BigLaw decides which matters to take on.