/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:58:46 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421608?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421608 Public confidence in state courts held steady this year, even as more Americans seem to have lost faith that those courts provide equal justice to everyone, according to new research. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:08:17 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421498?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421498 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit handed Epic Games Inc. a partial win by mostly affirming an injunction blocking Apple Inc. from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:04:10 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421655?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421655 Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP is giving out bonuses of up to $240,000 for its associates, according to an in-house memo seen by Law360 Pulse. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:12 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421581 A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld the two-week suspension of former Alex Jones lawyer Norm Pattis, agreeing that a trial court judge was within her discretion to bench the attorney over his law firm's handling of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims' medical records. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:52:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421101?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421101 A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without cause but finding that the lower court appeared not to address several arguments in favor of a lower amount. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:51:49 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421267?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421267 The International Rescue Committee Inc. asked a Texas federal court to sanction a former worker and counsel for "poison[ing] the evidentiary well" by using ChatGPT to tamper with documents produced for discovery, according to a brief and motion for sanctions. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:54:10 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420999?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420999 The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms announced year-end bonuses and continued to expand their bench of talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:49:25 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420233?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420233 An affordable housing nonprofit in Atlanta has accused a Georgia law firm, attorney and their client in state court of lying and improperly blocking its attempt to sell townhomes it had developed, arguing that the defendants defied a court order in an underlying real estate dispute. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:40:57 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421003?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421003 Litigation boutique Pallas Partners announced Thursday that it is offering high-performing senior U.S. and U.K. associates and counsel as much as $232,000 in bonuses this year. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:34:23 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2421100?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2421100 The Georgia Supreme Court decided it won't review a lower appellate court's ruling that upheld a nearly $500,000 lien awarded to a team of Atlanta personal injury lawyers who said they were bilked by a former client. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:34:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420654?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420654 A Washington, D.C., law firm failed to notify clients of a data breach that compromised their personal information for six months, a proposed class action alleged in federal court on Wednesday. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:11:01 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420697 A judge has approved $650,000 in fees for lead plaintiff's counsel as part of a $1.95 million settlement to end a Delaware federal court suit claiming a smart lock system company misrepresented key business metrics in the lead-up to its 2021 go-public merger. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:25:56 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420706 A number of trends will continue to reshape how people search, consume and trust information next year, and law firms will need to adopt forward-thinking content strategies — from generative engine optimization to interactive legal tools — to stand out, says Elizabeth Lampert at Elizabeth Lampert PR and Nancy Myrland at Myrland Marketing and Social Media. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:50:54 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2420752?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2420752 Richards Layton & Finger PA and Cyrulnik Fattaruso LLP attorneys told Law360 Pulse they helped their clients beat a $1.2 billion damages claim from former Straight Path Communications stockholders by tackling head-on aspects of the case that weren't favorable to their side. 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.