/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:45:14 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2379109?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2379109 A Las Vegas-based production company has hit a Las Vegas attorney with a malpractice suit for allegedly giving poor legal advice in its deal to build a basketball facility in Atlanta, which led to it being sued for over $5 million in cost overruns. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:52:38 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2379135?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2379135 A North Carolina bankruptcy attorney is facing murder charges after police said he shot and killed a 43-year-old man in a small town in the mountains over the weekend, court records show. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:44:31 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2379200?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2379200 A Connecticut state court judge has reprimanded an attorney who was accused of pocketing a $165,000 fee that he was supposed to split with his former firm, and ordered him to pay unspecified restitution and take continuing legal education. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:12:20 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2379199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2379199 California law firm Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo PLC will add 13 lawyers to its litigation and trial practice group through a consolidation with boutique firm Garrett & Tully effective Sept. 1. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:58:16 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2377191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2377191 Firms can develop a strong pro bono culture without hiring dedicated professionals through strategies like demonstrating active involvement by leadership, tailoring volunteer tasks to individual professional development needs and building trusted partnerships within the legal aid community, says Stacy Zinken at Paladin. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:37:24 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378400 A former Holland & Knight LLP partner battling Pennsylvania personal injury firm Fritz & Bianculli LLC in litigation stemming from an affair and his messy divorce has pushed for his ex-wife to sit for another deposition, arguing that she wrongly refused to answer relevant questions when she was first deposed. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:22:04 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378861?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378861 A Los Angeles judge Tuesday denied a family's motion seeking judgment on declaratory relief claims in a $1.8 million malpractice lawsuit against a firm that represented it in recovering millions lost in Girardi Keese's embezzlement scandal, saying disputed facts remain in the "unusual" case. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:49:46 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378872?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378872 An attorney in Washington state vowed on Tuesday to appeal harsh sanctions an Arizona federal judge meted out Thursday over fake and misleading citations she included in an opening brief, releasing a statement arguing that the court's order "treats the mere existence of AI-hallucinated citations as an automatic violation" but "that is not what Rule 11 requires." Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:56:08 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378759?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378759 Former Girardi Keese attorney Keith Griffin pled not guilty Tuesday to a Chicago indictment accusing him of helping Tom Girardi violate court orders to disburse settlement funds to certain plane crash clients and concealing the theft of those funds. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:39:09 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378888?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378888 A small Sunshine State firm launched in 2022 by attorneys with ties to the Trump administration and state Republican leaders has grown to become a fierce advocate of the president's agenda with plans to expand its reach in Florida, Washington, D.C., and beyond. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:30:54 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378787?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378787 A Connecticut-based title insurance company and its subsidiary have argued in a court filing that a former board member lacks standing under Delaware and Florida law to assert fiduciary duty claims against fellow directors, the companies and their in-house counsel. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:22:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378424 Herman Law, a firm that represents survivors of sexual abuse, announced Monday that it has opened its second New York office in Buffalo, with plans underway to launch in Baltimore soon as well. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:12:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378459?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378459 Insurance industry-focused law firm Clausen Miller PC is more than doubling its Texas roster with the addition of a five-member team of lawyers from Houston-based litigation boutique Doyen Sebesta & Poelma LLLP on Sept. 1. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:35:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378704 Carella Byrne Cecchi Brody & Agnello PC asked a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday to approve $4 million in attorney fees, litigation costs and service awards for class representatives in a consumer class action involving Volkswagen vehicles with a seat defect. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:47:33 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378075?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378075 Burford Capital LLC, the world's largest litigation funder, is eyeing an investment model to put money directly in U.S. law firms after years of investing in U.S. lawsuits, its chief development officer told À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:33:16 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378046?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378046 For the second time this month, Stone Hilton PLLC has asked a federal court to trim a former employee's lawsuit, saying her allegations of sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress do not rise to the level of "severe or pervasive" or "extreme and outrageous" as the law requires. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:12:02 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378084?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378084 Nonprofit legal education organization AccessLex Institute announced Monday an updated version of its Helix Bar Review to prepare test-takers for the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, which is set to debut in July 2026. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:56:43 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378204?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378204 Watstein Terepka LLP has added to its Atlanta office the assistant litigation deputy for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, strengthening its legal ranks with an attorney who also brings experience as a federal prosecutor and as a litigator in private practice. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:47:18 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2378203?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2378203 Several New Jersey firms have ended a long dispute over a $25 million fee from a personal injury case against Verizon in a suit that already went to trial in 2021 and recently had another trial ordered. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:36:12 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350116 Attorneys often limit the impact of their thought leadership by letting their content languish after initial publication, but through four easy strategies for retooling existing content, they can maximize its reach and further their business development goals, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.