/pulse/connecticut-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Connecticut Pulse Copyright 2025 蜜桃视频. en-US Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:18:39 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347947 Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Adobe, Takeda聽Pharmaceutical and Duke Energy. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from May. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:46:38 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347924 Crowell & Moring LLP hired a former in-house Yale University associate general counsel with real estate transactions experience as senior counsel for the firm's corporate group in New York, the firm announced. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:44:10 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347227 Susman Godfrey's selection as the head of multidistrict litigation against Microsoft and OpenAI and Benesch's work on an $800 million public offering on behalf of a longtime client lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 16 to 30. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:36:36 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347099?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347099 Clement & Murphy PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:12:42 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2347076 While American Bar Association President Bill Bay says he's seen no shortage of criticism and even threats for publicly opposing the Trump administration's executive orders targeting law firms, he told attendees at an ABA ethics conference that being silent was not a viable alternative. Fri, 30 May 2025 13:33:08 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346641?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346641 The legal industry ended May with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse鈥檚 weekly quiz. Thu, 29 May 2025 20:25:31 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346624?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346624 A lawyer has asked the Second Circuit to revive claims against his former firm, which he alleges used his name and likeness after he was fired, saying a judge's dismissal of those claims ignored the harm he personally suffered and the requirements of the Lanham Act. Thu, 29 May 2025 17:56:28 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346646?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346646 President Donald Trump has pardoned former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, a one-time chairman of the Republican Governors Association, who resigned from office in 2004 and served two stints in prison for corruption and lying to federal election officials. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:48:58 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346573?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346573 On Thursday, Beverly Hills trial lawyer Paul Kiesel brought together a panel including a former U.S. Department of Justice senior trial counsel, a state attorney general, and former BigLaw associate Rachel Cohen, to discuss what Senior U.S. Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown called a "rule of law recession." Thu, 29 May 2025 16:47:56 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346519 Connecticut's Criminal Justice Commission has appointed a new deputy chief state's attorney of operations, marking the first time in the Division of Criminal Justice's history that a woman has been appointed to serve in one of the three deputy chief state's attorney roles. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:13:23 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346543?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2346543 May was a month of new markets for several firms as they made their first entries into a handful of notable U.S. cities. They include Carlton Fields, which expanded into Minnesota with a new Minneapolis office staffed by attorneys formerly with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. And a merger with a Seattle-based firm gave Dickinson Wright PLLC its first office in the Pacific Northwest. Thu, 29 May 2025 12:56:04 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345946?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345946 After nearly 35 years at Robinson & Cole LLP, including the past four as managing partner, Rhonda Tobin has learned what makes the firm special 鈥� its people. Tobin recently told Law360 Pulse about how integral the firm's people are to its culture and her job, and the challenges of becoming a firm leader in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thu, 29 May 2025 11:55:25 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2343535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2343535 A veteran energy attorney who worked in-house at utility companies Eversource Energy and Avangrid Inc. has made the move back to private practice at Harris Beach Murtha in Connecticut. Thu, 29 May 2025 11:16:54 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2338668?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2338668 I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the聽University of Miami. Wed, 28 May 2025 15:10:14 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2344558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2344558 Revenue and profits have both been on a strong upward trajectory in recent years for large U.S. law firms, but those strides may not tell the whole story when considering factors like inflation and the role that aggressive rate hikes, which some say are unsustainable, have played in the increases. Wed, 28 May 2025 12:51:54 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345939?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345939 First-year associate salaries of $225,000 may make headlines, but they aren't yet the reality at most law firms surveyed for a new report by the National Association for Law Placement. Wed, 28 May 2025 12:00:29 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2344496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2344496 At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP launched a unique virtual program to connect first-year associates with other young attorneys in different U.S. offices. Five years later, the 鈥淣ew Associate Pods鈥� program is still going strong. Wed, 28 May 2025 11:01:48 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2340802?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2340802 Miami-based Hamilton Miller & Birthisel LLP has topped the inaugural ranking of the leading 200 midsize law firms from legal software provider SurePoint Technologies, which scored firms based on factors such as gender and ethnic diversity, and attorney roster growth. Tue, 27 May 2025 16:51:44 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345361?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345361 Corporate challenges to investors' shareholder proposals have steadily increased 96% since the 2023 proxy voting season, according to a new study that also shows a growing number of those challenges are successful. Tue, 27 May 2025 16:37:17 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2345220 Withers announced Tuesday that its next chair will be a London-based trusts and inheritance disputes lawyer with more than 25 years at the firm, who is set to assume the role in July.