/pulse/mid-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Mid-Law Copyright 2025 蜜桃视频. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350567 Many current state bar character and fitness tests fail to identify bad actors, and at the same time, certain aspects of the queries can hurt efforts to increase diversity in the profession, according to panelists at the American Bar Association's 2025 Virtual Equity Summit on Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:24:58 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2335079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2335079 The U.S. legal industry added 1,100 jobs in May, holding steady in the midst of economic uncertainty, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:19:38 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350585 The University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and attorney Edward Gilbert lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit's ruling that plaintiffs claiming anti-heterosexual workplace discrimination need to provide extra "background circumstances" evidence. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:12:43 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350532 New Jersey-based Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC asked a Louisiana federal judge to dismiss a doctor's suit accusing the firm of driving him into bankruptcy, arguing that there's no jurisdiction that would justify continued litigation in the state. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:55:23 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349784?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349784 Cole Schotz PC this week announced the opening of its third Florida office, launching a location in Miami following the arrival of three attorneys from local boutique firm Salazar Law LLP and a separate real estate associate hire. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:53:51 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349715 Lowenstein Sandler LLP has announced it has made another addition to its investment management and emerging companies and venture capital groups, this time a Goodwin Procter LLP partner who has a combination of fund-side and company-side expertise. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:21:24 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349719?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349719 Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a partner from Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP with expertise handling trade secrets litigation to bolster its intellectual property department. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:15:56 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349835 At an American Bar Association summit session on inclusive workplace practices on Thursday, one panelist noted that one of the ABA's recent recommendations is to engage in guided conversations throughout law firms and across the legal profession. But what exactly is a guided conversation? Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:43:47 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350439?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350439 Lathrop GPM LLP's largest office, Kansas City, is relocating after over 40 years in the same space in order to better accommodate the firm's hybrid work models, with the head of the office calling it a "bittersweet" but important change. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350030 The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse鈥檚 weekly quiz. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:47:59 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349733?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349733 Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC has brought in the former chair of Barley Snyder's聽health law industry group to lead the firm's new office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and expand its reach in the state. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:43:52 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349995 After the merger of Stevens & Lee PC with Providence, Rhode Island, firm Duffy & Sweeney Ltd., the leaders of both firms say that they expect the combination will allow them to grow their business throughout New England, with the combined firm also eyeing a further expansion into Boston. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:30:28 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349998?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349998 Sills Cummis & Gross PC is asking a New Jersey state court to order a former client to produce documents to back up allegations the law firm padded legal bills that reached about $1.5 million, saying the man's responses have been "inadequate" and "vaguely written." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:45:09 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349609 New Jersey-based Genova Burns LLC announced Wednesday that the former director of labor relations at Newark Public Schools has been added to the firm's labor law and employment practice as counsel. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:43:25 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349740?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349740 Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP announced Thursday that it's continuing its Sunshine State hiring spree with a new partner to its real estate, construction and development service line in St. Petersburg, Florida, from Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:56:41 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349738?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349738 An insurance company that sued a law firm for malpractice in Georgia federal court after paying more than $6.4 million following a worker injury jury verdict against a construction company it insured, said Thursday that it had settled with the firm in connection with its representation of the company. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:39:52 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349744 Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC on Wednesday announced that it has tapped shareholders in Dallas and Houston to lead its women's initiative group, a program designed to support the advancement, retention and public profile of female lawyers across the firm. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2341257 Domestic lawyer headcount growth among the 400 largest law firms in the U.S. picked up speed in 2024, rising 3.1% on average and outpacing growth the previous year, but experts say the winds that bolstered that expansion may have shifted as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:05 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2339011 Many of the largest law firms in the U.S. had a strong year in 2024. And as demand for their services ticked upward they invested in bench strength, boosting the number of lawyers available to assist clients, our latest ranking of the largest U.S. law firms shows. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:35:07 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349948 A New York federal judge on Thursday gave the all-clear for investor-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to hire the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's former litigation chief over the objections of Elon Musk.