/pulse/modern-lawyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Modern Lawyer Copyright 2025 蜜桃视频. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:26:27 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350594 Delaware-based Rhodunda Williams & Kondraschow LLC is claiming in a new lawsuit that hackers used the law firm's email to hijack a real estate transaction and have funds wired to their account at Truist Financial Corp., which lacked the needed security measures to prevent the alleged fraud. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/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 16:30:29 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350133?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350133 An undivided U.S. Supreme Court issued five unanimous rulings this week, weighing in on the burden majority-group plaintiffs must meet in discrimination cases, what counts as a religious organization for purposes of an employment tax exemption, and whether Mexico can sue American gun companies for their alleged role in cartel violence. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:24:58 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2335079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/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/modern-lawyer/articles/2350585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/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 16:12:12 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350020?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350020 Being a good listener yet having your own vision are some of the attributes that those looking to move up the ranks in the legal industry should look to have, said several marketing leaders during a recent discussion in New York. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:00:39 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2339045?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2339045 Michael Sobol has won significant settlements recently, including a $115 million deal over Oracle's allegedly unlawful sale of internet users' electronic profiles and a $62 million deal with Google over allegations it illegally stored and tracked the private location information of smartphone users, earning him a place among Law360's 2025 Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:57:14 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349339?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349339 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has hired a partner from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP to serve as managing partner of its Kansas City office and bolster its capacity to handle commercial litigation and employment matters. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:38:07 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350496 Greenberg Traurig LLP said Friday that it has added Daniel F. Rayner to its corporate private funds group from Clifford Chance LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:23:58 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350000 Civil litigation firm Goldberg Segalla LLP has added a trial lawyer who is an expert in complex asbestos litigation, product liability, personal injury and commercial litigation matters to its toxic torts and environmental law group in Garden City, New York. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:22:25 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350493 Just months after rejoining Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is leaving the firm to join Jenner & Block LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:15:56 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/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 13:29:17 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349194?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349194 Fox Rothschild LLP has settled a Colorado real estate investor's legal malpractice lawsuit over a $3 million development deal that went wrong, according to a new order filed in state court directing the parties to file for dismissal within a month. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:46:30 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350118?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350118 As Nixon Peabody LLP prepares to mark 10 years operating out of its current location in Washington, D.C., the nearly 100-attorney office recently saw the appointment of a new managing partner and is in the final stages of a redesign aimed at fostering collaboration among colleagues. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:45:55 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349524 Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its technology team, bringing in a Perkins Coie LLP transactions whiz as a shareholder in its San Diego office. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:35:26 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2345427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2345427 Aideen Brennan, a former mergers and acquisitions and private equity senior managing associate at Sidley Austin,聽has joined Mayer Brown's global corporate and securities practice as a partner in New York. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/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 16:59:00 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2350026 Norton Rose Fulbright announced the growth of its Chicago office Thursday with the addition of a "highly regarded corporate lawyer," who will serve as a partner in the firm's business practice group and as a member of its transactional and regulatory insurance team. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:54:13 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349869?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349869 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is boosting its intellectual property team, announcing Thursday it is bringing on the former co-chair of Buchalter PC's intellectual property practice as a partner in its San Diego office. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:47:39 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349490?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2349490 As President Donald Trump's tariffs and other policy changes fuel client demand, law firms are on pace for a nearly 60% increase in international trade hiring in the greater Washington, D.C., legal market this year, according to new data.