/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:53:53 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2355526?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2355526 Three sitting members of Florida's state House of Representatives — all Democrats and all Black women — are joining together to create a new law firm, and they're starting with the endorsement of a Florida attorney who has built a national profile for his representation of Black families: Ben Crump. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2361069?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2361069 The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:21:15 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2361000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2361000 A law firm has accused a New Jersey lawyer who is suing it in a complex fee dispute of filing a vexatious complaint designed to chill its legal work and gain an advantage in separate ongoing cases. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:17:28 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2361076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2361076 A Minnesota freight broker claims it had to settle a personal injury lawsuit with one of its employees following a crash for more than $3 million because the Lone Star State lawyer hired to defend the case allegedly failed to file motions and made misrepresentations to the court and the company. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:07:03 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360964 A Pennsylvania state judge accused of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his law firm's staff has lost a bid to shake the criminal charges he's facing, as a federal judge rejected the state judge's argument that prosecutors withheld his ex-workers' employment records that he sought to determine their credibility. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:57:02 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2359098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2359098 While most shareholder activists are hitting a brick wall with environmental, social and governance measures at 2025 annual meetings, a proposal asking for increased transparency around corporate political spending has passed at five companies, surprising some experts. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:25:27 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360976?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360976 A Chicago attorney and his business partner are accused of defrauding Oregon-based cannabis company Nectar in a federal lawsuit that claims they promised to secure an Illinois license for the company but instead walked away with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:29 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360386 The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:09:59 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360220 The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:41:30 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2350682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2350682 The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:30:57 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360760?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360760 Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to remain free on bond while he appeals his wire fraud conviction, saying he's not a flight risk or danger to the community and there are several issues on appeal that could result in reversal or resentencing. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:56:10 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360619?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360619 A state court judge in California has granted Texas attorney Tony Buzbee's request to toss claims of defamation and extortion brought by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter over sexual abuse allegations connected to Sean "Diddy" Combs, finding that the state's free speech statute requires dismissal. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:43:59 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360550?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360550 A North Carolina Business Court judge has barred a Florida attorney from practicing in North Carolina for a year, after he was found to have made numerous false representations in applications for pro hac vice status in two separate suits on which he sought to appear in the Tar Heel State. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:43:30 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360486 Law firm office leasing is off to a red-hot start in 2025, signaling "a long-term commitment to high-quality real estate" in the legal sector even as other industries have reduced their office footprints due to technology and pandemic-driven disruptions, according to a new report. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:42:59 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360562?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360562 A cognitively impaired man has sued an attorney and a Florida real estate broker in Connecticut state court for alleged unscrupulous sales practices, saying they took advantage of his condition to purchase his home for a "predatory discounted price" and left him homeless. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:34:23 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360153?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360153 The two founders and an attorney from Miami-based law firm SMGQ Law have joined d'Arcambal Ousley & Cuyler Burk LLP to create a new firm, d'Arcambal Quesada Malyk Peters & Creed LLP, which boasts offices in New York, Florida, New Jersey, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:27:02 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360170 An Illinois federal judge has thrown out a suit by a Kenyan firm alleging that an Illinois firm wrongly pushed it out of a fee-sharing agreement stemming from a settlement with Boeing over the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash, finding some of the claims fall under Illinois' litigation privilege, while the rest are unsupported by the complaint. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:14:23 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2360364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2360364 A litigation funder has asked a New Jersey state court to remove it from a suit alleging it worked with two law firms to unlawfully steer a former client into high-interest loans amid a vehicle injury suit, arguing its funding agreements are not loans and therefore are not governed by the Consumer Fraud Act.