/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 16 May 2025 16:53:01 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341574?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341574 Ex-attorney L. Lin Wood must pay his former law partners more than $11 million in a long-running fee dispute stemming from the breakup of their firm, an Atlanta jury has said, less than a year after Wood was ordered to pay his former partners $4.5 million in a related federal defamation trial. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:50:56 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341390 A San Francisco-based attorney representing Magpul Industries in patent litigation has been effectively removed from the case after admitting that the claim construction chart he submitted was nearly all fabricated by artificial intelligence. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:42:58 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341508?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341508 The Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday blocked law firm Howe & Associates PC from reviving a former client's suit to pursue a lien for attorney fees. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:41:18 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341241?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341241 Hogan Lovells and the Fomby Law Firm lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that courts must weigh the full sequence of events — not just the instant a threat arises — when deciding if police used excessive force. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:41:15 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341438 A Houston firm asked the Fifth Circuit to reverse the U.S. Small Business Administration's "absurd" denial of its loan forgiveness under a COVID-19-era program, writing that a "good faith but mistaken answer" to an application question would have produced a different result under changed guidelines. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:39:34 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340879 Through TV commercials and intentionally defaced billboards to major league sports sponsorships, and even upcoming skits during WWE events, personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan has achieved monumental growth with a sweeping advertising strategy that leans into innovation and lightheartedness to leave an impression on potential clients. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:25:25 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341516?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341516 Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP announced Friday that it added back a Miami federal prosecutor and trial attorney who previously practiced at the firm. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:09:09 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340684 Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and Kanner & Pintaluga PA have filed separate motions in Texas federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing the two of conspiring to share auto crash victims' private information against state and federal law, with each arguing that the allegations, as the insurer put it, "make no sense." Fri, 16 May 2025 15:53:26 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2341262?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2341262 An Illinois federal judge has nixed the criminal charges against disbarred attorney Tom Girardi after the government's move to dismiss the case, citing his age and conviction in California. Fri, 16 May 2025 12:24:41 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340729?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340729 The legal industry marked mid-May with another busy week as attorneys landed new roles and firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 15 May 2025 18:23:08 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340734?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340734 A longtime Cramer & Anderson LLP partner who was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting and killing a man who attacked the attorney in his Litchfield, Connecticut, law firm's parking lot has agreed to an interim law license suspension, according to a proposed order noting he has no current clients and no lawyer trust account. Thu, 15 May 2025 17:00:24 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2339982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2339982 The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has asked a judge to impose sanctions on high-profile civil rights lawyers Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, arguing that they issued a press release that falsely said a lawsuit over the police beating death of Tyre Nichols could not bankrupt the Memphis government. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:14:18 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340739?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340739 Pamela Hicks, the former U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives chief counsel fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi in February, announced this week that she has teamed up with another federal agency alum to form a boutique focused on defending federal workers. Thu, 15 May 2025 15:44:03 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340416?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340416 The Eleventh Circuit upheld the 75-month sentence given to a Florida lawyer for a COVID-19 loan fraud scheme, finding that the lower court did not err by admitting a co-conspirator's testimony about a threat the attorney allegedly made. Thu, 15 May 2025 15:09:25 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340712?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340712 The Boston federal judge who oversaw the trial of an attorney charged with bribing a Massachusetts police chief to secure a local marijuana license recused himself from the case Thursday, after the First Circuit vacated most of the convictions and ordered the lawyer to be resentenced on the remaining guilty finding. Thu, 15 May 2025 07:01:28 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2338899?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2338899 The 30 largest U.S. law firms have more LinkedIn followers, but smaller firms in the top 200 have higher engagement rates despite fewer followers on the platform, according to a report released Thursday by BTI Consulting Group. Wed, 14 May 2025 16:46:18 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2339560?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2339560 Two prominent entertainment litigators announced this week that they've started their own Los Angeles-based boutique focused on sexual assault and harassment litigation. Wed, 14 May 2025 16:32:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2339606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2339606 A former Zator Law LLC's paralegal's amended complaint claiming that the firm fired her on the basis of her panic disorder condition lacks specific details about her disability that would support her discrimination and retaliation claims, according to a motion to dismiss recently filed by Zator Law. Wed, 14 May 2025 15:50:28 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2340282?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2340282 New Jersey personal injury firm Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari PC is seeking to force the arbitration of claims from a former staffer regarding her dismissal after being hospitalized for a seizure. Wed, 14 May 2025 15:41:45 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2336502?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2336502 Hamilton Wingo LLP has hired two personal injury attorneys, one of whom is rejoining the firm and another who the firm said was recognized as having one of the top 100 verdicts in Texas during her first year in practice, the firm recently announced.