/pulse/mid-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Mid-Law Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:25:17 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353371?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353371 A five-attorney group specializing in workers' compensation subrogation has moved its practice from White and Williams LLP to help growing firm Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad launch two new offices in the Philadelphia area. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:03:48 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353643?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353643 Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Monday it added a former New Jersey economic crimes prosecutor with experience at both the state and federal levels to its white collar team, continuing a string of hires with past government roles over the last year. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:28:03 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353806?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353806 Six months ago, former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht retired from the bench and settled into the Austin office of Jackson Walker LLP, consulting with clients and mentoring the firm's younger attorneys while continuing to advocate for causes like access to justice. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:00:30 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2349545 To get around bans in North Carolina and many other states, debt relief companies set up facade law firms — companies that are law firms in name only, with a tiny number of lawyers nominally serving thousands of clients, consumer advocates and regulators say. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:35:59 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352062 Regional law firm Stevens & Lee has tapped one of the firm's longtime shareholders to serve as its top in-house attorney to advise leadership on legal strategy. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:24:31 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353007?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353007 Michele Stumpe, former managing partner of Taylor Duma LLP, joined ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse to discuss leaving the firm to launch her own firm, Ardis Law, after having brought along more than 200 clients. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:53:07 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353127?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353127 The Institute for Justice, Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt LLP, Spears & Filipovits LLC and attorney Lisa Lambert lead this week's edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution's supremacy clause cannot shield the federal government from Federal Tort Claims Act suits. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:34:31 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352059?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352059 Insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced plans to release a book in the fall detailing its new "Apex" legal strategy to combat nuclear verdicts that focuses on minimizing juror anger throughout a trial. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:29:09 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2351045?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2351045 Stoel Rives LLP announced that it has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon as a partner in its litigation group. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:07:01 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353316 A former bankruptcy judge and Jackson Walker LLP have been hit with another lawsuit over the judge's secret romance with a former firm partner, this time a proposed class action from a group of bondholders of financial company GWG Holdings Inc. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:34:35 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353288?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2353288 Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Thornton Law Firm LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP will get a total of about $275,000 back after collectively spending more than $5 million on a lengthy investigation into overbilling and other fee improprieties, a Massachusetts federal judge said Friday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:04:30 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352741 The legal industry had another action-packed week as lawyers took on new roles and law firms expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:56:05 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352307?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352307 The incoming president of the Delaware State Bar Association wants a "dialogue" among members of the First State's legal community about ways to "optimize" the process by which the state's General Corporation Law is amended. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:43:39 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2350298 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Goldman Sachs intellectual property attorney John Squires to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on Thursday, putting his nomination in the hands of the full Senate. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:35:44 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352725?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352725 A reduction in new construction and office vacancy has led more firms to renew their office leases in recent years, while others are spending significantly more than the original asking price on leasing new luxury offices, according to a recent report. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:26:23 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352775?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352775 Post & Schell PC announced Wednesday that a pair of attorneys based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have been named co-chairs of the Northeast firm's healthcare practice, following the retirement of their predecessor at the end of May. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:24:11 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352363 Ice Miller LLP announced plans to open a new headquarters in its hometown of Indianapolis in the Bottleworks District near the city's downtown, with the firm planning to take the entirety of a new building set to be completed in 2028. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:09:21 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352396 When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:02:50 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352865?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352865 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP announced Thursday that a shareholder in its Denver office has been appointed to co-lead its state attorneys general practice group. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:41:54 +0000 /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352033?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/mid-law/articles/2352033 An attorney who has spent more than 20 years providing in-house counsel to businesses and venture capital firms has returned to the law firm setting and joined Tucker Arensberg PC's Pittsburgh office.