/pulse/pennsylvania-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pennsylvania Pulse Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:02:35 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2372056?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2372056 A New York lawyer is seeking a quick win on malpractice claims brought in Florida federal court by a former client who says she improperly advised him to sign a consent decree with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that resulted in a $12.1 million disgorgement judgment, arguing the client's subsequent guilty plea defeats the claims. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:41:16 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2369830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2369830 Five years after a disgruntled litigant killed a New Jersey federal judge's son at their home, experts and judges disagree over whether the judicial privacy laws enacted following the shooting are doing much to protect jurists, while political leaders' heated rhetoric makes for an even more dangerous landscape for judges. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:14:31 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2372373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2372373 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Epic Games Inc.'s 2023 antitrust jury trial win, along with an injunction requiring Google to open its Google Play Store to rivals. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:48:31 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2372342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2372342 The difficult decision to dissolve Pittsburgh-based Walsh Barnes PC this summer after just over two decades in business was made a little bit easier for the firm's name partners when Marshall Dennehey agreed to add most of its attorneys and support staff. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:12:07 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371895 The legal industry ended July with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new firm gigs and in-house roles across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse’s weekly quiz. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:24:44 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2360160?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2360160 For the fifth straight month, the U.S. legal industry experienced job growth, adding 600 positions in July, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:59:49 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371265?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371265 State supreme courts need to address the nationwide "justice gap crisis" caused by too few attorneys, by emphasizing bar exam alternatives and more client work in law school to ensure the legal education pipeline produces new lawyers who are actually ready to practice, according to a new report. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:44:25 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371728 July was a month of debuts for a handful of firms that opened offices and expanded into new markets. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP entered the Seattle market with the help of three former K&L Gates LLP attorneys, and boutique Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP opened its first office in Washington, D.C., after launching earlier this year. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:43:21 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371463 A team of six attorneys has left the recently launched Cohen Vaughan LLP to join Goldberg Segalla as they seek a better fit for their employment and civil litigation practices following the retirement of their former leader. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:12:00 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371649?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371649 A Pennsylvania woman falsely claimed to be an immigration attorney and filed false asylum claims for immigrant clients, according to an indictment federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:50:57 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371621?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371621 Troutman Pepper Locke LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former Husch Blackwell partner for its privacy and cyber practice group in Philadelphia. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:18:38 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371618?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371618 K&L Gates LLP announced Thursday that it has named 14 new practice leaders, calling the appointments part of the firm's "commitment to investing in its emerging leaders and establishing the next generation of management." Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:48:15 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2365419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2365419 The class of 2024 was the largest graduating law school class in nearly a decade, but it defied industry expectations by breaking records in overall employment rate, employment in jobs that require or anticipate bar passage, and median salaries, according to data released Thursday. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:49:56 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371458?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371458 Law firms take great care to ensure their longevity. To develop leaders, they carefully identify, mentor and groom the next generation. While top firms can outspend them, some firms are finding alternatives to acquire and retain partners. In a bid to win the loyalty of key clients, firms are increasingly involving them in their lateral hiring processes. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:56:09 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371317?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371317 Embattled U.S. Department of Justice official Emil Bove has been appointed to a lifetime seat on the Third Circuit, but court watchers say his confirmation could backfire by scaring off other federal judges from retiring — for fear they'll be replaced by candidates like Bove. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:14:49 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371270?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2371270 Dilworth Paxson LLP announced Wednesday that it has strengthened its litigation roster in Philadelphia with the recent addition of an attorney who moved her practice after more than a year with Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:10:31 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2363953?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2363953 As in-house legal departments are increasingly expected to do more with less, developing a thoughtful framework to measure key performance indicators can help them both maximize and demonstrate their contribution to business success, say co-founders at New Era ADR. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:32 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2370199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2370199 For over three years, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has operated Cahill Academy, a year-round program for lawyer training, education and professional development. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse talks to an executive committee member and a firm associate about how and why the program works. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:31 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2366347?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2366347 As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of the way the legal industry does business, associates who incorporate lessons in using the technology into their daily work lives stand to differentiate themselves from other young attorneys, legal experts tell ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:19:34 +0000 /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2370513?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/pennsylvania-pulse/articles/2370513 The Senate voted 50-49 on Tuesday night to confirm Emil Bove, one of President Donald Trump's former attorneys and a top official at the U.S. Department of Justice, as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.