/pulse/small-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Small Law Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:46:16 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2354268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2354268 Dru Levasseur, founder of the newly formed Trans Legal Professionals Networking Program, discusses the experiences of trans legal professionals today, what they need, and ways the industry can support them. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:28:04 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353704 Former enforcers from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice launched a new law firm on Tuesday, Simonsen Sussman LLP, to bring cases on behalf of entrepreneurs, small businesses, workers and other victims of anticompetitive practices. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:05:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353287 There's a striking disconnect between how lawyers who serve consumers perceive their client relationships and how clients truly feel, which could affect reputation, according to new survey results told exclusively to ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:51:15 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353918 A former Florida state court judge has returned to private practice at Fort Lauderdale-based Conrad & Scherer Trial Lawyers, telling ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse on Monday that he wasn't quite ready to call an end to his lengthy legal career. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:11:02 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353728 A former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner has left for the spinoff firm made up of its former top litigators, making her the ninth attorney to jump to the new venture, Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP, since its launch late last month. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:37:41 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353963 A New York man admitted Monday that he posed as a lawyer to steal over $290,000 from people who thought he was doing class action, discrimination and other legal work, copping to larceny and fraud charges in state court. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:23:04 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353718?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353718 The former owner of a North Carolina concrete company is seeking attorney fees after defeating a buyer's fraud suit in a rare midtrial victory, saying her opponent should have to cover her legal costs for bringing claims to trial that were both "frivolous" and "malicious." Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:36:28 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2352972?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2352972 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, the firm known as GRSM50, has hired a former commercial litigator from Keating & Lyden LLC, who is bringing his commercial litigation practice to the Sacramento office, the firm recently announced. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:34:22 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353638?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353638 In a formal ethics opinion this month, the State Bar of Texas said nondisparagement clauses dealing with the practice of law cannot apply to lawyers licensed in the state, but attorneys could be subject to provisions involving their personal speech. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:53:06 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353150?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353150 Brody Gapp LLP, a new national law firm focused on legal and compliance needs for mortgage companies and financial institutions, has opened shop in Orange County, California. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:00:30 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2349545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-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 18:01:32 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353283 A North Carolina federal judge handed three plaintiffs firms interim lead counsel roles in a proposed class seeking to hold tractor manufacturer Daedong-USA Inc. accountable for a data breach, while also agreeing to consolidate the three suits. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:24:31 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353007?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-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 16:00:57 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2352276?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2352276 After working at one of Nigeria’s top law firms, immigrating to the United States from his native Nigeria in 2018 meant starting all over for attorney Bola Awujoola. In a recent interview, Awujoola told ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse about passing the bar in America, landing a job in BigLaw, and, earlier this year, launching a new insurance-focused boutique alongside two colleagues. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:53:07 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353127?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-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 14:33:33 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353228 The Internal Revenue Service settled a lawsuit seeking more than $790,000 in pandemic-era worker tax credits by a law firm that had claimed the agency was delaying paying out, according to a dismissal order Friday by a Pennsylvania federal court. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:43:42 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2353126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2353126 Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP, the firm launched last month by four Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partners, has named a former longtime member of the bipartisan federal Office of the Senate Legal Counsel as part of its corporate leadership. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:04:30 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2352741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-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 16:58:12 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2352778?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-law/articles/2352778 A New Jersey state court judge appeared skeptical Thursday of a fired Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari staffer's argument that an arbitration agreement she signed as part of the firm's onboarding process is invalid because it was never explained to her, and she has no recollection of signing it. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:56:05 +0000 /pulse/small-law/articles/2352307?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/small-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.