/pulse/connecticut-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Connecticut Pulse Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:39:29 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327426 Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's work monitoring compliance in the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and Choate Hall & Stewart LLP's role in the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics lead this edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 4 to 18. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:25:56 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327453?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327453 A former general counsel for a Webster Bank predecessor should serve between 51 and 71 months behind bars and pay full restitution after admitting he spent eight years embezzling $7.4 million, federal prosecutors argue. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:54:06 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327410 A Connecticut court should suspend longtime Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. from the practice of law on an interim basis after his conviction on a manslaughter charge for shooting an attacker, the state's attorney discipline authority has said in a filing. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:09:44 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327415?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327415 Schlichter Bogard LLC and the University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic lead this week's edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court revived a class action from Cornell University workers who said their retirement plans were saddled with excessive fees. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:58:21 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327177?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327177 Law firms' office real estate footprints are stabilizing as firms bolster their in-office attendance — through return-to-office programs and a focus on culture — and move away from space-sharing for attorneys, according to a report from CBRE. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:47:46 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326961?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326961 This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the D.C. Bar kicked off its annual election. Test your legal news savvy here with ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:42:10 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326464?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326464 A Cohen & Wolf PC attorney will be suspended from practicing law for three months for failing to tell a judge that a client accused of violating a judgment in a divorce case had transferred a disputed property out of his name to avoid a potential lien. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:40:47 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326460?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326460 A little over six months after Stites & Harbison PLLC launched its new outpost in Connecticut with a three-attorney team from Cantor Colburn LLP, a fourth lawyer has made the jump to join Stites & Harbison's intellectual property and technology service group in Hartford, the firm has said. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:00:07 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2327008 The former CEO of WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC cannot reargue failed $6 million stock loss claims against the company from which he was ousted or its law firm Pullman & Comley LLC, a Connecticut trial judge has ruled. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:37:37 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326373 Steptoe LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut with a history of prosecuting everything from fraud to violent crime. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:37:20 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326155?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2326155 For now, Reed Smith will not be compelled to turn over a client file to the new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson, following a temporary stay issued by the Second Circuit amid the BigLaw firm's fight to continue representing the company's prebankruptcy shareholders. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:19:46 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2322172?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2322172 As large law firms navigate an increasingly competitive marketplace, former Morrison & Foerster LLP Chair Keith Wetmore says today's firm leaders need a clear vision for what sets their firm apart and avoid trying to be everything to everybody. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:51:46 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325767 Boies Schiller Flexner LLP must face a Chapter 11 trustee's nearly $654,000 clawback case for receiving cash from a company connected to since-convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled, advancing the case against the firm's motion to dismiss. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:48:06 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325560?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325560 A study of 10-K financial statements filed by 19 large companies, mostly retailers, between March 1 and April 13 indicates that the businesses are reacting to the intensified U.S.-China tariffs war by updating disclosures of their possible risks. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:53:17 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325520 While hiring demand in the legal sector remains virtually unchanged from last year, more positions are going unfilled, which suggests a growing sense of caution among law firms due to broader economic uncertainty, according to a report released Tuesday by legal data company Leopard Solutions. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:42:09 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2324698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2324698 The nine law firms that struck deals with the Trump administration in an effort to avoid punitive executive orders agreed to perform $940 million worth of free legal services for causes the president supports, but it's unclear how much those commitments will change pro bono practices at some of the nation's biggest firms. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:09:18 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325219?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325219 The process of bringing on a lateral partner, once long and arduous, has been shortened and streamlined at many law firms in an effort to gain a leg up on the competition, according to two recruiters at Major Lindsey & Africa. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:05:01 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325103?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2325103 A British company locked in a $64 million contract feud with Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft accused its former in-house counsel of giving testimony "blatantly inconsistent" with other evidence at a Connecticut trial, requesting the alleged transgressions be discussed after a Texas bankruptcy judge slammed the lawyer for providing "false statements" in a separate matter. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:36:39 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2324991?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2324991 DiCello Levitt LLP, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and counsel at two Connecticut firms are seeking nearly $20.2 million in fees plus $2.65 million in expenses after hammering out $60.5 million in settlements with the Pratt & Whitney division of RTX Corp. and five contractors accused of illegally agreeing not to hire one another's aerospace engineers. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:48:26 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2324988?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2324988 Specialist private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners announced that it has appointed a member of its former partner company's C-suite to fill its newly created managing director and chief legal officer role next month.