Connecticut Pulse


  • ABA Accreditor Chair Dies Amid Trump Admin Fight

    The chair of the embattled American Bar Association's law school accreditation council died Thursday, according to the ABA.

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    Legal Sector Adds 2K Jobs, For 6th Straight Month Of Growth

    While the overall U.S. economy's unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% last month, the legal industry was in the midst of a six-month hot streak.

  • Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a California federal jury said Apple owes $5.7 billion to headphone-maker Taction for infringing two vibration technology patents, issuing the largest patent verdict in U.S. history.

  • McCarter & English Says Malpractice Suit Can't Go To Jury

    The dormant law firm McHugh Chapman & Vargas LLC and attorney Sean McHugh cannot have a jury trial on their legal malpractice claims because they requested one far too late, defendant McCarter & English LLP told a Connecticut state court judge in seeking a bench trial instead.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry closed out September with a flurry of lateral moves and insight into the BigLaw "Billionaires' Club." Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    New Morgan Lewis Chair On Leading 'Very Special Firm'

    It's been six months since Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced that longtime firm Chair Jami McKeon will be retiring at the end of the year and passing the leadership baton to partner David A. McManus.

  • The Top In-House Hires Of September

    Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at MSG Sports, Nestle and the Associated Press. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from September.

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    Clerk Rule Change Unlikely To Trigger Judicial Ethics Probes

    A recent change to the rules governing how federal court leaders handle the reassignment of judicial clerks due to misconduct claims against a judge is unlikely to lead to investigations into those allegations and so won't improve those clerks' working conditions or judicial accountability, court reform advocates say.

  • After Student Feedback, Quinnipiac Retools Evening Program

    Aiming to provide part-time law students with a predictable schedule and to better help them prepare for the bar exam, Quinnipiac University School of Law recently announced it had redesigned its evening law school program.

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    Yale Taps Former Lincoln Center GC As University Secretary

    The chief operating officer and corporate secretary of The Juilliard School and former general counsel of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is to join Yale University as its next university secretary.

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    Morgan Lewis Taps Global Leaders As New Chair Starts Term

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced its new global leadership team Thursday as longtime partner David McManus kicked off his five-year term as firm chair.

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    Leaders Of Smaller Firms Say Talent, Not Tech, Is Top Issue

    Leaders of small to midsized law firms are expressing more concern about a long-standing problem, the cost of hiring and retaining talented attorneys, than they are about a new issue, the cost of AI and other technology, according to a survey released Wednesday.

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    How Junior Associates Can Crush Their Fourth Quarter Goals

    The last three months of the year can be crunch time at many law firms, as lawyers scramble to meet their year-end goals. But for some junior associates, what they need to concentrate on and avoid may not always be clear.

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    Big AI Investments Up The Ante For Law Firm Prestige

    Investment in AI, including building firm-specific proprietary tools, is the latest front among top law firms to gain and maintain elite status. Law360 spoke with legal industry leaders about how firms can embrace AI innovation to keep their competitive edge.

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    The 2026 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders

    Explore this year's Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, appeal to attorneys and law students, accolades earned and positive coverage in the legal news media.

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    These Firms Are The 2026 Prestige Leaders

    In the intense competition of the legal sphere, firms have to make a constant effort to stand out from the crowd. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.

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    The 2026 Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club

    BigLaw's record-setting revenue streak shows no sign of slowing. Here, we highlight the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the latest year.

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    Why Fractional GCs Are Becoming The 'Go-To' Lawyers

    Senior-level lawyers are leaving the corporate world to establish firms where they're strategic partners and trusted advisers to growth-stage companies. These fractional general counsel argue that their business model will grow in popularity amid artificial intelligence expansion that's changing legal services.

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    Cahill Gordon Joins Firms Issuing Summer Bonuses

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP is giving out bonuses that range from $6,000 for the class of 2025 to $25,000 for the class of 2018.

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    Legal Ed Faces Uncertain Future Amid ABA Accreditor Fight

    The U.S. legal education system could soon be plunged into disarray, after politics seemed to overshadow substance during an unusual hearing this week on whether to revoke an American Bar Association council's federal status as the primary accreditor of law schools, experts told Law360 Pulse.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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    IP Address Tracking: Law Firms Are In Their Big Brother Era

    An increasingly competitive marketplace for legal talent and attorneys moving their platforms frequently, recruiters say firms seem to be taking a more active role in monitoring their roster, relying more increasingly on digital monitoring to try and detect whether any of their attorneys are thinking about a possible lateral move.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    BigLaw firms are turning over a new leaf and marking a busy start to autumn with a flurry of lateral moves this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Several law firms grew their geographic footprints in September, with Saul Ewing LLP expanding into Atlanta, Morgan & Morgan PA entering the Chicago market, and Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC opening a second New York location on Long Island.

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    Ogletree Lands New GC From Cooley In NY

    Labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has tapped Cooley LLP's deputy general counsel to serve as its legal leader, the firm announced Thursday.

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Expert Analysis

  • Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets Author Photo

    Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.

  • Avoiding The Changing Pitfalls Of Firm Website Redesigns Author Photo

    BigLaw firms about to tackle a website redesign need to understand the fundamental changes to costs, timelines, vendors and technology since their last big update so their leadership teams can steer resource management decisions away from costly potential mistakes, says Stephan Roussan at Vertical Minds.

  • Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight Author Photo

    Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.

  • How Firms Can Win Market For Unified Legal Client Services Author Photo

    Firms willing to develop a new operating model, where AI-powered legal tech is paired with deep industry expertise and a different incentive structure, can win over companies looking to consolidate their legal needs with a single provider, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.

  • 7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs Author Photo

    Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge Author Photo

    Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.

  • How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model Author Photo

    The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.

  • AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook Author Photo

    As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.

  • What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model Author Photo

    Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.

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    Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush Author Photo

    Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.

  • How Leaders Can Foster Professional Growth With Feedback Author Photo

    When law firm leaders provide work product feedback by identifying errors instead of offering guiding input, they miss a key opportunity to treat feedback as a professional development and leadership tool, but several practices can help bridge the gap between intent and impact, says Janet Jackson at Well-Law.

  • Why Marketing Teams Are Vital For Law Firm AI Storytelling Author Photo

    Many law firms are using generic decks for multiple client presentations to articulate their artificial intelligence strategy, but in order to differentiate themselves, it's important to bring marketing teams into the fold to identify what's actually distinctive about how a firm uses AI, says Eric Greenberg at Cox Media.

  • Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms Author Photo

    The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits Author Photo

    Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.

  • Legal Leaders Are Asking The Wrong Questions About AI Author Photo

    Artificial intelligence is already woven into everyday work for attorneys, so beyond questioning whether AI was used and approving such tools, legal leaders need to create a shared foundation for what good AI use looks like on their team, says Alex Denniston at Factor.

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