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Connecticut Pulse
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Robinson & Cole Adds 4 Partners In DC, Del., Conn.
Robinson & Cole LLP recently added four partners — two in Washington, D.C., and others in Connecticut and Delaware — to bolster its capacity to handle bankruptcy matters and business litigation.
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Quinn Emanuel, Texas Boutique Match Milbank Associate Pay
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Texas-based litigation boutique are the latest firms to match Milbank LLP's pay hikes for associates, with annual increases of $10,000 to $20,000 that top off at $455,000.
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IOLTA Problems Topped Ethics Issues For Conn. Attys In 2025
Connecticut attorneys who caught the attention of state disciplinary authorities over the last year were most often accused of violating a rule governing the safekeeping of property, including interest on lawyers' trust accounts, or IOLTA, according to a panel of ethics lawyers at the Connecticut Legal Conference.
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Incoming Conn. Bar Prez Sets Justice As Theme For New Term
The incoming Connecticut Bar Association president, J. Paul Vance Jr., stressed the need for lawyers to maintain and strengthen the justice system and its foundation during a speech at the organization's annual meeting and luncheon in Hartford this week.
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BigLaw Gives HR More Power, And Women Hold The Reins
A Law360 Pulse examination found that women hold the vast majority of top human resources jobs in BigLaw, giving them a pivotal role in how the U.S. legal industry manages attorneys and other firm employees.
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'Read The Cases': Conn. Judge Offers AI Advice To Attys
A Connecticut federal judge told a gathering of attorneys Tuesday that his law clerks are not allowed to use generative artificial intelligence for any purpose involving legal research, his interns are barred from using it at all, and lawyers must be careful when relying on the material that the tools produce.
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Hueston Hennigan Follows Milbank's Lead In Associate Pay
The race to match Milbank LLP's attorney pay hikes is officially on, with trial firm Hueston Hennigan the latest to announce it will increase associate pay by $10,000 to $20,000 annually.
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AI Software Contracts Need Careful Review, Attys Are Warned
Attorneys considering adopting artificial intelligence tools must ensure software contracts comply with data privacy laws, and firms should not be afraid to quiz software sales representatives, including by asking how long the software retains data, representatives from two law firms told Connecticut lawyers Tuesday.
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Dem AGs Slam Climate Science Removal From Judicial Guide
The federal judiciary's decision to strike a chapter on climate change from its guide to scientific evidence is misguided, partisan and "will impede the judiciary's ability to pursue truth," according to a Tuesday letter from nearly two dozen Democratic state attorneys general.
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BigLaw Could Tap PE Money For Advantage In Talent Wars
BigLaw firms may soon partner with private equity to gain an edge in the talent wars, potentially reshaping the U.S. legal industry despite fears that the shift could corrode firms' cultures.
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Milbank Raises Associate Pay Scale, Topping Out At $455K
Milbank LLP is increasing associate pay by $10,000 to $20,000 annually, with new salary floors of $235,000 and pay reaching as high as $455,000 for more experienced attorneys, according to the firm.
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$226K Atty Fund Seizure Stands On Shaky Ground, Panel Told
A Connecticut attorney who successfully challenged his 90-day suspension told an appellate panel Monday that a related order forfeiting the contents of his trust account rests on an unstable legal foundation and should be relitigated.
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Tyson & Mendes Adds 21 Attys From Rebar Kelly In Northeast
Insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP completed a large expansion of its footprint in the Northeast region of the country with the addition of nearly two dozen attorneys who moved their practices from Rebar Kelly LLC.
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Hueston Hennigan To Pay Summer Bonuses Up To $35K
Trial firm Hueston Hennigan is the second boutique to announce it will dole out midyear bonuses to associates.
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As Judicial AI Use Gains Steam, Training Lags
Court systems around the country are emerging bullish on the use of generative artificial intelligence by judicial officers, but implementation, training, resources and overall regulations remain scattershot, giving rise to concerns that a learning gap could lead to missteps.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.
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US Law Firm Leasing Hits 2-Year Low In 1st Quarter
U.S. law firms signed new lease deals for 1.9 million square feet of space in the first quarter, the lowest quarterly mark in two years, according to a recent report from brokerage firm Savills Inc.
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Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses
New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their operations as the legal industry closed out May this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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How Mentors Can Be Pivotal For Midcareer Attorneys
After associates kick off their training wheels and become established attorneys, some may be tempted to allow their mentor relationships to languish. But the need for trusted feedback doesn't lessen, executive coaches and recruiters tell Law360 Pulse.
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'Socioeconomic' Remark At Atty's Homicide Trial Vexes Judge
A prosecutor's "socioeconomic" description of the man shot to death by a former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner may have been improper, a Connecticut appellate judge said Thursday, casting some doubt on the integrity of Robert L. Fisher Jr.'s manslaughter conviction.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Cozen O'Connor, Polsinelli PC and White & Case LLP are among the firms this month which announced relocation plans for offices around the country.
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Meet The Conn. Hispanic Bar Association's New President
Since he was a student at the University of Connecticut School of Law, Rosendo Garza Jr. has been involved with the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association. Now, over a decade later, he's risen through the ranks and is serving as the association's president.
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Cummings & Lockwood Adds Charitable Planning Atty
Cummings & Lockwood LLC has grown its private clients group in Connecticut with the addition of the former executive director and general counsel at the nonprofit Last Prisoner Project, which advocates for cannabis-related criminal justice reform.
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King & Spalding Blocked From Exiting $300M Fraud Lawsuit
King & Spalding LLP and Lennon Murphy & Phillips LLC can't withdraw from representing clients in consolidated litigation over an alleged $300 million stock swindle, a Connecticut state court judge has ruled, saying the firms' motions ahead of a June trial lack good cause.
Expert Analysis
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.
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Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing
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Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.
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How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security
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In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.