/pulse/delaware-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Delaware Pulse Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:21:55 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349829?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349829 Maryland-based Tydings & Rosenberg LLP announced that it has moved its Newark, Delaware, location to Wilmington, home to the First State's bankruptcy court. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:01:55 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348094 As nonequity partnership tiers expand across U.S. law firms, experts warn that the model, while effective for retaining talent and controlling costs, demands disciplined management oversight to avoid becoming a liability. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:59:22 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349417?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349417 As Jameson Tweedie takes on the role of Delaware's public advocate, the longtime environmental lawyer said he aims to ensure that utility ratepayers get a "fair shake" while also tackling important policy issues such as ensuring that the power grid can meet growing demand. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:16:41 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349821?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2349821 Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has nominated an attorney who worked with the state's Department of Justice and the Office of the Child Advocate to fill a newly created judgeship on the Family Court bench in Sussex County. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2341257 Domestic lawyer headcount growth among the 400 largest law firms in the U.S. picked up speed in 2024, rising 3.1% on average and outpacing growth the previous year, but experts say the winds that bolstered that expansion may have shifted as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:05 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2339011 Many of the largest law firms in the U.S. had a strong year in 2024. And as demand for their services ticked upward they invested in bench strength, boosting the number of lawyers available to assist clients, our latest ranking of the largest U.S. law firms shows. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:09:27 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2348496 Even as lawyers have returned to the office in larger numbers than in the years during and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid in-person and remote work remains the norm at law firms today, which have turned their focus to creating flexible, collaborative spaces that "link presence to purpose," according to the results of a survey released this week. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the °µÍø½ûÇø 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:05 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347877?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347877 Delaware's corporation law courts have overshadowed the entire federal court system for some class attorney fees based on multiples of usual rate benchmarks, according to two Stanford Law School researchers whose findings have already caught the attention of a top state lawmaker. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:18:39 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347947 Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Adobe, Takeda Pharmaceutical and Duke Energy. Here, °µÍø½ûÇø Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from May. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:28:34 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2344024?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2344024 While many in the legal industry may be apprehensive about generative artificial intelligence, leaders at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP are working to get the firm's attorneys excited about the technology and willing to experiment with it in their work. Fri, 30 May 2025 21:48:10 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347369 Delaware's governor wants to weigh in on a potential Delaware Supreme Court midcase review of a controversial state corporation law overhaul that limits the liability of directors and controlling investors for allegedly self-interested corporate acts. Fri, 30 May 2025 20:59:53 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347171?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347171 The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge not to allow hospital chain CarePoint to retain K&L Gates LLP as special litigation counsel retroactively to the start of the bankruptcy case, saying the company has not shown the "extraordinary circumstances" that would warrant such a move.  Fri, 30 May 2025 16:44:10 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347227 Susman Godfrey's selection as the head of multidistrict litigation against Microsoft and OpenAI and Benesch's work on an $800 million public offering on behalf of a longtime client lead this edition of °µÍø½ûÇø Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 16 to 30. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:36:36 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347099?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347099 Clement & Murphy PLLC leads this week's edition of °µÍø½ûÇø Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:12:42 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347076 While American Bar Association President Bill Bay says he's seen no shortage of criticism and even threats for publicly opposing the Trump administration's executive orders targeting law firms, he told attendees at an ABA ethics conference that being silent was not a viable alternative. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:06:32 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347173?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2347173 Margolis Edelstein should not be allowed to escape GMG Insurance Agency's legal malpractice suit, the agency told a Delaware Superior Court, saying the law firm admitted that it was not competent to handle an underlying noncompete dispute that resulted in a $1.2 million settlement. Fri, 30 May 2025 13:33:08 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2346641?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2346641 The legal industry ended May with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with °µÍø½ûÇø Pulse’s weekly quiz. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:48:24 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2346733?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2346733 A few hundred general counsel have recently joined together in a private, bipartisan group, aiming to rally their collective power, from potentially gathering signatures for future amicus briefs to fielding questions about factors to consider when changing outside counsel, to preserve the rule of law in the wake of the Trump administration's executive orders against law firms. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:13:23 +0000 /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2346543?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/delaware-pulse/articles/2346543 May was a month of new markets for several firms as they made their first entries into a handful of notable U.S. cities. They include Carlton Fields, which expanded into Minnesota with a new Minneapolis office staffed by attorneys formerly with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. And a merger with a Seattle-based firm gave Dickinson Wright PLLC its first office in the Pacific Northwest.