/pulse/new-york-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New York Pulse Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:43:56 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349924 Microsoft's Brad Smith may not carry the title anymore, but he is still the company's top lawyer, and he cashed in $35.3 million worth of company stock in May. Other big law department winners last month were Intuit's Kerry McLean with $12.18 million and Loar Holdings Inc.'s Michael Manella with $12 million.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:43:52 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349995 After the merger of Stevens & Lee PC with Providence, Rhode Island, firm Duffy & Sweeney Ltd., the leaders of both firms say that they expect the combination will allow them to grow their business throughout New England, with the combined firm also eyeing a further expansion into Boston. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:42:43 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349510?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349510 Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP said it has hired one of the Southern District of New York's most experienced financial crimes prosecutors who has tried 14 cases to verdict over his decade-plus career there. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:29:36 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349264 Venable LLP announced this week that it has added a former federal prosecutor, who later founded two litigation boutiques, to its New York office. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:01:55 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2348094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-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 14:38:28 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349941?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349941 As President Donald Trump dismantles a growing list of white collar criminal cases with a flurry of clemency grants early in his second term, erasing years of investigative and prosecutorial work with a stroke of his black Sharpie, experts worry his actions will have a chilling effect on prosecutorial decision-making. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-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/new-york-pulse/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-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. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:35:07 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349948 A New York federal judge on Thursday gave the all-clear for investor-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to hire the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's former litigation chief over the objections of Elon Musk. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:05:15 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349428 A Brooklyn federal prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors that OneTaste co-founder Nicole Daedone and her former top deputy used an array of manipulative tactics, including sexual and financial abuse, to keep workers for the sexual wellness company in line, as the trial nears its end. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:54:01 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349518?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349518 The executive director of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Fellowship Foundation, which funds public interest legal work, announced her resignation Wednesday, two months after the firm struck a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an executive order that could have interfered with its business. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:53:41 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349296?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349296 Following a string of departures from the firm now known as Taylor Duma LLP — most notably a former name partner and a onetime managing partner — founding partner and Chairman Marc A. Taylor said the midsize law firm has a plan to grow in a more efficient and agile manner. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:46:53 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349226 Multistrategy hedge fund Siltstone Capital LLC has hired James Batson, formerly of litigation funder Omni Bridgeway Ltd., as chief investment officer of its litigation finance division, days after Batson's predecessor at Siltstone left to found his own shop. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:09:27 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2348496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-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. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:55:03 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349221?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349221 The ICSC has promoted an in-house attorney with Capitol Hill leadership experience to head its public policy, the global trade association of the retail real estate industry announced Wednesday. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:22:32 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2348288?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2348288 The New York City Bar Association will celebrate the 26th anniversary of its Lawyer Assistance Program, which connects legal professionals with mental health and substance abuse resources, on Wednesday evening, honoring three of its volunteers for the time they've spent promoting wellness in the legal community. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:55:18 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349141 McGuireWoods LLP has added Sharaf Islam as a partner from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to help expand the firm's project finance group with an attorney versed in digital infrastructure and renewable-energy deals. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:11:47 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349144?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2349144 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP announced on Wednesday its first hires since the merger between Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP became official at the start of this month, welcoming two attorneys from New York bankruptcy boutique Togut Segal & Segal LLP. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:57:53 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2346893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2346893 New York-founded litigation and trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri has launched its first formal summer associate program just 15 months after opening its doors. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:13:45 +0000 /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2348572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/new-york-pulse/articles/2348572 Cooley LLP has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP finance partner, who told °µÍø½ûÇø Pulse in an interview Wednesday that he followed his father and uncle's footsteps when deciding to pursue a career in law.