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    Buchanan Embraces Diversity With New Affinity Groups

    Two new affinity groups have been formed by Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC to help firm employees with disabilities and those who are the first of their families to graduate from college and enter a professional environment.

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    5 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect

    Michelle Behnke, a business law attorney with more than 35 years of experience, became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week, setting her up to become the president of the organization next summer.

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    A New Take On 'Presumed Innocent' With Scott Turow

    A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.

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    Quinn, Jenner Attys Tapped For Trump Shooting Inquiry

    The Republican staff on the newly formed bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump includes Capitol Hill and legal veterans, among them attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Jenner & Block LLP.

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    What It Will Take For More State Bars To Address AI

    On the heels of the American Bar Association's first ethics guidance for lawyers using artificial intelligence, questions loom about when more state bar associations will build on the ABA recommendations.

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    ABA Tells States To Nix Rape Disclosures For Bar Applicants

    The American Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that calls on state admission authorities to stop asking would-be lawyers to disclose their experiences of sexual violence and harassment during the attorney licensure process.

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    Frost Brown Brings On Chief Diversity Officer From Skadden

    Frost Brown Todd LLP announced Tuesday that it tapped a new head of diversity with more than a decade of experience in the legal industry from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

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    New Office Is Old Hat For Raines Feldman's Pittsburgh Leader

    After the launch of Raines Feldman Littrell LLP's new Pittsburgh office last month, bankruptcy attorney Michael Roeschenthaler earned the unique distinction of having managed the opening of Steel City locations for two separate firms in fewer than 10 years.

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    ABA: Ease State Licensing Barriers For Military Spouse Attys

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Tuesday passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense.

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    Which GCs Sold Stock In July? Monolithic, Meta and More

    Saria Tseng, general counsel of Monolithic Power Systems Inc., pocketed a cool $32.5 million in July after selling off several thousand shares of the semiconductor company's stock, according to a securities filing.

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    Kraft Heinz Legal Chief Resigns As Unit GC Steps Into Role

    The top lawyer at the Kraft Heinz Co., who has been at the food giant for almost seven years, has stepped down from her position to spend more time with her family, effective immediately, a spokesperson for the food giant told Law360 Pulse on Monday.

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    ABA House Of Delegates Votes Against NDAs In Employment

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body has recommended against including nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment, and for legislation to be enacted that protects patients' access to "gender-affirming care."

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    Armstrong Teasdale Grows Executive Team With Talent Officer

    Armstrong Teasdale LLP has expanded its executive team this week with the addition of the former director of practice management for Epstein Becker Green, the firm announced Monday.

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    Luxenberg Garbett Atty Named Pa. Association For Justice Prez

    A name partner at Western Pennsylvania-based personal injury firm Luxenberg Garbett Kelly & George PC started on Monday his one-year term as president of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

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    ABA: Few Latino Attys May Lead To Less Civic Engagement

    The relatively low percentage of Latinos in the legal industry may be part of the reason the ethnic group sees less engagement in civic activities nationwide and is underrepresented in civic leadership roles, according to a new American Bar Association report released Saturday.

  • ABA Taskforce Urges Attys To Step Up Election Volunteering

    The American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy, launched last year, published a 12-page report Friday outlining the importance of lawyers knowing their state's election laws and encouraging them to volunteer their time to bolster faith in elections.

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    Bar Exam Rape Disclosure Among ABA Resolutions To Watch

    This coming week at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to discuss the "traumatic" practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.

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    Defamation, Assault Suit Among Ex-Atty Colleagues Trimmed

    A Pennsylvania federal judge this week tossed part of a former Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP attorney's defamation suit against two former colleagues, saying the statements the colleagues made about his actions were found credible by a Delaware court when it confirmed a protection for abuse order.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Wilkinson Stekloff LLP and Covington & Burling LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge overturned a Los Angeles jury's $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League for violating antitrust laws with its Sunday Ticket television package.

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    Ex-Sanofi CCO Takes Legal Helm At Growing Madrigal Pharma

    Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced that five months after hiring a new chief compliance officer, it has promoted her to general counsel effective Monday.

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    Legal Jobs Ticked Down Slightly In July

    The legal industry shed 500 jobs in July, continuing a three-month streak of declines following a gain in April, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry marked the end of July with another action-packed week of news as BigLaw made hires across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    5 Women To Be Honored By ABA As Role Models In Law

    A visiting scholar, an associate judge from Maryland and a public interest lawyer are among the five attorneys who will be presented with the 2024 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award on Sunday during the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago.

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    White House Defends 6th Circ. Nom Against Tenn. Senator

    The Senate Judiciary Committee approved seven judicial nominees on Thursday, including one for the Sixth Circuit under fire from her home-state senators.

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    Montgomery McCracken Bulks Up Philly Litigation Team

    A plan to return to Philadelphia has prompted a former Pennsylvania deputy attorney general to move his white collar defense practice to Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP after more than two years in Saxton & Stump's Harrisburg office.

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