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    3rd Circ. Axes Kavanaugh Classmate's HuffPo Defamation Suit

    A lower court was right to nix a defamation lawsuit by a former classmate of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh against The Huffington Post because the suit is time-barred no matter which state's law governs it, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday.

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    Two More Reed Smith Energy Attorneys Jump To Blank Rome

    Blank Rome LLP continues to beef up its energy services by attracting talent from Reed Smith LLP, this week adding two attorneys to the firm's Dallas and Pittsburgh offices.

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    Stradley Ronon Brings On Marketing Pro From Morgan Lewis

    Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP has a new director of marketing and communications who previously served in similar roles at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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    Approach The Bench: Justice Earls On Speaking Out

    North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls still believes in the importance of informing the public about the judiciary, but these days she's a little more careful about what she says.

  • $1.65B Award For Iraqi Telecom Confirmed By Pa. Court

    A Pennsylvania federal judge confirmed Iraq Telecom's $1.65 billion international arbitration win over Kurdish mobile operator Korek Telecom Co. last week, saying that Korek was too late in arguing that its lawyers lacked authorization to consent to the court's jurisdiction in the case.

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    Saul Ewing Grows Philly Office With Construction Litigator

    An attorney with more than 10 years of experience litigating construction-related matters has returned to her home state of Pennsylvania to join Saul Ewing's Philadelphia office, the law firm announced Monday.

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    McNees Wallace Picks Up Pa.'s Lancaster Bar President-Elect

    Regional Pennsylvania-based McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC expanded its family law practice this week by adding an attorney slated to become the next Lancaster Bar Association president.

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    Law Firm Revenue Rose At 'Historic' Rate In 2024's First Half

    U.S. law firm revenue was up 11.4% during the first half of 2024 compared to this time last year, marking one of the industry's best first halves in memory, second only to 2021, according to survey results released Monday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.

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    Klehr Harrison Lands Dechert's Ex-Chief Operating Officer

    Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP announced Monday that it has hired as its chief operating officer an executive who previously worked at Dechert LLP for nearly 16 years in various posts.

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    IP Atty Closes Solo Firm To Joins Dentons Cohen & Grigsby

    Dentons Cohen & Grigsby PC has expanded its intellectual property practice in Pittsburgh by adding an attorney and former electrical engineer who closed his solo practice to join the firm this week.

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    ABA Guides Lawyers On Avoiding Criminal Transactions

    Just over a year after the American Bar Association formalized long-standing due diligence rules for attorneys' interactions with clients, an ABA committee on Friday released its first ethics opinion providing guidanceĀ on interpreting the rules amendment.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Richards Layton's handling of a suit over Tesla's Texas relocation and Wiley's representation of an American solar panel makers' interest group lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Aug. 9 to 23.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices, shook up partnership models, and outlined new policies on office attendance. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Fillmore Law Firm LLP, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center and the Business Roundtable lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal judge blocked a Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts.

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    Roetzel Absorbing Brouse McDowell Attys, Offices In October

    Midsize firm Roetzel & Andress will complete the largest single expansion in the firm's nearly 150-year history when it adds more than 40 attorneys from regional firm Brouse McDowell at the beginning of October.

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    Women Attys Mobilizing For Harris Say They Can't Sit This Out

    As Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to become the first female president, women in BigLaw and the broader legal community are rallying behind her, motivated by issues such as reproductive rights.

  • Pa. Welders, Attys Get Final OK On $970K Drive Time Deal

    A Pennsylvania state court gave final approval Thursday to a $970,000 settlement, including $355,000 in attorney fees, to resolve workers' claims that Great American Welding Co. owed them pay for the time they spent shuttling between satellite parking lots and Shell's petrochemical cracker plant in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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    Spellbook CEO Aims For AI To Cut Junior Associate Drudgery

    A legal technology company known for its artificial intelligence contract drafting and review software is releasing a new AI copilot on Thursday to help legal teams become more efficient.

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    Commercial Contracts Cases Spike After COVID-Era Decline

    Commercial contracts litigation increased in 2023 after hitting its lowest point in a decade in 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report out Thursday.

  • How AI Could Shake Up Federal Evidence Rules

    Judges, lawyers and academics say it's only a matter of time before the breakneck development of artificial intelligence collides with a cautious, slow-moving judicial system and gives rise to a thorny array of evidentiary issues. They're just not sure what to do about it.

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    Ahead Of Bankruptcy Exit, Rite Aid CLO Departs Co.

    Rite Aid's chief legal officer, who joined in 2023 and brought more than four decades of legal experience to the now-bankrupt retailer, left the company shortly after a New Jersey judge approved its Chapter 11 restructuring plan, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

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    Kline & Specter, Ex-Firm Atty Partially Resolve Legal Battle

    The legal battle between Kline & Specter and an attorney who formerly worked at the firm, Thomas Bosworth, has eased somewhat with the settlement of three lawsuits involving the parties.

  • Travelers Settles With Pa. Firm Over Stealing $1M From Client

    A Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed an insurance coverage dispute Wednesday, in light of a settlement between Travelers Insurance and a closed Pennsylvania law firm whose principal attorney was disbarred after he pled guilty to stealing almost $1 million from clients.

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    3rd Circ. Rejects Ex-Engineering Co. GC's Benefits Suit

    The Third Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a former general counsel for an engineering company's suit claiming he was stiffed on over $100,000 in retirement benefits, rejecting his argument that a $1 million payout he got from the company should have been factored into his benefits package.

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    Former SEC And Vanguard Counsel Joins Stradley Ronon

    An attorney who previously worked in-house at Vanguard and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has jumped to private practice for the first time in his 20-year career, joining Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP in Pennsylvania.

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