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    Move To Duane Morris Closes Whiteford Taylor In Pittsburgh

    The last remaining attorney at Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP's Pittsburgh office following the recent departures of 17 colleagues has moved her hospitality industry-focused real estate and transactional practice to Duane Morris LLP.

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    How 3 Law Firm Leaders Manage Multiple Generations

    Law firm leaders today are faced with an unprecedented challenge and opportunity: managing anywhere from four to five generations of lawyers together in a single workplace.

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    Goodwin Hires Former Ironclad, Google Exec As COO In Calif.

    Goodwin Procter LLP has hired contract software giant Ironclad Inc.'s chief community officer as its Silicon Valley-based chief operating officer, the firm said Monday.

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    A Look At Cooley's Generative AI Chatbot For Startups

    International law firm Cooley LLP recently launched a generative artificial intelligence chatbot called Cooley GObot to make it easier for startups to access online resources provided by the firm about building a company.

  • Eckert Seamans Sued Over New Jersey Condo Development

    Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC simultaneously represented a real estate development company and two of its former managers, and also improperly took compensation for its work before company debts were satisfied, according to a legal malpractice lawsuit filed this week in New Jersey state court.

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    Littler Announces 2 New Leaders for Mentor, Diversity Groups

    Employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC has announced that a pair of experienced shareholders have been named leaders of its associate mentorship program and one of its diverse affinity groups.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Robins Kaplan LLP's work pursuing royalties on the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Pennsylvania and Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP's handling of an aviation acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 26 to Aug. 9.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit revived Florida-based NTE Energy Services' anticompetitive lawsuit accusing Duke Energy of squeezing it out of the market in North Carolina.

  • Pa. Firm Seeks Over $790K In Employee Retention Credit

    The Internal Revenue Service has failed to pay Ostroff Injury Law PC the more than $790,000 it is owed in pandemic-era employee retention credits, the Pennsylvania firm alleges in a federal court complaint, despite satisfying two separate tests the firm says qualify it for the relief.

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    Recruiters Predict Domino Effect After Milbank Midyear Bonus

    As Milbank LLP becomes the latest law firm to award midyear bonuses, legal recruiters anticipate a ripple effect, with other major firms expected to follow suit in announcing similar bonus payments for their attorneys.

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    Former K&L Gates Attorney Finds Purpose At Fairness Center

    More than a month into his role as managing attorney for the nonprofit the Fairness Center, former K&L Gates LLP partner Anthony Holtzman feels assured that he left his old firm, where he worked for nearly 20 years, to help advance a mission he believes in: representing workers in challenges against public-sector unions.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Where Judicial Vacancies Stand As Congress Is In Recess

    The U.S. Senate doesn't return for about a month, but when it does, Democrats will be on the final sprint to try to top the 234 judges confirmed in former President Donald Trump's first term.

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    An Olympics Volunteer, This GC Still Seeks To Be Champion

    Robert Herbst, a former general counsel and world champion weightlifter, has woven together the law and sports throughout his career, including this week in Paris where he is working with the U.S. Olympic team as a volunteer.

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    Holland & Knight's Philly Leader Among 47 Joining Polsinelli

    Nearly 50 Holland & Knight LLP attorneys around the country have moved their practices to Polsinelli PC, led by 35 shareholders, counsel and associates who helped the firm launch a new office in Philadelphia.

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    How Law Firms Can Avoid Fallout Over Politics, Social Issues

    With a presidential election approaching, the Israel-Hamas war continuing, and numerous social issues creating division in the country, Dawn Reddy Solowey of Seyfarth Shaw LLP discusses how law firms might de-escalate potential conflicts that could erupt at work.

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    Marshall Dennehey Adds Co-Chair Of Disciplinary Practice

    An attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing professionals in malpractice and liability matters has moved his practice to Marshall Dennehey PC after more than 17 years with Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos LLP.

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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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