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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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    Healthcare AI Co. Abridge Names Ex-Google Tech Pro As GC

    Healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company Abridge announced Thursday that a former Google AI expert who most recently served as the head of legal and safety at Inflection AI was named its new general counsel.

  • Mother-In-Law Says Atty Misrepresented Property Investment

    The owner of a Pittsburgh-based home care agency is suing her former son-in-law in Pennsylvania state court, claiming the attorney tricked her into investing in a real estate company then mismanaged its funds and withheld her share of the proceeds.

  • Senate Confirms State Judges To US District Courts In NY, PA

    The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Judge Meredith Vacca to the Western District of New York and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito Jr. to the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

  • NC Sens. Continue Fight Against 4th Circ. Nom

    Ryan Young Park, the solicitor general of North Carolina and nominee for the Fourth Circuit, defended his record and commitment to the law on Wednesday amid attacks from North Carolina's U.S. senators, who oppose his nomination and claim they were not properly consulted on his selection.

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    Saul Ewing Adds 2 Employee Benefits Attys On East Coast

    Saul Ewing LLP announced Wednesday that it has grown its employee benefits and executive compensation practice on the East Coast with two attorneys, one from Ivins Phillips & Barker and another from Hogan Lovells.

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    Public Interest Firm Adds K&L Gates Ex-Partner As Managing Atty

    The Fairness Center, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit legal services organization representing public-sector union employees against union officials, has expanded its leadership team this week by adding a former K&L Gates partner as a managing attorney.

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    Can GCs Avoid Having Teams Seen As Department Of 'No'?

    While many legal chiefs don't want business leaders to view their legal teams as the department of "No," a new study says some executives continue to wait until as late as possible to consult with their counsel — if at all.

  • Delays Doom Wells Fargo Worker's Suit, 3rd Circ. Says

    The Third Circuit declined to reinstate a former Wells Fargo employee's suit alleging he was fired after complaining that the bank withheld some of his commissions, saying he can't revive his suit due to his "inexcusable lack of diligence" at complying with court orders.

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    How Associates Can Navigate Risks Of Social Media

    Experts say associates should use social media with extreme caution, weighing any benefits against the impact that their online presence may have on their law firms, practice, clients and future employment.

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    Biden's Latest Judicial Noms Include Ex-Congressman

    President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday judicial nominees for district courts in New York, Georgia and Pennsylvania, one of whom is a former congressman.

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