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September 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Success During First 100 Days: Cedra Mayfield Moderates WIPL Panel

During the Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Chicago, senior litigation reporter and Legal Speak co-host Cedra Mayfield will moderate a panel entitled "Making Your Mark: Dos and Don'ts for Success in Your First 100 Days as a Legal Leader."
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September 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

King & Spalding Grows in Texas With 6 Partners from 3 Law Firms

A Vinson & Elkins litigation partner, a Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom energy transactions partner, and four Butler Snow product liability and mass torts partners joined King & Spalding in Austin, Dallas and Houston this week.
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September 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta-Based Fearless Fund Ends Black-Only Entrepreneurial Grant Contest After Settling Civil Rights Lawsuit

"Race-exclusive programs like the one the Fearless Fund promoted are divisive and illegal," the American Alliance for Equal Rights stated. "Opening grant programs to all applicants, regardless of their race, is enshrined in our nation's civil rights laws and supported by significant majorities of all Americans."
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September 11, 2024 | Law.com

11th Circuit Rejects Former CSX Employee's Safety-Related Whistleblowing Claims

"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.
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September 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

On the Move: Labor Lawyer Adds to Fox Rothschild's Atlanta Growth

Ogletree Deakins promotes Atlanta partner to practice co-leader; Southeast-rooted firms add laterals in Georgia, New York, Philadelphia and California.
8 minute read
September 11, 2024 | Law.com

AI Abroad

In this episode of AI Here and Now podcast series, IP Partner Cory Fisher and Privacy Partner Camila Tobón discuss how other countries are regulating AI and what that may mean for you.
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September 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Shortlisted for Judge: Who Will Kemp Appoint to Rockdale State Court Bench?

The Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia has shortlisted a general counsel and assistant solicitor general as judicial candidates in the running to fill a vacancy on the Rockdale County State Court bench.
6 minute read
September 11, 2024 | Law.com

State Jury Awards $160M Verdict for Truck's Defective Design That Left Man With Spinal Cord Injury

"This case highlights DTNA's failure to increase cab strength for nearly 30 years despite the knowledge that rollovers represent the single most harmful event for truck drivers," the plaintiff's attorney said.
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September 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

Would FTC Chair Lina Khan Stay on Under a President Harris or Trump?

With Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump seeking the presidency, questions have arisen as to whether Khan would be compatible with either administration. It is unclear how either presidential nominee plans to address antitrust and consumer protection matters.
6 minute read
September 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Charging Parents When Their Children Kill                                                  

Responsible parenting may be the most difficult job in the world, Law Journal columnist Bennett Gershman writes. But as prosecutors turn to parents to hold them responsible for the criminal acts of their children, raising juveniles today brings colossal risks, unforeseen landmines, and unenviable judgment calls.
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