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Speakers

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Keith R. Dutill served as a panelist at ICI's Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference on March 20 in San Antonio, Texas.

Dutill's panel, “Mutual Fund Civil Litigation: Year in Review,” discussed significant litigation developments and court decisions over the past year and discussed their potential impact on the fund industry.

Dutill is a trial lawyer with a national practice focused on high-stakes litigation including securities fraud, investment management and intellectual property disputes.

He has tried more than 50 cases to verdict or final award and has defended both public and private companies in jury trials involving claims ranging from antitrust violations to theft of trade secrets.

He also has experience representing mutual fund complexes in securities-related litigation.

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Events

The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel is scheduled to hold a luncheon program titled “Visual Storytelling: Using Graphics and Animation to Advance Your Case” by Ted Dunlap of RTI Forensics and Michael W. Horner of White and Williams, beginning at 12:30 p.m. on April 17 at Estia Restaurant on 1405 Locust St., Philadelphia.

One CLE credit is offered.

The price to attend is $90 and includes lunch.

For more information call 844-744-5600.

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Honored

Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl champion safety Malcolm Jenkins is scheduled to be honored by Temple University's Beasley School of Law's Sports Law Program with the Love for the City Award at a dinner and awards ceremony on April 18.

Jenkins and former Pennsylvania governor and current Comcast sports analyst Ed Rendell are set to both offer remarks.

Jenkins is being honored for his leadership in the Players Coalition.

The Love for the City Award is presented annually to individuals or an organization whose contributions transcend sports.

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Elected and Appointed

Brett A. Wolfson was selected by the Support Center for Child Advocates to chair Rawle & Henderson's child advocacy practice group.

Rawle & Henderson organized the child advocacy practice group in 2013 so that individual attorneys' pro bono efforts can be better coordinated to support the center.

Wolfson is a partner in Rawle & Henderson's Philadelphia office.

He focuses his practice on catastrophic injury and/or death cases involving products, construction/industrial/workplace, commercial motor vehicle, medical professional and premises liability.

He serves as a judge pro tem for the Dispute Resolution Center of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

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Announcements

The Legal is seeking contributing authors for its weekly In-House Counsel column.

Articles can cover a broad range of subjects but should be of particular interest to in-house counsel.

Contact Kristie Rearick at [email protected] for more information or to submit a proposal.