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November 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Call for Nominations: TLI's Pennsylvania Legal Awards 2025

We're honoring law firms of all sizes this year in our Pennsylvania Litigation Departments of the Year contest.
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November 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Swinging Pendulum of Title IX Politics

With ever-changing guidance, court decisions, and OCR investigations, determining what kind of K-12 conduct triggers Title IX’s protections is often a hotly debated subject in the Title IX world.
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November 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

US Supreme Court Tries to Define a 'Crime of Violence'

Is a failed murder-for-hire plot a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)? That is the question under review by the U.S. Supreme Court in Delligatti v. United States.
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November 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Nov. 22, 2024—Marshall Dennehey, Buchanan Ingersoll

John Delany III, chair of Marshall Dennehey’s catastrophic claims litigation practice group, is scheduled to present “Empathy in High-Stakes Trials” at the Litigation Counsel of America’s Renaissance Symposium XVIII, to be held Dec. 6, at the Harvard Club of New York City.
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November 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Judicial Nominee Advances While Trump Demands GOP Unity Against Biden Picks

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 11-10 along party lines to advance five of President Joe Biden’s judicial picks for final consideration in the 100-member U.S. Senate.
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November 22, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Battle for Top Talent Accelerates Amid Profit and Demand Surge

“There’s basically no firm that’s immune from market pressure, with very rare exceptions,” said one legal recruiter.
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November 21, 2024 | National Law Journal

Democrats Give Up Circuit Court Picks for Trial Judges in Reported Deal With GOP

The agreement sinks the nominations of Adeel Mangi for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Ryan Park for the Fourth Circuit, Julia Lipez for the First Circuit and Karla Campbell for the Sixth Circuit.
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November 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Attorney Hit With 5-Year Suspension for Mismanaging Firm and Mishandling Cases

The severity of the discipline was in part a response to Lento’s testimony that he used a “pragmatic” approach to the practice of law in which “certain things may not be done as may be required.”
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November 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Bar Association Executive Director Announces Retirement

After over half a decade leading the association, Harvey Hurdle announced he will retire from his position with the bar in June 2025.
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November 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Growing PFAS Morass: Why Insurance Should Cover These Products Liability Claims

With the increase in litigation and the newly minted state and federal regulations, companies of all types will likely be on the receiving end of an increased level of scrutiny from the public and the plaintiffs’ bar about potential claims involving products containing PFAS in some capacity.
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