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People in the News—Dec. 8, 2023—McNees, Gawthrop Greenwood

Two McNees Wallace & Nurick energy thought leaders, attorney Brigid Landy Khuri and policy specialist Kevin Sunday, discussed the basics about geothermal at a virtual lunch and learn event presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Association environmental and energy law section's energy law committee on Wednesday.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Report – December 4, 2023

The NJSBA's weekly report.
6 minute read

The Recorder

California State Bar Has Immunity From ADA Suit, 9th Circuit Says

"We see no reason to disturb our nearly 40-year-old determination that the California State Bar is an arm of the state," Ninth Circuit Judge John Owens wrote for the majority.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York City Bar Association Nominates First Muslim-American President

Earlier this year, Faridi was named as the independent civilian representative to the New York City Police Department's Handschu Committee, which oversees and regulates the NYPD's policies and practices regarding investigations of political activity.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Imperative for New York To Adopt the 2022 Amendments to the UCC

Alan Kolod and Eric Marcus, members of the subcommittee of the NYC Bar Association committee that helped prepare the New York version of the 2022 UCC Amendments, share their views on the importance of New York enacting the new proposed amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Zip Code Matters for People Living in Poverty Who Need a Legal Aid Lawyer

A new American Bar Association survey identifies a significant lack of legal aid lawyers in the U.S. assisting the poor, with a great disparity in some states and in rural areas nationwide.
4 minute read

Law.com

Are Professional Associations Really Valuable?

In the legal profession, joining and maintaining membership in various professional associations is common practice. However, lawyers often overlook the critical question of whether their affiliation with these organizations yields substantial benefits, such as quality referrals and new clients.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawmaker Wants NY State Bar—Not DAs Group—to Set Prosecutors' Ethics Standards

The bill is not meant to punish district attorneys, according to the sponsor's legislative director, but the measure is aimed at ensuring a neutral third party was setting guidelines.
4 minute read

Law.com

ABA Names Longtime Law Dean as First Woman Managing Director of Legal Ed

Rosato Perea is "a brilliant and highly effective leader, a broadly experienced legal scholar, teacher and law school administrator, and a history-maker and ceiling-shatterer as one of the longest serving law deans of color, and women law deans, in history," Anthony Varona, dean of Seattle University School of Law, told Law.com.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY City Bar Reports Cyberattack That Impacted Its Members, Workers

On Oct. 18, the NYCBA learned that between Dec. 2, 2022, to Dec. 24, 2022, an unauthorized actor may have accessed certain personal information located on the city bar's network, the spokesman said.
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