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The Legal Intelligencer

Pro Bono Work: Helping You Gain Skills While Doing the Right Thing

October is pro bono month and the Pennsylvania Bar Association will observe the National Celebration of Pro Bono Week from Oct. 21-27. The Rules of Professional Conduct encourage, but do not require, attorneys to offer pro bono representation or to financially support organizations that do.
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The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Interest Calendar of Events

On Oct. 2, the Philadelphia Bar Association will present a CLE program, “Election Hacking, Ballot Security: Protecting Our Vote,” from 12-2:15 p.m. (lunch and registration begin at 11:30 a.m.), at the Philadelphia Bar Association, 11th Floor Conference Center, 1101 Market St., Philadelphia. 1 SUB/1 ETHICS CLE credits are available.
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The Legal Intelligencer

SeniorLAW Center and AARP Leverage Pro Bono to Change Systems and Lives

Philadelphia's own SeniorLAW Center and AARP are developing an innovative partnership that will use the power of the city's legal community to improve the lives of senior veterans, elder abuse victims, and grandparents raising grandchildren, far too many of whom face poverty or other challenges.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Can Animals Sue for Injuries Inflicted by Humans?

As animal law has developed into a specialty over the past few decades, lawyers have wrestled with how to get their interests to matter in court proceedings. Animals are property under the law, a concept that has broad implications.
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The Recorder

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Finds Its First GC in Former Kilpatrick Townsend Partner

The nonprofit medical research organization, co-founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, announced longtime litigator Maureen Sheehy as its GC Monday.
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The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Deals Blow to Koch Brothers' Nonprofit

A conservative nonprofit organization must hand over the names of its top contributors to the California attorney general, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a legal blow for the group's founders, brothers Charles and David Koch.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

McNees Acquires Pennsylvania Lobbying Subsidiary

Harrisburg-based McNees has acquired The Winter Group, a lobbying firm founded by a former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor.
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The Recorder

Meet the Southern California Lawyer Shaking Up the Catholic Church

Timothy Busch, a philanthropist and attorney who runs his own law firm and foundation in Orange County, made news this week for his backing of a high-profile letter sent to the Vatican.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I referred a case to a lawyer in another state and he agreed to pay me a one-third referral fee. He now says he will not pay since his state does not allow paying referral fees, except for quantum meruit. Do I have any remedy?
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New York Law Journal

Former ISIS Member Who Assisted US Investigators Avoids Long Prison Stay

The defendant in the case, who is identified as John Doe in court papers to protect his family while he works with American authorities, was convicted of two terrorism-related charges and faced a statutory maximum of 25 years in prison.
4 minute read

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