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    Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Netflix, Apple And More

    Netflix Inc. chief legal officer David Hyman added to his income by selling more than $29 million worth of company stock in August, while Apple Inc. general counsel Katherine Adams sold over $20 million worth.

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    Overheard At ILTACON: Law Firms Face AI Growing Pains

    Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.

  • NAACP, Others Fight Ga.'s Bid To Undo Election Law Block

    The Georgia branch of the NAACP and a host of other groups are asking the Eleventh Circuit to affirm and expand a preliminary injunction blocking parts of a controversial Peach State election law as state officials are pushing to have the injunction overturned.

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    Criminal Lawyers Group Backs YSL Atty In Contempt Appeal

    The American Board of Criminal Lawyers told the Georgia Supreme Court that one of its fellows, an attorney defending rapper Young Thug in a racketeering trial, shouldn't have been held in contempt for refusing to divulge to a state judge how he learned about the judge's improper meeting with prosecutors and a key witness.

  • Holland & Knight Taps EY Exec For Expanded C-Suite Role

    Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a longtime Ernst & Young executive as chief business development and marketing officer, a new position where he'll be tasked with driving growth and bolstering the firm's brand.

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    Lewis Brisbois Brings On COO From McGuireWoods

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a chief operating officer who previously filled the same role at McGuireWoods LLP.

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    Founder Of Gibson Dunn Privacy Practice Joins McDermott

    McDermott Will & Emery on Tuesday announced the firm added litigator Alexander Southwell, a former federal prosecutor who founded and co-led the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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    'Price Of Innovation': Young Legal Tech Startups Lack Security

    Many early-stage legal tech startups don't initially meet law firms' security requirements, and instead are focused on product development and marketing, according to legal industry experts.

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    How To Make Partner Working Remotely

    Attorneys who work at home or outside law firm offices can position themselves for partnership by becoming indispensable to their colleagues, as well as leveraging new technology and flexible schedules to better serve clients.

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    Giuliani Pretends To Live In Fla. To Shield Condo, Suit Says

    The Georgia election workers who secured a $148 million judgment against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in D.C. federal court hit him with a new lawsuit Friday, saying he is "pretending" to live in Florida in "a brazen attempt to shield his luxury Palm Beach condo" from them.

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    Late Food & Drug Atty Helped Put Arnall Golden On The Map

    A retired managing partner of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP who died recently is being remembered as a leader who helped cement the firm's elite reputation over his 50-year career there, as well as being a generous mentor, devoted father and a pioneer in the food and drug law field.

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    The Women Working To Lift Barriers For Military Spouse Attys

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body earlier in August passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to members of the group that helped push the issue to the forefront.

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    More Took, Passed Multistate Bar Exam In July

    An influx of law students in 2021 has led to an increased number of examinees taking and passing the multistate bar exam in July, according to an announcement this week from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

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    Are DEI Policies A Movement Or A Moment In Time?

    Following the Supreme Court's summer 2023 ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions, experts warned corporate America about the wide-ranging implications that would likely take hold. Since then, several big-name brands have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, a list that Lowe's joined this week.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry closed out August with another action-packed week as firms hired new talent and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi was convicted by a California federal jury. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Epstein Becker Green PC and the Restaurant Law Center lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule on tipped wages, deeming it to go against the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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    Ga. County Judicial Emergency Extended As Tech Woes Persist

    The chief judge of the Cobb County Judicial Circuit in Georgia has extended his judicial emergency declaration through Oct. 6, saying technological issues continue to plague the Superior Court Clerk's Office, such as problems with document availability, scheduling, changes in procedures and charging indigent defendants for documents.

  • Advocacy Groups Back Ga. Bid To Undo Election Law Block

    Two advocacy groups are joining Georgia's push for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn an injunction blocking part of a controversial Peach State election law, arguing the lower court's ruling reimagines the Civil Rights Act to impede an absentee ballot requirement that is focused on election integrity and has nothing to do with racial discrimination.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Attorneys at a few major national and regional U.S. law firms find themselves in new surroundings this month after Norton Rose Fulbright, Venable LLP and Snell & Wilmer all completed long-planned relocation projects.

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    Holland & Knight M&A Atty Wants You To Conquer Your Fears

    Stephen J. Dietrich, a corporate partner at Holland & Knight in Denver, recently published a book on overcoming an abusive childhood. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to Dietrich about how his past struggles have shaped both his personal and professional life.

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    Jones Walker Adds In-House Vet To Co-Lead Privacy, AI Team

    Jones Walker LLP has a new co-leader of its privacy, data strategy and artificial intelligence team in Atlanta who has served in prominent in-house roles at both global consulting firm Vialto Partners and EY.

  • Worker Lowers Fee Request In 3rd Bid For OT Deal Approval

    A corporate office furnisher and a former employee again asked a Georgia federal court to greenlight a deal that would resolve the worker's suit alleging he was fired for complaining about unpaid overtime, saying this third settlement draft adequately reduces an attorney's fees.

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    Why BigLaw Firms Are Investing In E-Discovery Expertise

    Bolstered by technological advancements, BigLaw firms are relying more on specialized e-discovery attorneys who can provide more focused legal guidance and technical support.

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    A Winding Path: How Lawyers' Career Aspirations Shift

    The road for many lawyers to their final career destination is winding. What a person thinks they want in law school may change once, twice or more in the following decades. Here, Law360 presents four stories about the winding path of lawyer career aspirations.

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    Atty Who Taught At Ga. Tech Remembered As Kind Mentor

    A longtime attorney and business professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology who died this month is remembered as a kind teacher who would show up early to class to talk to students and was named professor of the year.

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