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New ABA Chief Seeks To 'Streamline' Org, Defend Democracy

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's new president, Barbara J. Howard, will focus on twin goals of defending democracy against expected unprecedented attacks associated with this year's midterm elections, while also reorganizing the association to run more efficiently, as she kicks off her one-year term this month.

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    In-House

    Sidley Adds Ex-Accenture Enterprise Platforms Lead As CIO

    Sidley Austin LLP on Wednesday announced the hiring of a nearly two-decade veteran at professional services firm Accenture as its chief information officer.

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    Daily Litigation

    BREAKING: No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP escaped a malpractice lawsuit late Thursday over its representation of Patriot National Inc. in a private investment in public equity transaction in the years before the company's downfall.

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    Connecticut Pulse

    Citing Real Estate Demand, Carmody Opens New Conn. Office

    Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP has opened a new office in Greenwich, Connecticut, citing market changes and an increase in demand for real estate work that began during the height of the pandemic.

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    NC House OKs Unpaid Suspensions For Judges Under Inquiry

    Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representatives have given the green light to a legislative proposal empowering the chief justice of the state Supreme Court to suspend trial court judges without pay if they're under investigation by the state Judicial Standards Commission.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Akin Brings On 2 Mayer Brown Energy Attys In Chicago

    Two former Mayer Brown LLP energy and infrastructure attorneys have moved to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's fast-growing Chicago office, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    California Pulse

    Veteran M&A Atty Named A&O Shearman's LA Office Head

    Allen Overy Shearman Sterling announced that an experienced mergers and acquisitions and private equity attorney from Sidley Austin LLP has joined the firm in Los Angeles, where she has also been named office managing partner.

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    California Pulse

    Manatt Welcomes Back Privacy & Data Security Pro In Calif.

    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has welcomed back an attorney who specializes in privacy and data security matters, after he spent more than a decade working in-house for multiple companies.

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    DC Pulse

    Jones Day Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Partner In DC

    Jones Day has hired a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax attorney who spent more than 11 years representing multinational businesses, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Florida Pulse

    Fox Rothschild Adds Dickinson Wright Atty In Miami

    Fox Rothschild LLP has grown its Miami office with the addition of an experienced construction attorney from Dickinson Wright PLLC.

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    2 Law Firms Say IRS Wrongly Denied COVID-19 Tax Credits

    A pair of law firms are alleging in Georgia federal court that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly denied their claims to employee retention credits, a tax incentive created during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage businesses to keep workers on their payrolls.

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