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Two Texas Lawyers Tried to Hire Undercover Cop to Kill an Ex-Husband

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A well-known Waco, Texas defense lawyer, who once ran for county district attorney, sat behind bars on Saturday after a local police sting allegedly caught him plotting to kill a colleague’s ex-husband using a hitman.

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Lawyer Arrested After Assault Rifles, Large Drug Stash Found in His Staten Island Home

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Michael Don was arrested for hiding several firearms, including two assault rifles, and a stockpile of pills in his home.

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How Agile Women General Counsel Navigate the Winds of Change

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Recent economic, political and social changes have given general counsel and chief compliance officers unprecedented challenges to business as usual. Hear powerful women lawyers at the top of their organizations discuss how they’ve managed at this time.

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Perkins Coie Adds Privacy Partner Alison Watkins in Palo Alto

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Perkins Coie Adds Privacy Partner Alison Watkins in Palo Alto

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Jacob Hanson Joins Bradley’s Tampa Office as Litigation Associate

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Jacob Hanson has joined the Tampa, Florida, office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group.

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Lucid Motors Announces Jonathan Butler as VP, General Counsel

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Jonathan Butler has joined Lucid Motors as VP, General Counsel, leading all aspects of Lucid’s legal, compliance, and public policy functions.

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$205K Settlement Reached, Then Rejected, in CT Lottery Whistleblower Case

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Old disputes die hard at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. Here is the story of one of them.

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Johnson & Johnson to End Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in North America

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Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of its talc-based baby powder, a product that once defined the company’s wholesome image and that it has defended for decades even as it faced thousands of lawsuits filed by patients who say it caused cancer.

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Why This Lawyer Increased His Fees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Lawyer, Robert Theofanis launched his estate planning practice in mid-2019. His “plan was to start off with below-average fees and by the end of the first year increase them to the high end of the market.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Immigration Attorney Sarah Hawk In Atlanta

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Barnes & Thornburg has added Sarah J. Hawk as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department in the Atlanta office.

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Robert Cox Earns Business Bankruptcy Law Specialty Certification

Robert Cox Earns Business Bankruptcy Law Specialty Certification

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP partner Robert A. Cox Jr. has been recognized as a Board Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law by the North Carolina State Bar.

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Contract Lawyer Described as ‘Superb Advocate’ is Suspended for Overbilling State Public Defender

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An Iowa lawyer described as a ‘superb advocate’ has been suspended for overbilling the state public defender for her legal services and car mileage.

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Libra Association New General Counsel Is Former US Treasury Exec

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former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and late Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. has been named general counsel to the Libra Association, a Geneva-based group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s digital currency, the organization announced.

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Santander Consumer Reaches $550M Settlement With State AGs

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Santander Consumer USA will pay $65 million to states and forgive hundreds of millions more in consumer debt as part of a settlement with a group of attorneys general over practices in its subprime auto lending business.

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Attorney Linked to Clients’ Missing Settlement Money Disbarred 

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The state’s highest court issued an order permanently disbarring a once popular Tampa attorney now accused of withholding his clients’ settlement money.

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Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Sexy Texts and Unauthorized Practice

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An Ohio lawyer crossed a border and also a line, leading to a two-year suspension and a restitution order under an opinion the state supreme court handed down this week.

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Redgrave LLP Forms Innovative Restructuring Discovery Team

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Redgrave LLP, the national law firm focused on addressing complex legal challenges that arise at the intersection of the law and technology, has formed one of the only Restructuring Discovery teams in the country.

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Webinar | COVID-19’s Impact on the H-1B Visa Process

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Davis Wright Tremaine is pleased to partner with LaborLess and SHRM to bring you the webinar “COVID-19’s Impact on the H-1B Visa Process.”

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Akerman Launches Return to Work Resource Guide for Employers Following Shutdown Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic

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Firm Offers Library of Resources for Businesses Challenged with Transitioning Employees Back to the Workplace and Resuming Regular Operations

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Potential Extension of the Construction Safe Harbor Period Is Expected

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Treasury indicates its intention to revise the rules governing the deadline for construction of wind and solar projects to qualify for the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC).

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