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ABA Eyes Nixing School DEI Standards To Sway Trump Admin

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association is poised next week to eliminate the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards, a controversial move that it hopes will allow it to remain an accreditor despite an uncertain outcome in the face of a Trump administration increasingly wary of the association's role in legal education.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Husch Blackwell Names New Office MPs In Dallas, Houston

    Husch Blackwell LLP has selected a litigator in the firm's technology, manufacturing and transportation group to serve as leader of its Houston shop, while a healthcare regulatory partner has been chosen to take the helm in Dallas.

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    Snapshot: Delaware Attorney General Primary Candidates

    A small business owner who also advocates for domestic victims has joined Delaware's incumbent attorney general and an American Civil Liberties Union attorney in seeking the Democratic nomination for the First State's top law enforcement post.

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    Daily Litigation

    WilmerHale Sued Over Accidental Client Data Disclosure

    A proposed federal class action filed Wednesday accuses WilmerHale of failing to protect clients' personal information after an employee allegedly disclosed sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, to an unauthorized person who misrepresented their identity back in May.

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    Trump May Renominate Blanche If GOP Holdouts Block Vote

    With Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., still on the fence about acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation to be attorney general, President Donald Trump said Thursday he might renominate Blanche next year when the two senators are no longer serving in the Senate.

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    Daily Litigation

    How Susman Godfrey Got A Trade Secret Win For Yale

    Attorneys from Susman Godfrey LLP said this week they helped secure a recent $3 million jury award in Delaware federal court for Yale University in a trade secret misappropriation case by keeping their trial strategy focused on "common sense" issues.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Florida was a hotbed of law firm office activity in July, with at least five firms either opening new locations or moving teams to new spaces.

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    Bronx Legal Aid Organization's Union Rejects New Pay Offer

    The Bronx Defenders' executive director said on Thursday that the union representing the organization's over 300 attorneys and staff has rejected an updated offer on wages, with both sides still at odds over the prospect of separate salary scales for lawyers and social workers.

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    McDermott Adds Ex-Blackstone Exec For NY Funds Team

    A former Blackstone executive who started his legal career at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has returned to the revamped firm as a New York-based investment management partner.

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    Dinsmore Rehires Willkie Employment Atty In DC As Partner

    Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has hired a Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP counsel who focuses his practice on executive compensation, employee benefits and related matters as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Advocacy Group Says Law Firm Fellowship Program Biased

    A legal advocacy group said Thursday it had lodged U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges against a nonprofit and law firms including Jones Day, White & Case and Morgan Lewis, claiming Muslim and Middle Eastern students were getting unlawful preference in a fellowship program.

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