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From left to right: Elizabeth Thomas, Benjamin Sitter and Emma Donahey McGuireWoods received a 2019 Law Firm Pro bono Achievement Award from the Allegheny County Bar Association, primarily for a Pittsburgh team’s “outstanding” pro bono work in securing a civil rights settlement for an inmate with multiple sclerosis. The award was presented Oct. 2 during the ACBA’s Fall Foundation Reception. The award recognizes McGuireWoods for “the outstanding work of its attorneys and staff …

A column by McGuireWoods litigators Jarrod Shaw and Elizabeth Thomas on the potential perils of using text messaging as a marketing medium without securing proper consent from the texts’ recipients was published as a Jan. 23 Law360 “Expert Analysis.”Shaw and Thomas, both based in the Pittsburgh office, noted that violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act can be costly for a business with smart-phone customers entitled to $500 to $1,500 per unwanted …