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  Trump Taps Ex-Kavanaugh Clerk For DC Circuit

  By Andrew Kragie

  President Donald Trump on Friday announced his pick to fill a recent opening on the influential D.C. Circuit, ta...(read more)

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  Loeb & Loeb To Slash Atty, Staff Pay To Avoid Layoffs

  By Hailey Konnath

  Loeb & Loeb LLP is hitting its lawyers and staff with temporary pay cuts of up to 20% as the firm grapples with ...(read more)

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• Mass. Top Court Expands Pretrial Release To Combat Virus

  By Brian Dowling

  Massachusetts' high court on Friday made it easier for judges to free inmates who are awaiting trial, citing the "urgent and unprecedented" public health crisis prompted by the novel coronavirus.

• Lyft Ordered To Tell Judge What It's Doing About COVID-19

  By Hannah Albarazi

  A California federal judge ordered Lyft Inc. to provide detailed information about its efforts to help drivers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, a day after he called out the ride-hailing company's disregard for the law and questioned whether Lyft drivers were using the crisis "as a hook to get a court ruling."

• Pipelines, FERC Butt Heads At DC Circ. Over Nixed Tax Perk

  By Khorri Atkinson

  Two pipeline companies clashed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a pair of intertwined hearings before the D.C. Circuit Friday, as a three-judge panel heard appeals challenging a new FERC policy doing away with an income tax allowance for pipeline master limited partnerships, a key tax perk.

• Private Prison With COVID Cases Says NYC Told It Not To Test

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A private prison in Queens reported to a New York federal court on Friday that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene effectively told it to stop testing inmates for COVID-19 despite confirmed cases at the facility.

• Seattle Nursing Home At Epicenter Of Pandemic Fined $600K

  By Jack Queen

  A Seattle area nursing home at the epicenter of Washington's COVID-19 outbreak has been fined more than $600,000 by state and federal regulators, who found a litany of problems at the facility that contributed to dozens of cases there and led to nearly 40 deaths.

• Legal Sector Jobs Dip In March Amid COVID-19 Fallout

  By Kevin Penton

  Employment in the legal industry dropped downward in March from a 10-year high in February, giving up the gains seen during the previous month as firms stare ahead at the potential impact of the novel coronavirus, according to U.S. Department of Labor data released Friday.

• AMC Can't Deduct Film-Showing Costs, Texas Justices Say

  By Paul Williams

  Movie theater chain AMC cannot subtract costs of showing films from its state franchise tax liabilities over two tax years because exhibiting the films didn’t constitute sales of tangible personal property, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.

• Teamsters Say Workers Fired Over COVID-19 Safety Gripes

  By Jeannie O'Sullivan

  The International Brotherhood of Teamsters AFL-CIO filed an unfair labor practices charge against Cort Business Services Corp. alleging the furniture rental giant fired 19 employees at a New Jersey warehouse because they complained about purported COVID-19 precaution shortfalls and were planning to unionize, the union said Thursday.

• Big Tobacco Sues FDA Over New Graphic Warnings

  By Emily Field

  Tobacco companies including R.J. Reynolds hit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with a Texas federal court suit Friday challenging the agency's new graphic cigarette warnings, saying that the “emotionally charged” required warnings violate the First Amendment.

• Eckert Seamans Furloughs Staff Over COVID-19 Outbreak

  By Matt Fair

  Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC confirmed on Friday that it was furloughing a portion of its administrative and support staff without pay as the Pittsburgh-based firm faces down the economic uncertainties of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.