Law360 (May 8, 2020, 8:43 PM EDT) -- The federal judiciary is adjusting to the challenges of an entirely virtual workplace, and there have already been a fair share of headaches even at the highest levels of the court system.

Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff joins the Pro Say podcast this week to discuss the many challenges facing the courts in the era of social distancing, ranging from urgent prisoner release requests to the often unwieldy process of holding hearings over the phone.

Each week on Pro Say, Law360 staffers Amber McKinney, Bill Donahue and Alex Lawson bring you inside the newsroom and explain what you need to know about key legal developments.

Also this week, we discuss a suddenly vocal Justice Clarence Thomas, who asked his first question in more than a year at the U.S. Supreme Court's first-ever teleconference oral argument Monday morning and has been taking advantage of a new format where the justices speak in order of seniority.

We also kick around a ruling that female players who sued the U.S. Soccer Federation can't go ahead with pay discrimination claims against the athletic organization because the women actually made more than their male counterparts.

Finally, we end with a plunge into the depths of the Supreme Court's toilet-flushing mystery.

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