Legal Industry Archive » April, 2020

Legal Industry - April, 2020

321 articles

• Boies Schiller Cuts Associates After Partners' Mass Departure
• NY Courts To Accept More Filings Amid COVID-19
• Ex-Miami Heat Lawyer's FMLA Case Booted To Arbitration
• FBI Chief Defended WhatsApp Encryption In His BigLaw Past
• Saul Ewing, Katten Take COVID-19 Cost-Cutting Measures
• The Term: How The Court's First Phone Hearings Will Work
• Squire Patton Boggs Latest Firm To Cancel Summer Program
• Bed Bath & Beyond Taps Ex-J. Crew, Amazon Atty As CLO
• 5 Great-Recession Lessons GCs Must Remember Today
• Pandemic May Prompt Legislative Action On Court Deadlines
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• How Some Boutiques Are Avoiding BigLaw's Virus Cuts
• Deutsche Bank's General Counsel To Exit After 6 Years
• Fla. Bar Fast-Tracks Mental Health Helpline During Pandemic
• Cleary UK Staffer Banned Over Outside Vendor Scam
• The Top In-House Hires Of April
• Coping With A Pandemic: Trial Attorney Teny Geragos
• Coping With A Pandemic: Edelson's Jay Edelson
• Investigate Clients If Fraud Is Suspected, ABA Panel Says
• Political Speech Limits Nixed For Federal Court Support Staff
• Atty Accused Of Extorting WilmerHale, Toyota Gets Gag Order
• Texas Firms Plan To Play It Safe Reopening After COVID-19
• Virus Decisions Today May Hurt Firm Retention Tomorrow
• Buchanan Ingersoll Furloughs Staff As Pandemic Continues
• IP Firms Cheer PTAB Program Giving New Attys Opportunities
• 6 More BigLaw Firms Alter Summer Associate Programs
• Judging A Book: Richardson Reviews 'Criminal Dissent'
• Law Firm Leaders: Wilson Cribbs & Goren's Anthony Marré
• Gibson Dunn Alum Among Picks For Calif., Fla. Trial Courts
• Kirkland Scolded Over 'Petty' Discovery Response
• Recruiter Claims Baker McKenzie Stiffed It On Miami Hires
• Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block Shorten Summer Programs
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Dems Protest Hearing Next Week For Divisive DC Circ. Pick
• Recently Elected NY Judge Dies Of COVID-19
• Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1
• Littler, Davis Wright Join Wave Of COVID-19 Belt-Tightening
• Full DC Circ. Wary Of DOJ Bid To Stop McGahn Testimony
• Law Firms Scramble For Federal Money With Mixed Results
• Agency Seeks To Gag Attorney Who Outed Toyota, WilmerHale
• Legal Funder Burford Saw Profits Fall As Portfolio Grew In '19
• Tips For Minimizing Law Firm Liability During COVID-19
• Coping With A Pandemic: Litigator Nicole Gueron
• Cannabis Businesses Should Get Federal COVID-19 Relief
• NY Bank Regulator Taps Ex-UBS, Deutsche Official As GC
• Justices To Speak In Order Of Seniority At Teleconferences
• Why In-House Legal Ops Aren't Growing At A Faster Clip
• Trial Attorney Stephen Susman Hospitalized After Bike Crash
• Utah Justices Float Plan To Foster Low-Cost Legal Services
• Federal Courts Plot Out How They'll Decide To Reopen
• Baker McKenzie Appoints New North America COO
• NJ Law School Student Recruiting Delayed Amid Pandemic
• Law Firm Can't Sue Citigroup After Email Hack Heist
• COVID-19 Sickens 17 Judges, Over 150 Court Staffers In NY
• Sherwin-Williams Wants Judge DQed Over His Writings
• McConnell Wants Broad Liability Shield In Next COVID-19 Bill
• Dechert Cancels Summer Associate Program
• Kickstarter Nabs Uber Atty For General Counsel Spot
• SDNY Chief Judge's May IP Trial Plan Has Lawyers Nervous
• Calif. Bar Exam Pushed Back To September Due To COVID-19
• NYC Bar Says Buying Clients Groceries Should Be Ethical
• Justices' Toss Of NYC Gun Case Stirs Up Fight Over Mootness
• A Proposed Technology-Assisted Review Framework
• Coping With A Pandemic: Appellate Specialist Larry Ebner
• How Attorneys Are Fighting COVID-19 On The Front Lines
• Baker Botts, Sheppard Mullin Are Latest To Cut Associate Pay
• MoFo M&A Leader Leaves For Biotech Working On COVID-19
• 15 Minutes With OSI Systems' General Counsel
• Former Del. Chief Justice Leo Strine Joins Wachtell Lipton
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Law Offices Win Cert. In Digital Receptionist Billing Suit
• Texas Courts Near 10K Virtual Meetings During COVID-19
• Williams & Connolly Delays Its Summer Associate Program
• Shearman, Reed Smith Latest To Join BigLaw Cost Cutting
• Law360's Pro Say: Legal History Of The 1918 Flu Pandemic
• Ex-Jones Day Secretary Battles Unum Over Sealed Docs
• 5th Circ. Backs IRS Summons To Obtain Law Firm's Client List
• Law From Home: Snapshots Of Attys' COVID-19 Office Setups
• 'Sweet James' Sours On Rival Firm Accused Of Branding Theft
• Coping With A Pandemic: SDNY Bankruptcy Chief Morris
• UpRight's Fee-Splitting Win A Boon For 'Virtual' Firm Model
• How Lawyers Can Find Equanimity In Crisis
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• 'Stay At Home Hero': Hogan Atty Belts Out Call For Distancing
• Law360's 2020 Legal Industry Editorial Advisory Board
• Congress Urged To Boost Court Access Amid COVID-19 Crisis
• Seven More Firms Cut Their Summer Programs Short
• The Term: Unlikely Alliances Take The Spotlight
• 'Life Is Too Short' So Atty Cedes Clients In Chiquita DQ Fight
• Agency Says Atty Used Virus To Blackmail Toyota, WilmerHale
• Husch Blackwell Among Latest Firms To Make COVID-19 Cuts
• NY Judge Accuses Allstate Of COVID-19 Eviction Attempt
• Real Estate Firm's GC Claims Virus Compliance Got Her Fired
• Courts Should Look To 3 Bar Exam Alternatives During Crisis
• Coping With A Pandemic: Carter Ledyard's Alex Malyshev
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Mass. First To Promise Online Bar Exam As Plan B
• Boies Schiller Loses 13 Calif. Partners To King & Spalding
• BigLaw Leaders On Guiding Firms Through A Pandemic
• Top Fox Lawyer Among Execs To Forgo Salary Amid COVID-19
• Harvest Partners Lands New Compliance Chief From Oaktree
• Joe Biden To Give Columbia Law's Virtual Graduation Speech
• COVID-19 Spurs 3 More Firms To Amend Summer Programs
• Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During A Crisis
• Pierce Bainbridge Funder Targets Ex-Partners In Debt Chase
• Coping With A Pandemic: BakerHostetler's Charlene McGinty
• Trial Boutique Hands Out Bonuses As Other Firms Cut Costs
• Are Litigation Funding Documents Protected From Discovery?
• McDermott Joins List Of BigLaw Firms Making Cuts
• Rarefied Air: One Atty's Leap From College Ball To BigLaw
• Law Firm Leaders: Husch Blackwell's Gregory Smith
• McConnell Vows Return To Judicial Confirmations In May
• DC AG Nabs Atty Who Quit Over Roger Stone Interference
• DLA Piper Among Latest Firms To Tighten Belts Over Virus
• 1st Circ. Rules NH Judge Wasn't Eligible For Pension
• COVID-19 Kept BigLaw Lobbyists Busy In Q1
• Judges Report 75% Drop In Court Activity During Pandemic
• The Coming Wave Of COVID-19 Class Actions
• 3 More BigLaw Firms Alter Summer Associate Programs
• King & Spalding Denied Destruction Of Fee Docs In FOIA Case
• NY Judge 'Suspects' Cuomo Orders Violate Due Process
• Judges Union Says Trump Packed Fed Panel With Labor Foes
• How COVID-19 Might Uproot Centuries Of Litigation Traditions
• Immigration Judges' Union Says Courts Not Safe From Virus
• Clients Are Eager For Discounts As Pandemic Rages On
• Travelers Sues Geragos Law Firm In Virus Coverage Dispute
• GCs At Richest Companies Face Widest Gender Pay Gaps
• Coping With A Pandemic: Trial Lawyer Tom Ajamie
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Wants Out Of Sex Assault, Bias Suit
• Littler, Ogletree Pace Firms As Trade Secret Suits Hold Steady
• Fox Rothschild, Quarles Join Wave Of BigLaw Cost-Cutting
• ABA Lays Out COVID-19 Business Standstill Template
• 4 More Firms Adjust Summer Associate Programs Amid Virus
• Do Strict Outside Counsel Guidelines Hurt The Profession?
• Kavanaugh Suggests Way Out Of Stare Decisis 'Muddle'
• Anxiety, Isolation Testing Attys More Than Tech Amid Virus
• Consider Legal Ramifications Before Recording Video Calls
• Coping With A Pandemic: FDA's Stacy Amin
• Justices Deny Review Of Seyfarth Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• Trump's Judicial Picks On Ice As Pandemic Ties Up Senate
• Rethinking The Open Office In Light Of COVID-19
• 15 Minutes With Waymo's Chief Legal Officer
• Virus Forces Transparency Reckoning Among Highest Courts
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• SEC Urged To Accept E-Signatures On Filings Amid Pandemic
• Cravath Pushes Back Summer Associate Start Date
• Law360's Pro Say: Please, Put On A Shirt For Video Hearings
• Ex-Philip Morris Atty New GC At Redwood Green Cannabis Co.
• 3 Tips For Deposing Difficult Witnesses Remotely
• Dancing Daughter Steals Spotlight On Firm's Instagram Page
• Trial Recess: Mark Lanier On Isolating At His Houston Ranch
• 4 Ways Associates Can Be Invaluable To Partners Right Now
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Coronavirus: How Law Firms Are Handling The Downturn
• Seyfarth And 5 Other Firms Usher In COVID-19 Cuts
• Pandemic Upends Lives Of Legal Job-Changers
• Coping With A Pandemic: Kirkland's Abdus Samad Pardesi
• Atty Who Depantsed At Court Security Check Fights DQ Bid
• Norton Rose Confirms Layoffs, Pay Cuts For US Attys
• Lathrop Trio Depart BigLaw To Found New IP Firm
• The Term: To Begin Your Oral Argument, Press 1
• Reed Smith, Dentons Among The Latest To Slash Atty Pay
• Fed-Up Judge Tells Attys To 'STOP!' With Opioid Filings
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Schiff Hardin Eyes Salary Cuts Of Up To 50% Over COVID-19
• Coping With A Pandemic: Civil Rights Activist Karen Narasaki
• Why Litigation Fears Mean Firms' Phones Are Still Ringing
• Trump Threatens To Adjourn Congress Over Nominations
• 8 More Firms Confirm Tweaks To Summer Associate Programs
• Crowell & Moring, Ogletree Join BigLaw's Belt-Tightening
• Virus-Related Layoffs, Pay Cuts Hit Greenspoon Marder
• Litigation Support Firm Settles DOL's Hiring, Pay Bias Claims
• USCIS Hit With Suit Over Legal Assistant's H-1B Visa Denial
• Pierce Bainbridge To Shut Down After Mass Resignations
• New Jersey's Plan For 2020 Law Grads Is Brilliant
• Norton Rose Greenlights Four-Day Week For Select Staff
• Law Firm Leaders: Adduci's Deanna Tanner Okun
• Coping With A Pandemic: Akin Gump's John Bain
• Law School Enrollment In Sharp Decline For Asian Americans
• Kelley Drye Unveils Pay Cuts As COVID Crunch Continues
• DLA Piper Elevates 2 Attys As Co-US Managing Partners
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Ballard Spahr Cuts Pay Amid COVID-19 Economic Woes
• Put On A Shirt For Video Hearings, Judge Tells Attys
• Husch Blackwell Names Former US Atty As First Female Chair
• 2 Chicago Attys Found Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances
• 2 More Law Firms Make Summer Associate Program Changes
• Managing E-Discovery Providers In Times Of Crisis
• Comcast Taps Ex-21st Century Fox Atty As Compliance Chief
• Witness Preparation Tips For Your Next Video Deposition
• GC Pay Cuts Under Relief Bill Could Have Lasting Impacts
• Coping With A Pandemic: Haynes And Boone's M.C. Sungaila
• Geragos' Firm Says Travelers Insurance Must Cover Pandemic
• UCLA Law Students Rip Prof's 'Xenophobic' COVID-19 Tweet
• Pot Attys Petition Congress To Be Eligible For COVID Relief
• Baker McKenzie Cuts Atty Pay In The US, Canada
• Sheppard Mullin Furloughs 33 Staffers Amid Coronavirus
• Philly Bar Pushes Provisional Atty Licensing During Pandemic
• In Novel Case, Insurer Sues Own Law Firm After Data Breach
• Law Prof Drops Defamation Suit After NY Times Edits Story
• Ex-Mass. Gov. Weld Back At Mintz After White House Bid
• GC For Ann Taylor Parent Exits Co. Hit By COVID-19 Measures
• 6 Ways Coronavirus May Impact Business Litigation
• Kilpatrick Calls Cut In Pay A Proactive COVID-19 Move 
• In Defense Of Virtual Mediation
• Coping With A Pandemic: Mediator Jeff Kichaven
• 15 Minutes With Sonos' Chief Legal Officer
• Supreme Court To Hold Arguments By Teleconference
• Legal Depts In Service Industries Take Brunt Of Virus Impact
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Expect More Malpractice Claims After COVID-Fueled Slump
• Law360's Pro Say: COVID At The High Court
• Top Workplace Lawyers Scramble To Master Unemployment
• Goodwin, Others Cut Jobs As Mintz Slashes Salaries
• NYC Prisons Rebuked For Blocking Sick Inmates' Phone Calls
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• A Call To Action For The Coming Insurance Litigation Siege
• Pepper, Troutman Latest To Ax Summer Associate Programs
• Blank Rome, Andrus Wagstaff Clash Over Pelvic Mesh Fees
• How A Small Law Firm Adapts To Remote Work
• Don't Just Delay The Bar Exam — Cancel It Forever
• Coping With A Pandemic: 5th Circ. Judge Jennifer Elrod
• Calif. District Courts Want Speedy Trial Act Deadlines Paused
• Davis Polk Assures Summer Associates Program Will Go On
• For Female Attys, Law Firm Diversity Initiatives Aren't Enough
• NJ Courts Expand E-Filing As COVID-19 Restrictions Continue
• The Term: Coronavirus No Panacea For High Court Division
• Pierce Bainbridge Acting Head, 3 Name Partners Resign
• Law Firm Accused Of Aiding Producer's Alleged Spycam Plot
• Law Firms Brace For More COVID-19 Financial Woes
• New Wave Of Firms Roll Out COVID-19 Cost-Cutting Measures
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Don't Forget Firm Culture When Adapting To Remote Work
• All Rise? How The UK Is Coping With Remote Hearings
• Coping With A Pandemic: Goulston & Storrs' Josh Davis
• Buckley Atty Faces The Sugary Trials Of Netflix's 'Nailed It!'
• Orrick Cuts Salaries, Delays First-Year Associate Start Dates
• Hogan Lovells Shakes Up Firm Structures With CEO Change
• One Thing Virus Won't Change: Deadlines To File Appeal
• Third-Party Funders' Business Is Booming During Pandemic
• NJ Governor's Chief Counsel Tests Positive For COVID-19
• Law Firm Leaders: Stoel Rives' Melissa Jones
• Duolingo Taps Ex-Yahoo, VMware Atty As 1st General Counsel
• Citing COVID-19, High Court Litigators Seek Extensions
• Wave Of BigLaw Pay Cuts, Furloughs Hits At Least 10 Firms
• Coping With A Pandemic: Crowell's Michelle Coleman
• Sweatshirts, Dogs, Babies: BigLaw Loosens Up On Video Chat
• COVID-19 Crisis Isn't Unifying Supreme Court
• Cahill Gordon Suspends 2020 Summer Associate Program
• King & Spalding's Bid To Seal Rates Is 'Untoward,' Judge Says
• Pierce Firm Says No Do-Over For Atty In 'Gears Of War' Case
• Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During Virus Crisis
• Hogan Lovells Cross-Trains Attys To Boost Bankruptcy Ranks
• Early Prep Smoothed Dallas Firms' Transition To Remote Work
• 3 More BigLaw Firms Slash Pay Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
• Goldman Picks Up Former Obama Counsel From Latham
• Ex-Nokia Attorney Pans 'Surreal' Attempt To Ax Her Bias Suit
• Conducting Court Hearings Remotely: 12 Considerations
• NY To Open Virtual Courts To Ongoing Nonessential Cases
• Despite Pandemic, New Federal Lawsuits Still Flowing
• Firms Get Creative In Trying To Support Attorneys From Afar
• Coping With A Pandemic: Trial Lawyer Mark Geragos
• Godfrey Johnson Slams CARES Act Rule As 'Catastrophic'
• Calif. Judicial Council Adopts Rules In Response To Pandemic
• Firm Cost-Cutting Has GCs Watchful But Not Worried — Yet
• Crowell & Moring Picks Up Ex-Atrium Attys In San Francisco
• 2020 Law School Grads Can Start Practicing Right Away In NJ
• Ex-DOJ Brass In Mueller Probe Joins WilmerHale
• Dechert Attys Accused Of Pressuring UAE Political Prisoner
• NJ IP Atty In Hot Water Over Pink Floyd Covers Concert
• Crypto Exchange Kraken Nabs Ex-Cooley Partner As CLO
• The Era Of Video Mediation Is Here — Or Is It?
• COVID-19 Highlights BigLaw Need For Emotional Intelligence
• 15 Minutes With Grubhub's General Counsel
• Coping With A Pandemic: ABA President Judy Perry Martinez
• Pandemic Could Jeopardize Law Firm Diversity Efforts
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• GCs Report Smooth Transition To At-Home Work During Crisis
• Nixon Peabody To Furlough 25% Of Staff
• Law360's Pro Say: Coronavirus, Zoom And 'Tiger King'
• Legal Sector Jobs Dip In March Amid COVID-19 Fallout
• Fox Rothschild Says Ex-Aide's Sex Bias Suit Not Tied To NY
• NY Bar Exam Lacking In State Law Portion, Report Finds
• Judicial Shaming Of Attys Is Troubling Even During Pandemic
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• San Antonio Judge With COVID-19 Urges Public To Stay Home
• What It's Like To Join A Law Firm In The COVID-19 Era
• Don't Be Social Media Distancing: LinkedIn Tips For Lawyers
• Supreme Court Postpones April Argument Session
• Eckert Seamans Furloughs Staff Over COVID-19 Outbreak
• Supreme Court Now Screening Hand-Delivered Filings
• Coping With A Pandemic: Nossaman's Patrick Harder
• MoFo Can Dig Into Sex Bias Accusers' Employment Records
• Trump Taps Ex-Kavanaugh Clerk For DC Circuit
• Most Associates Shun Partner Rank At Their Firm, Study Says
• Cahill Gordon Tells Associates No Pay Cuts Are Planned
• Loeb & Loeb To Slash Atty, Staff Pay To Avoid Layoffs
• The Term: Coronavirus Ain't Keeping RBG Down
• Law Firms Postpone, Shorten Summer Associate Programs
• Renowned Ex-SDNY Judge Duffy Dies Of Apparent COVID-19
• O'Melveny Escapes Bankruptcy Claims After Arbitration Win
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• GCs Forced To Shift Priorities Amid COVID-19 Crisis
• COVID-19 Financial Storm Lashing Settlement Deals
• Coping With A Pandemic: ECOStrats' Elizabeth Ortega
• COVID-19 Could Be Make Or Break For Legal Tech Cos.
• Remote Depositions: Coming To A Home Office Near You
• 'Really Rough': Top Litigator Reflects On Battle With Illness
• Ways Lawyers Can Support The Most Vulnerable Right Now
• Seyfarth, 'Skill' Defense On The Outs In US Soccer Pay Suit
• 5th Circ. Swap Was Rare Defeat For Trump On Court Picks
• Hueston Hennigan Boosts Pay Amid Virus In Break With Peers
• Fla. Court Finds Mask Stockpile, Spurring Nationwide Search
• Disney GC To Take Pay Cut Due To COVID-19
• Confronting The Challenges Of Virtual Mediation
• McDermott Atty To Probe COVID-19 Deaths At Veterans Home
• Baker Donelson Cuts Pay, Furloughs Employees Over Virus
• Law Firm Leaders: Lando & Anastasi's Peter Lando
• Burford Wants LSE Ordered To Disclose Alleged Spoofer IDs
• COVID-19 Puts Would-Be Lawyers' Dreams On Hold
• Coping With A Pandemic: Kilpatrick's Robbie Poplin