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Legal Industry - September, 2020

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• Calif. Bar Takers Can't Change Disability Accommodation Plan
• Ex-Nixon Peabody Attys Must Arbitrate Clawback Fight
• Calif. Bar Lays Out Atty Duty To Avoid Client Data Breaches
• Calif. Law Grads Again Push To Cancel Remote Bar Exam
• Fla. Announces 2 Backup Plans For Oct. 13 Bar Exam
• Baker Hughes GC Focuses On Leading In Uncertain Times
• How Amy Coney Barrett Describes Her Legal Career
• Law360's The Term: The Impact Of Amy Coney Barrett
• Is BigLaw Regretting Its Proclivity For Pay Guarantees?
• Cannabis Co. Fights Shareholders' Bid To DQ Attys From Suit
• Allen & Overy Goes After Crypto Platform For Unpaid Fees
• College Coronavirus Q&A: Cal State's General Counsel
• Calif. Gov. Signs Bill Aimed At Diversifying Jury Pools
• The Battle To Confirm Amy Coney Barrett To The High Court
• Perkins Coie Rakes In Microsoft, Intel Diversity Honors
• Law Firm Leaders: Bilzin Sumberg's Albert Dotson
• What We Know About How Judicial Bias Can Influence Rulings
• Supreme Court Leads At 1st Trump-Biden Debate
• JPMorgan, Goldman GCs Up The Ante On Diversity Promises
• Northern District Of Ga. Says No Jury Trials Until 2021
• DLA Piper Escapes Tech Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• Bryan Cave Snags High Court Practice Co-Chair From Sidley
• In JPMorgan Deal, DOJ Puts Spotlight On Compliance Tech
• Flynn Atty Invokes Executive Privilege Over Trump Meeting
• Will Barrett Deliver Pivotal Vote To Strike Down The ACA?
• Jay-Z's 'Diary' Unsealed In Perfume Case As Secrecy Bid Fails
• Jones Day Fights Atty's Bid To Revive Equal Pay Claim
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• The Top In-House Hires Of September
• AGs In A Pandemic: Grewal Talks NJ Price-Gouging
• Law Firm Social Responsibility Strategies In The New Normal
• Attys Urged To Step Up Encryption To Foil Hacking Attempts
• Shearman & Sterling Joins Firms Offering COVID-19 Bonuses
• Dem Sens. Blocking Trial Court Picks Amid High Court Fight
• In BigLaw Gender Bias Suits, Anonymity Is Fleeting
• What To Expect On Key Civil Procedure Issues From Barrett
• Arrest Ordered For Pa. Man Who Allegedly Threatened Judge
• What Should A GC Do When The Boss Is Mentally Unfit?
• 15 Minutes With Misfits Market's General Counsel
• Atty Fired After Getting COVID-19 Seeks To Save FMLA Row
• How Law Articles And A Viral Clip Got Barrett The Nomination
• What Happens Now That Amy Coney Barrett Is The Nominee
• Judge Amy Coney Barrett: 7th Circ. Decisions To Know
• Among Democrats, A Growing Appetite To Alter High Court
• What A 6-Vote Majority Would Mean For The Supreme Court
• Judge Barrett Worth Nearly $2M, Disclosures Show
• A History Of Supreme Court Confirmations In 3 Charts
• Pro Say: What You Need To Know About Amy Coney Barrett
• Trump Chooses Amy Coney Barrett For Ginsburg's Seat
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Ex-King & Spalding Partner Settles Benefits Suit With Insurer
• Dem Reps. Eye High Court Term Limits, Temporary Expansion
• Calif. Judicial Council Moves To Expand Remote Court Access
• Minority Atty Group Honors Genentech For Diversity Efforts
• Calif. State Bar Backs Temporary Licenses For Law Grads
• Federal Rules Committees Are Still Mostly White And Male
• As Furloughs Become Layoffs, What's Next For Firm Staff?
• A Likely Tipping Point For Nonlawyer Ownership Of Law Firms
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law Firms Shake Up Hiring As Campus Recruiting Is Delayed
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Weil Joins Ranks Of BigLaw Firms Giving Pandemic Bonuses
• Barrett Remains Top Contender For Supreme Court Pick
• ABA Insurer Survey Shows Steady Flow Of Malpractice Claims
• Law Grads Fear Tech Troubles Ahead Of Remote Bar Exam
• DC To Allow Limited Diploma Privilege Amid Pandemic
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Attys Brace For Tidal Wave Of Pandemic-Era Malpractice Suits
• Freshfields Elects 1st Female Senior Partner In Its History
• Ginsburg's Death Fuels Push For Progressive Mass. Top Court
• What Does A GC Do When Told: 'Pay Up, Or Else'?
• NJ Assembly OKs Judge Protections After Salas Shooting
• Orrick, K&L Gates Latest To End COVID-19 Salary Cuts
• Senate Easily Promotes Magistrate Judge To Va. District Court
• Dyson Looks For Americas GC As Division's Top Atty Resigns
• A Road Map For Drafting Persuasive Discovery Motions
• Global Firm Fragomen Acquires Immigration Tech Co.
• Dems On High Court Expansion: 'Nothing Is Off The Table'
• Calif. High Court Not Waiving Online Bar Exam Due To Virus
• Nixon Peabody Rebuts Attys Suing Over Move To DLA Piper
• ITC Prevails In Court-Reporting Contract Bid Protest
• Lewis Roca Vet Confirmed To Ariz. Bench As GOP Sens. Split
• What RBG's Death Could Mean For Election Litigation
• Judiciary Asks Top Lawmakers To Spend $524M On Security
• At Rutgers Law School, Justice Ginsburg's Legacy Is Personal
• Atty Deleted Bank's Apology For N-Word, Wells Fargo Says
• Outside Litigation Spending Expected To Rise 4% In 2021
• How Congress Can Depoliticize The Supreme Court
• BigLaw Firms Are Divided On When To Onboard First-Years
• Law Firm Leaders: Holland & Hart's Christopher Balch
• The Case For A Nonpolitical Federal Judiciary
• Court's 'Unrealistic' Pandemic Calendar Blamed For Atty's Exit
• Ex-Judges Urge Senate Not To Rush Supreme Court Nominee
• Federalist Society Slammed For Trying To 'Capture' Courts
• What To Know About High Court Finalist Amy Coney Barrett
• Debevoise Latest To Jump On Pandemic Bonus Bandwagon
• Hispanic Representation: How BigLaw Can Do Better
• Baker Donelson Legal Lion, 85, Leaves Rich Trial Legacy
• Ex-GC Says NJ Casino Sent False Info To Gambling Enforcer
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Gibson Dunn Atty, DOL Official Get Senate Nod To Join EEOC
• AGs In A Pandemic: Nessel Talks Michigan Drop Shippers
• Senate Confirms Kirkland Alum To Claims Court
• The Keys To A Better Privilege Logging Paradigm
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Say Gov't Didn't Prove Spoofing Scheme
• With Romney On Board, GOP Eyes Pre-Election Confirmation
• Justice Ginsburg: Who She Was, How She Shaped The Law
• Law360's The Term: The Life And Legacy Of Justice Ginsburg
• Judge Must Explain Facebook Friendship In Patient Death Suit
• Budding Textualist Star Barbara Lagoa Eyed For High Court
• AIG Case May Show Pitfalls Of Legal Ops Consulting
• McConnell Defends Election-Year Plan To Replace Ginsburg
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-Boies Commercial Litigator In NY
• 15 Minutes With Enjoy's Chief Legal Officer
• Conn. Court Officer Gets OK To Press Bias Suit
• Roy Moore's Defamation Suit Over 'Molester' Claims Trimmed
• White House Due Process Memo Could Reform Enforcement
• Roundup Atty Gets 2 Years For $200M Extortion Plot
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Harrity & Harrity Named Best Midsize Firm To Work For
• 5 Things To Know As Florida Resumes Jury Trials
• Visa Taps Greenberg Traurig Shareholder As CCO
• Law360's Pro Say: Ex-Felons Lose Florida Voting Rights Battle
• In Her Own Words: 4 Of Ginsburg's Strongest Bench Dissents
• With The Passing Of Ginsburg, The Left Loses An Icon
• NY Man Charged With Death Threats To DC Federal Judge
• Penn Mutual Promotes 2 To New General Counsel Positions
• Justice Ginsburg, 87, Dies Of Cancer Complications
• Irell To Pay Associates Pandemic Bonus Of Up To $40K
• Texas Extends Halt On In-Person Jury Trials To Dec.
• David Rubenstein On His Road From BigLaw To Philanthropy
• Seyfarth Rewinds Salary Cuts But Lays Off Some Attys, Staff
• Law Firm Hiring Considerations In A COVID-19 Economy
• Law360's The Term: We're Back With Season 2
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• US Federal Courts Hit With Nationwide Phone Outage
• Littler Reinstates Pre-Pandemic Pay For Full-Time Attys, Staff
• Sens. Advance Judicial Picks For Florida, Ohio, Kansas
• Senate Confirms 2 Ill. Judges — 1 Over Rare GOP Opposition
• GCs Team Up With Ethics Co. On Latest Diversity Initiative
• Telephone Arguments Are 'Less Fun,' Justice Breyer Reports
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Hueston Hennigan Joins Pandemic Bonus Bandwagon
• Ethics Pitfalls Can Await Attys Who Don't Prep For Retirement
• Pot Co.'s Ex-GC Says He Was Fired Over Age, Whistleblowing
• Mass. Courts Hope To Resume Jury Trials In October
• Lawyers Must Act To Preserve Democracy This Election
• AGs In A Pandemic
• Milbank Associates Get Bonuses For Work During Pandemic
• Nixon Peabody Accused Of 'Punishing' Attys For Move To DLA
• Jenner & Block Elevates Five Women Practice Leaders
• Fox News Personality Aims To Fight Sex Assault Suit In NJ
• Senate Confirms District Judges For Calif., Ill.
• Will Pure Lockstep Partner Pay Survive The Decade?
• Quarles & Brady To Restructure Leadership, Add President
• BigLaw's March Into Texas Continues Despite COVID-19
• Wary Law Schools Give Remote Learning The Old College Try
• Law Firm Leaders: Obermayer's Mathieu Shapiro
• Kirkland Alum Among 2 Prosecutors Tapped For Tenn. Bench
• Eckert Seamans Sued Over 'Needless' $2.8M Discovery Bill
• NJ High Court Eyes Anti-Bias Training Requirement For Attys
• How To Effectively Defend Witnesses In Remote Depositions
• K&L Gates' Name Partner Bill Gates Sr. Dies At 94
• Supreme Court To Start New Term Via Telephone
• AT&T Says Ex-Atty Agreed To Sell Privileged Info In FCA Suit
• Top DC Court Says It May Allow Law Grads To Skip Bar Exam
• House Panel Advances Bill To Make PACER Free
• This BigLaw Firm Remains Best-To-Work Favorite
• Judiciary Wants $500M From Congress To Boost Safety
• Calif. State Bar Sued Over Exam Accommodations
• Senate Approves First New Calif. Federal Judges Since 2015
• Baker Donelson Keeps Pay Cut But Lets Attys Earn It Back
• 100 Law Firms Clear Mansfield Bar With Diversity Efforts
• Mass. Top Court Faces Identity Crisis Amid Vacancies
• Davis Polk To Hand Associates Up To $40K In Bonuses
• Texas Judge Needs Safety Plan For In-Person Deposition
• Squire Patton, Duane Morris Roll Back COVID-19 Salary Cuts
• Whether And How To Compel Remote Arbitration
• AGs In A Pandemic: James Talks NY Response
• As BigLaw Partner Pay Has Grown, So Too Has Inequality
• Donziger Atty Asks Judge To Recuse Herself For Bias
• Vedder Price Denied Quick Win In $800K Legal Bills Suit
• Calif. Law Deans Push For Open-Book Bar Exam In October
• Ex-Ogletree Atty Opens Equal Pay Firm After Sex Bias Suit
• South Dakota AG Kills Pedestrian In Saturday-Night Collision
• Winston & Strawn Cuts Staff Amid COVID-19 Restructuring
• Cooley Paying Attys Bonuses For Work During Pandemic
• Jones Day Insists Sex Bias Suit Should Be Pared
• 'A Devastating Loss': Mass. Legal Community Mourns Gants
• GOP Leader Makes Late Drive To Leave 'No Vacancy Behind'
• Mayer Brown, Norton Rose Latest To End COVID-19 Cuts
• The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
• Pruco Gets Out Of Fight Between Atty, Ex-Partner's Widow
• Insurer Says Rejection Of COVID-19 Loss Suits Growing Daily
• Mass. Chief Justice Ralph Gants Is Dead At 65
• 15 Minutes With Cummins' General Counsel
• How Some Attys Are Ditching BigLaw For Public Interest Work
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Dentons Offers Early Retirement, Flips Some Virus Cuts
• Ex-Judge Turned Fox Personality Faces $10M Sex Assault Suit
• La. Court's Data Leaked After Suspected Ransomware Hack
• Pandemic Delays Legal Consultancy Elevate's IPO To 2022
• NewLaw Sees Upturn As In-House Attys Respond To COVID-19
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Lien Against Fired King & Spalding Atty
• SoftBank Taps Ex-Milbank Atty For Top Compliance Spot
• Pro Say: Are You Ready For Some Football (Lawsuits)?
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Fla. Justices Won't OK Diploma Privilege For JAG Candidates
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Georgia Zoom Trial Interrupted With 9/11 Images, Porn
• Texas Bar Drops Proposal To Limit President's Powers
• The Biggest Surprises Of Trump's New Supreme 'Short' List
• NJ Justices Scrap Rule Requiring Firms To Include Atty Name
• BroadwayHD Rides Away With Ex-SoulCycle Atty As GC
• Fed. Circ. Grants Atty Fees In 'Demeaning' Goat IP Case
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Takes 3-Year Suspension For Insider Trading
• Davis Polk To Abandon Strict Lockstep For Revised Pay Model
• Bank Of The West Hires Ex-Regions Financial Atty As GC
• Ropes & Gray Is Letting Incoming Associates Take A Year Off
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Pa. Justices Reject Diploma Privilege Petition
• What Social Media Process Service May Look Like In Texas
• Michigan Bar Prevails In Fight Over Mandatory Atty Dues
• EPA's Legal Leader Will Head Back To Private Practice
• Senate Confirms Trial Judge Picks For Mich., Va., NY
• Ex-Jones Day Atty Says Nix Of Equal Pay Claim 'Erroneous'
• Diploma Privilege Group Tells Calif. To Scrap Online Bar Exam
• Jenner & Block Names Ex-Prosecutor As Litigation Co-Chair
• NY Top Court Dubious Of Judge Fighting Removal For Sexism
• Sens. Confirm BigLaw Alums To Federal Bench In Pa., Wis.
• Veteran Atty Leaves Polsinelli To Form Employment Boutique
• Attys Ask JAMS For Bias Review After Judge's Racist Email
• Sens. Question Experience Of Trump's Young Judicial Picks
• Troutman Pepper Hit With $5M Malpractice Claim
• Ogletree, Eversheds Sutherland Walk Back COVID-19 Pay Cuts
• Trump Adds 20 Names To Supreme Court List
• What To Know When Making Dispositive Motions In Arbitration
• Law Firm Leaders: Clark Hill's John Hern
• Freeman Mathis Nabs 5 Partners As Thompson Coe Exits LA
• Pa. AG Asked To Investigate Online Bar Exam Security
• Holland & Hart Latest To Restore COVID-19 Pay Cuts
• Midsize Firms Weathering COVID-19 Better Than Expected
• Major Litigation Finance Firms Create New Trade Group
• Ill. Atty Who Faked Cancer Should Be Suspended, Panel Says
• Legal Advertiser Can't Escape Firm's 'Heavy Hitter' TM Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Firm Defends Counterclaims Against Atty In Sex Bias Suit
• Kirkland, Simpson Steer $193M Sale Of Legal Tech Biz MyCase
• Mass. Chief Justice Had Heart Attack, But Expects To Return
• AGs In A Pandemic: Fox Talks Montana Meatpacking
• 4 Ways Amicus Briefs Can Support An Overall Legal Strategy
• Summer Associates Give Firms An 'A' On Virtual Programs
• Firms Ready To Hire Summer Associates, Even With Late Start
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Judgment Shows Ex-Baker McKenzie Partner Abused Power
• NY Attys Who Reported Overbilling Can Sue Firm Over Firings
• Donziger Trial Delayed After 3rd Atty Protests 'Travesty'
• Nelson Mullins, Ballard Spahr Partner Hit With Ethics Suit
• Jones Day Must Face Bulk Of Ex-Associates' Leave Bias Suit
• Ex-AIG Atty Says He Was Fired For Reporting Co. Misconduct
• AAA Adds Former Holland & Knight, Marriott Atty As Its GC
• NJ Bar Leader Seeks To Usher In Era Of Safety, Diversity
• Law360's Pro Say: Job Requirement: Vaccine
• Hogan Lovells Reverses Virus Cuts For Associates, Others
• Pruco Tries To Exit Fight Between Atty, Ex-Partner's Widow
• Mass., NY ICE Courthouse Arrest Cases Different, Court Told
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Stinson Atty Aids COVID-19 Relief Effort On Navajo Nation
• Deciding Whether Co-Mediation Is Right For Your Case
• Legal Industry Job Growth Flattens In August
• Del. Courts Maintain Pandemic Rules But Plan For Easing
• Brooklyn Court Closed After Positive COVID-19 Tests
• 2nd Atty Ordered To Keep Representing Donziger
• Shoplet's Ex-GC Admits Stealing $6M, Faces 3 To 9 Years
• Watchdog Finds Prosecutor Aided Friend Facing DOJ Probe
• Supreme Court Plans To Issue New Rule For Sealing Records
• Hawaii Braces For In-Person Bar Exam As Virus Cases Soar
• DOJ Environment Chief To Take Helm At Civil Division
• Women Say Progress At GC Level Remains Too Slow
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Kelley Drye Unwinds Some COVID-19 Pay Cuts
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Fla. Eases Bar Restrictions On Addiction, Mental Illness
• Legend In Law: Amgen's Jonathan Graham
• Skadden, Nixon Peabody Latest To Trim Staff Amid COVID-19
• Diversity Is Key In Calif. Boutique Merger With Meyers Nave
• Fla. High Court Won't OK No-Exam Path To Bar Admittance
• Black Law Firm Leaders On Improving Diversity In BigLaw
• Atty-Parents Won't See Billable Hour Relief As School Starts
• Ariz. Law Firm Ownership Rule Change Is A Win For Clients
• Trump Taps FaegreBD, DOJ Alum For Claims Court
• Donziger Ties 'Beyond Repair,' Atty Says In Bid To Exit Trial
• In Dissent, 9th Circ. Judge Rips Fees Equaling $6,700 An Hour
• Fox Rothschild Takes Aim At Ex-Aide's Graphic Sex Bias Suit
• LA Labor Partner Wins Bid To Arbitrate Sex Harassment Suit
• Longtime Dechert Antitrust Co-Chair Heads To Steptoe
• Law Firm Layoffs May Pick Up Speed This Fall
• Legend In Law: Southern Co.'s Jim Kerr
• Ex-Immigration Judges Say NJ Court Risking Public Health
• Gordon & Rees Launches Cannabis Practice Group
• Robins Kaplan Rolls Out Six-Figure Federal Clerkship Bonus
• Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Must Pay Experts $2.75M
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Bankruptcy Pros From Fox Rothschild
• NY Judge Rejects Trump Org's Request To Move AG's Case
• Law Firm Leaders: Quarles & Brady's Michael Aldana
• How To Write A Better Comment Letter On Agency Proposals
• Ex-DOJ Criminal Chief ​​​​Rejoins Kirkland As Partner
• Donziger's Ex-Atty Hires Lawyer To Fight Trial Role
• Calif. Assembly Backs New Pass Score For Earlier Bar Exams
• DC's Former US Attorney Joins Skadden White Collar Team
• Schulte Roth Extends Remote Work Through End Of 2020
• Baker McKenzie To Cut North American Jobs As Virus Persists
• A Look At Major Rulings From Judge Griffith's DC Circ. Tenure
• Toyota's Thai Business Is 'Corrupt,' Ex-WilmerHale Temp Says
• Gibson Dunn Snags Ex-Irell Securities Litigation Chair
• NFL Takes Over DC Football Team's Wilkinson Walsh Probe
• Zoom Swipes New GC From Palo Alto Networks
• Davis Wright Reduces Pay Cuts, Lays Off Some Staff
• Legend In Law: Clorox's Laura Stein
• The 2020 Diversity Snapshot
• AGs In A Pandemic: Healey Talks Mass. Worker Safety
• Atty Punished For YouTube Deposition Video Loses Appeal
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• The Problem With Collectability In Legal Malpractice Cases
• Delaware: An Elite Legal Venue Struggling With Inclusivity