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Lawyer Pay

Cadwalader cuts pay, pauses partner distributions because of coronavirus financial impact

Mar 31, 2020 4:06 PM CDT

Privacy Law

FBI secret wiretap applications had errors and made assertions lacking factual backup, audit says

Mar 31, 2020 3:19 PM CDT

Public Health

Law prof suggests COVID-19 will gradually weaken, spars with reporter who questions theory

Mar 31, 2020 2:46 PM CDT

Law Students

Nonprofit AccessLex Institute sets up emergency fund for law students during pandemic

Mar 31, 2020 11:41 AM CDT

Access to Justice

Legal reform supporters will keep advocating for California sandbox proposal

Mar 31, 2020 10:55 AM CDT

Criminal Justice

Megachurch pastor is arrested for hosting Sunday services despite order limiting gatherings

Mar 31, 2020 10:32 AM CDT

Public Health

Federal judges in Texas and Ohio block pandemic-related abortion bans

Mar 31, 2020 9:55 AM CDT

Public Health

How scams multiply during the COVID-19 crisis and why lawyers are not immune

Mar 31, 2020 9:32 AM CDT

Law Firms

Pay cuts, layoffs, lower partner distributions part of BigLaw response to COVID-19 impact

Mar 30, 2020 4:56 PM CDT

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Student loan deferment in stimulus bill; BigLaw lawyer removed from ventilator

Mar 30, 2020 4:29 PM CDT

Ethics

Lawyer who used gay slur to refer to judge should get stayed suspension, opinion says

Mar 30, 2020 3:36 PM CDT

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer who interrupted deposition 145 times is ordered to pay $1,000 and attorney fees

Mar 30, 2020 12:39 PM CDT

Judiciary

Judge says US failed to promptly release detained immigrant children from ‘hotbeds for contagion’

Mar 30, 2020 11:22 AM CDT

Public Health

Above the Law founder David Lat is transferred out of ICU and taken off ventilator

Mar 30, 2020 10:08 AM CDT

Asked and Answered

How to practice law remotely and efficiently during the COVID-19 crisis

Mar 30, 2020 9:27 AM CDT

Bar Exam

Three states postpone July bar exam; will others follow?

Mar 30, 2020 8:55 AM CDT

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: EPA relaxes pollution rules during COVID-19 crisis; Title IX doesn’t protect trans athletes, DOJ says

Mar 27, 2020 4:50 PM CDT

Judiciary

Judge accused of ordering handcuffing, jailing of litigants should be removed, commission says

Mar 27, 2020 3:33 PM CDT

Bar Exam

Decision about releasing July bar exam materials will come in May, NCBE says

Mar 27, 2020 1:43 PM CDT

Trials & Litigation

Judge suggests lawyer who opposed extension may want to brush up on karma concepts

Mar 27, 2020 12:15 PM CDT

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