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How to drive law department transformation through legal operations

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Mike Haven, the head of legal operations at Intel and the president of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium.

May 19, 2022 8:40 AM CDT

There’s modest improvement in law student perceptions of distance learning, new report finds

Law student satisfaction with online learning increased in the past year, but there are still gaps when compared with in-person classes, including participation, according to a report released Wednesday by Gallup and the AccessLex Institute.

May 18, 2022 4:00 AM CDT

Judge’s COVID-19 protocols violated defendant’s right to a public trial, 9th Circuit rules

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was violated when a trial judge allowed an audio stream but not video access to the proceedings.

May 17, 2022 12:52 PM CDT

The Great Resignation: The toll taken on the legal field and what comes next

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted much about what we once considered business as usual. It has created unmatched levels of flexibility across industries—many of which had very few flexible options pre-pandemic.

May 16, 2022 2:00 PM CDT

Technical problems during remote trial violated parent’s due process rights, top state court says

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ordered a new trial for a mother whose faulty cellphone service caused her to miss much of remote proceeding to terminate her parental rights.

May 10, 2022 11:05 AM CDT

Despite 12 negative COVID-19 tests, Perkins Coie partner is stuck in 37-day hotel quarantine in China

Perkins Coie partner James Zimmerman was unprepared for the greeting that he received from China, when he returned in March from open-heart surgery in the United States.

Apr 28, 2022 10:47 AM CDT

Restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 losses through ‘business interruption’ insurance, 2 top state courts rule

The top state courts in Iowa and Massachusetts have ruled that restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 shutdown losses from "business interruption" policies.

Apr 25, 2022 10:01 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Prof gets $400K settlement in pronoun case; panic-attack firing leads to $450K verdict

Prof who refused to use preferred pronouns gets $400K settlement Shawnee State University in Ohio has agreed to pay philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether $400,000 and to rescind a written warning that he received for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns. The settlement was reached more than a year…

Apr 22, 2022 2:23 PM CDT

Supreme Court allows US to discipline military officer who saw ‘sacramental quality’ in vaccine mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the government to discipline a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve while he appeals his vaccine refusal case.

Apr 19, 2022 9:30 AM CDT

The return of the Master’s Conference and honing your skills in a post-pandemic legal market

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with members of the board of directors for the Master's Conference, including Rick Clark, its co-founder and senior director of sales enablement and strategy with CloudNine; Monica Harris, product business manager of enterprise solutions at Cellebrite; and Marla Mohr, manager of client relations at the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.

Apr 19, 2022 8:39 AM CDT

Judge says CDC had no authority to adopt mask mandate for planes, public transit

A federal judge in Florida has vacated a federal mask mandate for planes, buses, trains and transportation hubs. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of Tampa, Florida, ruled on Monday. Mizelle said the mask requirement implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeds its statutory authority and violates…

Apr 18, 2022 2:45 PM CDT

How to drive law department transformation through legal operations

There’s modest improvement in law student perceptions of distance learning, new report finds

Judge’s COVID-19 protocols violated defendant’s right to a public trial, 9th Circuit rules

The Great Resignation: The toll taken on the legal field and what comes next

Technical problems during remote trial violated parent’s due process rights, top state court says

Despite 12 negative COVID-19 tests, Perkins Coie partner is stuck in 37-day hotel quarantine in China

Restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 losses through ‘business interruption’ insurance, 2 top state courts rule

Weekly Briefs: Prof gets $400K settlement in pronoun case; panic-attack firing leads to $450K verdict

Supreme Court allows US to discipline military officer who saw ‘sacramental quality’ in vaccine mandate

The return of the Master’s Conference and honing your skills in a post-pandemic legal market

Judge says CDC had no authority to adopt mask mandate for planes, public transit

Prosecution careers are a tougher sell since the pandemic; positions go unfilled as few apply

Law firms ‘flush with cash’ are hiring larger lateral groups

Following a boost in 2021, national average score for February 2022 MBE drops

Prosecutors in this city are ‘leaving in droves;’ what’s to blame?

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