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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

AT HOME - Lawyers' relatively swift and effective transition to working remotely full-time has some firms rethinking the huge overhead they've traditionally paid for brick-and-mortar offices. Samantha Stokes reports that even as the trend in recent years has been for law firms to cut back on square footage, the COVID-19 crisis may accelerate that strategy.

SUED - JPMorgan Chase Bank and two of its largest clients, Ruth's Chris and cloud platform company Phunware, face allegations in a new class action that they profited off the $349 billion loan program for COVID-19 relief by shutting out small businesses. Amanda Bronstad reports that the lawsuit, filed Friday by Chicago plaintiffs attorney Jay Edelson, comes one day after Ruth's Chris announced that it would return $20 million received as part of the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package passed last month.

OPENED – Pandemic be damned, Armstrong Teasdale has launched a Salt Lake City office, with plans to tap into growing as a hub for technology. Patrick Smith reports that the St. Louis-based Am Law 200 firm has two new partners to lead the effort, former Snell & Wilmer partner Michael Gehret and former boutique firm founder Brennan Moss. Several Big Law firms, including Dorsey & Whitney and Barnes & Thornburg, have recently decided to invest in Utah's largest city.