This Recession's Silver Lining for Young Lawyers; Challenging Negative Perceptions of ALSPs; A Development in Barr's Crusade Against the Mueller Probe: The Morning Minute
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August 19, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
THE BETTER RECESSION? – In a recent Law.com Trendspotter column, we discussed how some law firms learned during the Great Recession that cutting associates is a purported "cost-saving" measure that can come back to bite them when the economy improves. And while there's plenty for associates to not love about the current downturn—losing work to partners, enduring pay cuts and enjoying less face time with decision-makers—the truth is young lawyers at large firms are still in a much better position now than associates were 10 years ago. As Eli Wald, the Charles W. Delaney Jr. professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, told Patrick Smith: "It's fair to say…associates at Big Law have an advantage compared to a decade ago: job stability. Letting people go is expensive, and when business picks up and you are missing people, you now have to train someone from scratch."
PROBE PROBE - U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr has spent months trying to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign and the president's purported effort to obstruct the inquiry. A former FBI lawyer charged in Barr's investigation of the Mueller investigation (Investigate-gate?) is set to plead guilty today in Washington's federal trial court to one count of false statements. The lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, represented by a team from MoloLamken, accepted responsibility for altering an email that was part of the early investigative efforts. You might remember that Mueller's probe resulted in dozens of indictments, guilty pleas and convictions at trial, including prison time for several prominent figures in Trump's orbit.
SENSELESS CENSUS - The League of Women Voters, the National Urban League, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and other plaintiffs sued federal officials yesterday in California Northern District Court over the administration of the 2020 Census amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The suit accuses the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau of rushing to complete data collection and jeopardizing the count's accuracy. Read the full complaint and stay up to date on major litigation nationwide with Law.com's Legal Radar.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
What Recession? Most In-House Counsel Aren't Worried About Losing Their Jobs By Phillip Bantz
Trump Faces Lawsuits After Tying Mail-in Voting to Opposition to Postal Service Funds By Jacqueline Thomsen
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