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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption for businesses and individuals around the globe. Our content focuses on its impact on the legal industry, including law firms, the court system, in-house counsel, tech companies and law schools.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | July 24, 2020
Republican members of Congress are suing over proxy voting rules adopted by the House during the pandemic. House lawyers argue the lawsuit has to be thrown out due to protections offered under the Constitution's speech and debate clause.
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By Vanessa Blum | Zack Needles | July 24, 2020
From cancelled bar exams to deferred start dates, new and aspiring attorneys are being forced to regroup amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Suzette Parmley | July 24, 2020
Is borrowed money revenue? And is a pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the state's finances considered an "Act of God"? The issues are expected to take center stage on Aug. 5 at the state's highest court when counsel for the New Jersey State Republican Committee and Gov. Phil Murphy square off over the governor's $9.9 billion borrowing plan.
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By Ellen Bardash | July 24, 2020
Of specific concern, Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. noted, was the fact that almost 60% of those scheduled to sit for the bar exam would be traveling from other states to do so, with some coming from areas designated as COVID-19 hot spots or subject to quarantine restrictions in their home states.
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By Cheryl Miller | July 24, 2020
Nineteen deans submitted a letter to the high court Thursday night asking that the "cut" score of 139, lowered by the Supreme Court from 144 last week, extend to graduates who sat for the February 2020 exam.
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By Charles Toutant | July 24, 2020
As the state faces legal challenges to various measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Friday's ruling is an indicator that flouting those orders can have real consequences.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | July 24, 2020
Retailers have asked that—because they did not know when entering into their leases that their stores would be forced to close—those leases be terminated and reformed.
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By Michael A. Mora | July 24, 2020
The hundreds of cases are in multiple federal courts throughout the country, including Florida, New York and Texas.
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By Jane Wester | July 24, 2020
The parties and mediator Loretta Lynch, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, also discussed preparations for the resumption of in-person legal visits. The change would include a transition period, said Lynch, a former U.S. attorney general.
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By Jane Wester | July 24, 2020
The parties and mediator Loretta Lynch, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, also discussed preparations for the resumption of in-person legal visits. The change would include a transition period, said Lynch, a former U.S. attorney general.
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