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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 Scott R. Jablonski | July 8, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced droves of change-resistant lawyers to embrace mobile technology as necessary to provide continuity of service—a sort of involuntary re-engineering of fundamental tasks. Many lawyers discovered an unexpected benefit—their clients were happier with the streamlined, technology-powered service they received.
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By Dylan Jackson | July 7, 2020
At least nine Am Law 200 firms that received PPP loans cut jobs or salaries before or after they received the loans.
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By Alaina Lancaster | July 7, 2020
Roughly 300 California law firms benefited from the program, according to disclosure data.
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By Jane Wester | July 7, 2020
The grand jurors will return to courthouses outfitted with acrylic barriers, hand sanitizer and markings to promote physical distancing.
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By Charles Toutant | July 7, 2020
The state bar report expresses a wary view of any expanded use of technology in jury trials, and expresses concerns that unequal access to technology in society could lead to jury pools that are less representative of the population.
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By Charles Toutant | July 7, 2020
A report released Monday by the New Jeresey state bar expressed skepticism toward expanded use of technology in jury trials, and expressed concerns that unequal access to technology in society could lead to less representative jury pools.
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By Dan Clark | July 7, 2020
"Over the last several months the plaintiffs' bar has been extremely active. We thought the activity might have slowed down because of the pandemic and the opposite has happened," Julianna McCabe, a shareholder at Carlton Fields in Miami and director of the firm's class action survey, said.
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By Robert Storace | July 7, 2020
Twenty-five Connecticut law firms received at least $1 million in PPP loans that the federal government made available to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Samantha Stokes | July 7, 2020
The firm received between $5 million-$10 million from the SBA in April to save more than 400 jobs.
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By Todd E. Soloway and Bryan T. Mohler | July 7, 2020
With occupancy levels likely to remain well below historical norms for the foreseeable future, and hotel employees and their union representatives demanding that strict safety protocols be put in place before employees return to work, hotel owners and operators are preparing themselves for the next reckoning: what to do with furloughed employees that remain unneeded given the low levels of demand, but will expect sizeable severance if the furloughs persist and become a permanent layoff.
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