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By Tom McParland | May 5, 2020
The comments came one day after U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos of the Southern District of New York tentatively scheduled a June 2 preliminary injunction hearing to occur at the court's Lower Manhattan courthouse.
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By Jane Wester | May 5, 2020
Corey Stoughton, attorney-in-charge of the Legal Aid Society criminal defense practice's special litigation unit, has been credited with the release of hundreds of people from New York City jails since March.
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By Emily Payne | May 5, 2020
As states like Florida ease up on their social-distancing policies and begin to reopen, employers must be prepared for a new addition to the office:…
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By Tom McParland | May 5, 2020
Officials at the Orange County prison in upstate New York have sent mixed messages in recent weeks regarding whether white-collar inmates qualified for release after updated guidance from U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr.
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By Meredith Hobbs | May 5, 2020
Ana Maria Martinez, president of the Georgia Latino Law Foundation, said she got the idea after reading stories about canceled summer associate programs. "I woke up thinking, 'What can we [in the court system] do?'"
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By Karen Sloan | May 5, 2020
Nineteen jurisdictions so far have announced plans to push the test back to September, while the remaining jurisdictions have either said they intend to give the test as scheduled in July or have yet to make any announcement about their exam plans.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 5, 2020
"We are now in May, and we have all had so many different directions and deadlines placed upon us that many of us are wondering why we chose this profession," Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Ronald Wilson wrote in a May 1 order. "I deeply regret all of this, but it is all beyond our control."
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By Raychel Lean | May 5, 2020
"I feel certain that had this trial had been conducted in a courthouse, it would have taken longer, and it would have been a larger inconvenience, particularly for the nonparty witnesses, than it was," said Brian Barakat of Barakat Law in Coral Gables.
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By Vivia Chen | May 5, 2020
Not only do Michele Johnson and Jamie Wine have the distinction of being female leaders of a mega practice group at a mega firm, but they share another high-profile position as co-counsel for the U.S. Soccer Federation in the closely watched discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. women's soccer team.
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By Vivia Chen | May 5, 2020
Not only do Michele Johnson and Jamie Wine have the distinction of being female leaders of a mega practice group at a mega firm, but they share another high-profile position as co-counsel for the U.S. Soccer Federation in the closely watched discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. women's soccer team.
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