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What Does A GC Do When Told: 'Pay Up, Or Else'?
General counsel have a dirty little secret: Sometimes their companies receive extortion demands, and occasionally the organization gives in. Here, Law360 looks at how GCs guide their companies in deciding whether to yield to a criminal's demand.
Weil Joins Ranks Of BigLaw Firms Giving Pandemic Bonuses
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has unveiled a one-time package of bonus rewards for associates who worked during the COVID-19 crisis, making it the latest BigLaw firm to offer such associate bonuses.
Orrick, K&L Gates Latest To End COVID-19 Salary Cuts
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and K&L Gates LLP confirmed Thursday that they are eliminating the salary reductions implemented earlier this year, joining several other BigLaw firms to roll back austerity measures after months weathering the coronavirus pandemic.
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Law Grads Fear Tech Troubles Ahead Of Remote Bar Exam
Less than two weeks before thousands of attorney hopefuls in over a dozen states are scheduled to take the bar exam remotely, technological problems ranging from trouble clicking multiple-choice options to suspicious money transfers after downloading the exam program are cropping up, suggesting a remote exam is easier said than done.
DC To Allow Limited Diploma Privilege Amid Pandemic
Washington, D.C.'s highest court ruled Thursday it will allow certain recent law school graduates to obtain a D.C. bar license and begin practicing law without taking or passing an exam due to widespread disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attys Brace For Tidal Wave Of Pandemic-Era Malpractice Suits
A confluence of economic, emotional and technological woes inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic will stir up a storm of lawyer-targeted lawsuits and insurance claims in the coming months and years, a panel of professional liability experts said Thursday.
ABA Insurer Survey Shows Steady Flow Of Malpractice Claims
The "usual suspects" of practice areas that historically lead the legal industry in malpractice claims continued to top the list in recent years, according to data from the American Bar Association and a panel of experts, even as the COVID-19 pandemic promises to radically alter the trends.
Freshfields Elects 1st Female Senior Partner In Its History
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP on Thursday announced the appointment of a new leadership team that includes the London-based law firm's first female senior partner-elect.
Barrett Remains Top Contender For Supreme Court Pick
Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett appears to have maintained her spot atop a short list of U.S. Supreme Court candidates ahead of President Donald Trump's public announcement Saturday, conservative sources told Law360 on Thursday.
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Ginsburg's Death Fuels Push For Progressive Mass. Top Court
With the recent deaths of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Massachusetts Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants, legal experts say Bay State Gov. Charlie Baker faces added pressure to appoint progressive state justices to fill Justice Gants' seat and another vacancy to offset a rightward shift on the nation's highest court.
Senate Easily Promotes Magistrate Judge To Va. District Court
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to promote a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, approving a jurist with experience as both a prosecutor and a public defender to keep cases moving in the district, which is dubbed the "rocket docket."
NJ Assembly OKs Judge Protections After Salas Shooting
The New Jersey Assembly unanimously passed legislation Thursday that would bar the online posting of judges' and prosecutors' home addresses or phone numbers following a shooting at the Garden State residence of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas that left her son dead and husband wounded.
Global Firm Fragomen Acquires Immigration Tech Co.
International immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP has acquired an immigration technology service to act as the cornerstone of a new Fragomen Technologies Inc. subsidiary, the company announced.
Dyson Looks For Americas GC As Division's Top Atty Resigns
The general counsel of the Americas division at Dyson has announced her plans to leave the company, which designs and manufactures vacuum cleaners and other household appliances, according to a recent post on LinkedIn.
Published September 25, 2020
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