Wilkinson has long been in the spotlight in Washington legal circles and beyond as a successful defense-side trial lawyer advocating for major U.S. companies. Her more notable advocacy for individual clients including representing Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partners offer some provocative takes on the state of IP law mid-pandemic.

Johnson & Johnson attributed its decision this week to discontinue sales of talc-based baby powder to COVID-19 and declining demand, but lawyers and law professors point instead to an April 27 ruling allowing plaintiffs' experts to testify in trials.

Our firm-by-firm guide to how law firms are protecting their bottom lines from the economic fallout of the coronavirus.

U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne of the Eastern District of Virginia said it would be more convenient for the parties and witnesses to appear in Manhattan, where CNN is headquartered; he also said the California congressman has no clear ties to Richmond.

"Olympic weightlifting not only keeps me healthy physically (and gives me energy), but it also keeps me healthy mentally. Because it takes such intense focus to do it well, it's almost like yoga or meditation."

Todd Suko arrives weeks after the company laid off 10% of its workforce and furloughed another 15%.

There will likely be some fraud in connection with the pandemic-related programs that should be pursued by the DOJ and the Inspectors General, who have said they will keep close eyes on these programs. They will have no shortage of targets, given the many recipients of government funds, and the breadth of the requisite certifications.

Norton Rose Fulbright, Ashurst, White & Case, and others, identify the steps they are taking in the U.K.

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Temperature checks. Plexiglass partitions. Crowd-controlled elevator access. Law offices for the foreseeable future will look very different, an issue we explore with David Bario, Law.com business of law senior editor. Plus, one Legal Speak co-host bids adieu.

"Even though we're opening, it's not business as usual," said Contra Costa County Superior Court Presiding Judge Barry Baskin. "It's anything but."

Wigdor said the decision did not reflect any change in his view of the truthfulness of Reade's claims. Instead, he cited a "double standard" in the media coverage his former client had received.

The Michael Flynn dispute in the D.C. Circuit tees up a fresh clash over the role federal trial judges play in presiding over criminal prosecutions.

Plexiglass, larger deliberation rooms and physically distant seating are some of the safety solutions coming online in the heavy patent dockets of Texas and California. In New York, a judge is mulling a hybrid virtual/in-person bench trial.

University of Virginia law professor Benjamin Spencer will take over the deanship at the College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law at an unprecedented time of uncertainty for the legal profession and higher education.

Lydia Wahlke was suspended in March and quit her job Thursday, but has agreed to act as an ad hoc consultant for the organization until Sept. 15, according to a statement from the Chicago-based federation.

Betsi Roach, formerly of the Legal Marketing Association and the American Bar Association, will join CLOC as the organization's executive director. Her responsibilities will include boosting CLOC's membership as well as improving "the digital experience."

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With a global pandemic far from anyone's mind, law firms based outside Chicago saw a boom in mergers last year and grew their revenues faster than those inside the region's biggest commercial and financial hub.