The complaint said a recently hired employee was advised to self-quarantine by her doctor after exposure to the virus, but was ordered back to work before the quarantine ended.

John Eastman reached an agreement to immediately retire from Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law.

Firm tech budgets are on more solid footing in 2021. But with the past year still fresh in their minds, many are remaining agile should other unexpected disruptions throw their plans into disarray.

Working from home and other social distancing limitations forced even the most reluctant lawyers to embrace new ways of working and connecting with clients in ways that will long outlast the pandemic. With a new year and fresh outlook for the future, the time is ripe for legal technologists and innovators to take the delivery of legal services and client experience to the next level.

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Looking to the year ahead, COVID-19 is likely to spur a range of litigation, from products liability cases over the efficacy of masks, hand sanitizers and ventilators to claims against employers accused of exposing employees to the coronavirus, according to Crowell & Moring's latest litigation forecast for in-house counsel.

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Goulston & Storrs' "strategic growth" leaders believe the COVID-19 pandemic will likely prompt other firms to revisit how they view their marketing and business development teams.

Suits involving the PGA, AAA and a group of health-care workers who claim retaliation for reporting COVID-19-related concerns highlight Law.com Radar for New Jersey federal court this week.

A Westport woman has sued Alliance HealthCare Services Inc., claiming the company fired her for complaining about pay equity and other issues. The company says the woman was let go because of the health pandemic.

The universal belief among U.K. practitioners is that accession to the Lugano Convention now that the U.K. has left the EU would make life "dramatically easier." But the EU has thus far been silent.

The Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. prompted several law firms, led by Covington & Burling, to call for President Donald Trump's removal from office. Other law firms, and legal organizations, issued statements the day after the event; those focused on class actions and mass torts were no exception.

A handful of Republicans joined House Democrats to vote for Trump's second impeachment, over his incitement of the violent mob that stormed the Capitol one week earlier.

The lender, identified as Virage SPV 1 LLC, filed the disclosure on Tuesday in U.S. bankruptcy court, while the brother of Girardi Keese founder Tom Girardi says his sibling is "not capable of making rational decisions" and has asked a bankruptcy judge to appoint him to speak on Tom's behalf.

Americus lawyer said he did nothing wrong at the Capitol last week. The bar's general counsel says it "only has jurisdiction over lawyers in their professional lives, so the rules do not cover personal conduct, unless a member is convicted of a crime."

Big Law's response to the violent attack on Capitol Hill Jan. 6 was more measured than other issues facing society in the last year. We explore the growing calls for firms to speak out on global events and how they respond.

An organizer of a disbarment petition against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said their words and actions were unprecedented and undermined democracy. But legal ethics experts don't expect the claims to go far.

Plaintiffs counsel Betsy Ingraham has secured a $250,000 settlement for her client, who suffered brain and eye injuries in a 2019 head-on crash in Rocky Hill.

There's almost $300 billion on the table, but many firms won't meet new requirements while bad optics may turn off eligible firms.

Alexis Robertson, director of diversity and inclusion at Foley & Lardner, discusses how to go from law school to finding a job as an associate and then what skills are important to master as a new associate.