"Indeed, when an employer does not receive confidential medical information pursuant to § 12112(d), but receives the information another way, the ADA confidentiality provision is not triggered," U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas S. Kleeh wrote, siding with the employer.

"Southwestern's Online J.D. Program is not 'Zoom U,'" President and Dean Darby Dickerson, said in a statement. "It is a carefully considered, thoughtfully designed program that will allow students to interact with faculty and other students meaningfully while providing scheduling and geographic flexibility."

The Court of Appeals for the First Appellate District of Ohio affirmed a jury's verdict in favor of a doctor and a plastic surgery center, after the estate of a patient who died from medical complications following treatment brought suit for medical malpractice and failure to obtain informed consent.

The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Yusuf Zakir, Davis Wright Tremaine's chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, speaks to what it's like to be a DEI leader at a time when the topic is under legal fire.

Lead plaintiffs lawyers opposed a motion to disqualify David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, insisting that an email he inadvertently sent to lawyers in the case showed no evidence of bias.

As firms move partner pay systems away from favoring seniority toward favoring productivity, cultural challenges ensue.

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

The complaint, first surfaced by Law.com Radar, further alleges claims for breach of contract, misrepresentation, gender discrimination and retaliation.

These complaints were first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

"I think that firms are getting better about acknowledging and encouraging individuality and flexibility in work arrangements, but we all owe it to ourselves to figure out what works for us in our own lives."

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Social media platforms are challenging Texas and Florida restrictions on their ability to moderate content.

This article maps out a system that would enable law firm management to implement a meaningful pay-for-performance system that drives positive associate performance and enhances the firm's culture.

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

"When the ABA made it so easy to adopt—wisely and correctly, in my view—it was it was kind of a no brainer that so we just adopt it," David Yellen, dean of the University of Miami School of Law and M. Minnette Massey Professor of Law, told Law.com Thursday.

"It's going to be necessary for lawyers to figure out how over the next 10 years and we need to lean in," said Philip Goodin, executive vice president of the litigation services business unit at Integreon.

In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee advanced a bill aimed at increasing banking services to a cash-dependent cannabis industry.