The boutique said its workers would be at an advantage compared with others. "Thousands of attorneys from large defense law firms will likely be holed up in their apartments or homes," the memo said.

Office returns, vaccination policies and long-term effects of the pandemic on the law firm workplace.

The prevalent view is that telehealth will remain an integral part of our healthcare system post-PHE and may even continue to expand. And that means criminal and civil enforcement focused on fraud committed using, or furthered by the use of, telehealth will be expanding as well.

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has named the inaugural recipients of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program, a $40 million initiative to foster the next generation of Black civil rights attorneys.

A requirement that law schools train students in "bias, racism and cross-cultural competency" is among a slate of changes to the law school accreditation standards that the American Bar Association is weighing.

"Facebook has a record of failing to protect the safety and privacy of children," said Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III.

Female attorneys and judges at the top of their field in four states all agree that having male allies in the legal profession benefits both groups.

Tasha Norman speaks with Cozen O'Connor partner David Barron about what changing face mask rules mean for the workplace.

"Bernie is the bedrock of the D.C. defense bar," said a defense attorney. "For those who go to trial in D.C., this comes as a big blow."

The first federal appeals court to review a Roundup case delivered a sharp rebuke to the pesticide maker, upholding a $25.3 million award, including $20 million in punitive damages. The panel, which ruled on a 2-1 vote, also said plaintiffs' state law claims were not preempted by federal law.

As potential laterals and younger lawyers are evaluating law firm office return policies, Jenner & Block and Ropes & Gray are the latest to announce their own phase-in approach.

The budget "proposal bolsters efforts to assist courts recovering from pandemic-related challenges and backlogs," Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said.

The Andy Warhol Foundation is demanding a rehearing of a recent fair-use decision, on the ground that the Supreme Court's "Google" decision changed the game. Photographer Lynn Goldsmith responded Thursday that "Google" is a fact-bound decision about functional computer code that made no changes to Supreme Court precedent.

The Am Law 100 firm is the latest to create a new C-suite role focused on firm strategy.

"Our clients were able to file paperwork, but they can't achieve any meaningful remedy while this eviction moratorium is going on," said attorney Caleb Kruckenberg. "If they use state court systems to affect a lawful eviction under state law, that is a federal crime under the CDC eviction order."

Law.com International spoke to lawyers on both sides of the divide to understand more about the situation on the ground. Many are housebound and in fear as more than 100 people are declared dead in Gaza, and around eight in Israel as the threat of war descends.

Among the mitigating factors were that Foncillas accepted full responsibility for misconduct and didn't try to "blame anyone or anything for it," the First Department said.

Welcome to Law.com Bench Report! With President Joe Biden now having nominated 20 federal judges, let's take a look back at how his nominees compare to the first 20 put forward by his predecessors Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

How much impact did Google v. Oracle have on fair use? The Second Circuit is about to give us our first clue.

The number of Lathrop GPM matters staffed with lawyers from both legacy firms in 2020 "far exceeded our expectations, and in many instances grew exponentially throughout the year," said the firm's leader.