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Bar Exam

New York bar exam planned for September; Hawaii postpones exam, too

Criminal Justice

Cash-register justice: Fees collected from defendants are funding the system

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Ex-BigLaw partner gets home jailing for COVID-19 risk; lawsuit sees immigration-court safety risk

Lawyer Pay

Cadwalader cuts pay, pauses partner distributions because of coronavirus financial impact

Privacy Law

FBI secret wiretap applications had errors and made assertions lacking factual backup, audit says

Public Health

Law prof suggests COVID-19 will gradually weaken, spars with reporter who questions theory

Law Students

Nonprofit AccessLex Institute sets up emergency fund for law students during pandemic

Access to Justice

Legal reform supporters will keep advocating for California sandbox proposal

Criminal Justice

Megachurch pastor is arrested for hosting Sunday services despite order limiting gatherings

Public Health

Federal judges in Texas and Ohio block pandemic-related abortion bans

Public Health

How scams multiply during the COVID-19 crisis and why lawyers are not immune

Law Firms

Pay cuts, layoffs, lower partner distributions part of BigLaw response to COVID-19 impact

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Student loan deferment in stimulus bill; BigLaw lawyer removed from ventilator

Ethics

Lawyer who used gay slur to refer to judge should get stayed suspension, opinion says

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer who interrupted deposition 145 times is ordered to pay $1,000 and attorney fees

Judiciary

Judge says US failed to promptly release detained immigrant children from ‘hotbeds for contagion’

Public Health

Above the Law founder David Lat is transferred out of ICU and taken off ventilator

Asked and Answered

How to practice law remotely and efficiently during the COVID-19 crisis

Bar Exam

Three states postpone July bar exam; will others follow?

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: EPA relaxes pollution rules during COVID-19 crisis; Title IX doesn’t protect trans athletes, DOJ says

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