Deans Want Mental Health Question Nixed, Obamacare Arguments at SCOTUS, New Path to Big Law: The Morning Minute
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December 10, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
ABOLISH – The deans at 14 of the 15 law schools in New York state have publicly called for a removal of the question on the application for admission to the state bar that asks prospective attorneys about their mental health. As Dan M. Clark reports, proponents of doing away with the question argue that it deters prospective lawyers from seeking help for mental health and substance abuse problems and may be illegal.
CLEMENT TIME – SCOTUS is set to hear arguments today in a major Affordable Care Act case. Kirkland lawyer Paul Clement is expected to argue for health companies that contend the U.S. government is on the hook for billions of dollars in so-called "risk corridor" payments—part of a program operating from 2014 to 2016 designed to use cash from thriving health plans to reimburse other health providers whose costs exceeded premiums. Clement, who challenged Obamacare earlier at SCOTUS, in essence is now defending the law, in what will be his 99th argument before the high court. He faces off against Edwin Kneedler, a deputy solicitor general at the DOJ.
NEW PATH – A new startup aims to give law grads an avenue into prestigious jobs while offering law firms and corporate law departments a way to keep costs down on entry-level attorneys. As Dan Packel reports, Legal Innovators is the brainchild of longtime Shearman international arbitration attorney Jonathan Greenblatt and veteran technology and services CEO Bryan Parker. After two years of law school, the students become "law clerks" who train with Legal Innovators and get outsourced to firms and companies, which have the option to hire them permanently. Legal Innovators' inaugural class has 16 law clerks out of Georgetown, George Washington, and Howard University.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
InterDigital Names New Chief Legal Officer Days After Filing Huawei Lawsuit
Fourth Circuit: Attorney-Client Privilege Is Worth Fighting For
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
FLEX – U.K.-based Pinsent Masons has launched its flexible legal services business, Vario, in Germany. As Simon Taylor reports, the launch comes about from the law firm's acquisition of Xenion Legal Gmbh, which owns Xenia, also acquired by Pinsent Masons. The Vario business will operate out of Frankfurt.
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