Firms Seek Credit Lines, Delay for the CCPA? Working With a Full House: The Morning Minute
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March 23, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
MONEY WORRIES – In just two weeks, the coronavirus has hit the legal industry in a profound way. Jack Newsham reports that the number of firms requesting to increase their credit lines—which law firms routinely tap in the early months of the year, when collections are slower—is currently six times higher than it was at the same time last year, according to Citi Private Bank.
CROWDED HOUSE – Think your household is bonkers with kids running around while you're trying to work? Try doing that with 11 children. That's what Kirkland & Ellis partner Michael Williams is up to these days, writes The Careerist Vivia Chen. The D.C.-based litigator is working elbow-to-elbow at the kitchen table with all those children during the coronavirus lockdown, while he's handling a major commercial arbitration, products liability cases, an appeal to the 10th Circuit, a certiorari reply and a new death-penalty case.
DELAY, PLEASE – More than 30 trade associations and companies have co-signed a letter asking California AG Xavier Becerra to push back the July 1 enforcement date for the California Consumer Privacy Act due to the new coronavirus and a lack of clarity on the enforcement rules. Dan Clark reports that UPS, Feld Entertainment Inc. and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies are among the organizations. An adviser to AG said the office still plans on enforcing the rules when they are finalized or on July 1.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
ONLINE JUSTICE – As China slowly sends people back to work in an effort to reboot its economy, the government is advising dispute resolution organizations across the country to bolster their online dispute resolution efforts as it anticipates an increase in domestic disputes emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. Vincent Chow reports that the Ministry of Justice has issued a guideline calling for the accelerated development of China's "Internet arbitration systems."
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