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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

JUDICIAL PROTECTION – Last month, the 20-year-old son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas was shot and killed by a disgruntled attorney who had once appeared before her. In a nine-minute video on Monday, in which she shared memories of her final moments with her son Daniel, the judge called for a national dialogue on how to better safeguard federal judges, Charles Toutant reports. "My family has experienced a pain no one should ever have to endure," said Salas, whose husband remains in the hospital after being shot three times by Roy Den Hollander  at the family's New Jersey home on July 19. In her remarks, Salas lamented the fact that information about where judges live is readily available on the internet. But data privacy experts say that while making it harder to locate judges' addresses and personal information could help make them safer, enforcing such laws would be difficult.

SIGN OF THE TIMES -  On Monday, The National Association of the Deaf sued the Trump White House for failing to provide American Sign Language interpreters during COVID-19 briefings, Jacqueline Thomsen reports.Arnold & Porter is representing the organization as well as five deaf plaintiffs who claim they've been left in the dark during briefings from the medical experts leading the nation's pandemic response, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx. Updates from state and local authorities often include sign language interpreters, notes the complaint, which alleges violations of the First Amendment and the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal agencies to include those with disabilities in their programming. The complaint alleges violations of the First Amendment and the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal agencies to include those with disabilities in their programming. It also notes that updates from state and local authorities often include sign language interpreters.

AT ARM'S LENGTH – Alternative legal service providers have been touted as the future of the industry for years, but many corporate legal departments remain hesitant to fully embrace them, Victoria Hudgins reports. A new EY survey of more than 1,000 such departments around the globe found that just 37% are early adopters who have outsourced legal functions to non-law firms and intend to do so more often in the future. Another 35% fall into a middle ground, using ALSPs for discrete tasks such as e-discovery and litigation. And the remaining 28% of legal departments aren't using alternative legal service providers even when they understand the benefits they provide, EY found. But change may be on the horizon. The COVID-19 pandemic could prompt more legal departments to get on board, experts say.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

SDNY Judge Strikes Down US Labor Dept. Rule Limiting Access to COVID Relief Program

Like Ginsburg, Justices Have Confronted Health Concerns Throughout History

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

A HELPING HAND – Linklaters has become the first law firm to launch a support program for staff who are victims of domestic abuse, Simon Lock reports. U.K. staff experiencing domestic abuse may take up to 10 days of paid leave, and the firm will pay for those who need to flee their living situations to stay in a hotel for three nights. Additionally, the firm will give staffers a one-time payment of up to $6,500 in order to become financially and physically  independent from their abusers and will connect them with a local domestic abuse charity for advice and support. Domestic abuse is on the rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as many people remain in their homes on lockdown.

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WHAT YOU SAID

"Anyone who suggests that physical decline is somehow grounds for departure is incorrect as a historical matter. Nothing can force her to leave the court short of impeachment and death."

— Artemus Ward, a political scientist and author of a book about justices' departures from the U.S. Supreme Court, on those who say Ruth Bader Ginsburg should step down due to her latest fight with cancer.

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