Law Schools Staying Remote, Higher Restructuring Demand?, DOJ Vs Google Judge: The Morning Minute
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October 22, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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REMAINING REMOTE - There's no doubt that when Harvard Law School makes a move, legal educators take note. So will Harvard's decision to stay fully online for the spring semester prompt other schools to follow suit? That remains to be seen. But the University of California, Berkeley School of Law is already bracing for the likelihood that it won't be returning to campus next semester, Karen Sloan reports. Meanwhile, George Washington University Law School has said it will stay online next semester, while the University of Southern California Gould School of Law plans to move from an online model to a hybrid one in the spring. As for Harvard, the latest surge in COVID-19 cases, the inequities created by hybrid teaching models, and the success of online classes thus far all led administrators to conclude that staying remote is the prudent decision.
MORE RESTRUCTURING WORK? – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain health care providers' coffers, attorneys are anticipating higher demand for health care restructuring legal work, Dan Roe reports. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, for instance, has seen billable hours from health care-related matters increase, and recently added former U.S. Justice Department trial attorney Zana Scarlett to its financial institutions, bankruptcy and creditors' rights group. However, others such as midsize law firm Trenam have only seen a modest uptick in demand, and aren't yet predicting a larger increase. Still, Trenam recently hired three attorneys who will work with its bankruptcy department if higher demand does materialize in 2021.
JUDGE THIS - As the U.S. Justice Department and Google gear up for a blockbuster antitrust battle, C. Ryan Barber looks at the judge placed in the center of it all: Amit Mehta, a 2014 appointee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Mehta, who was appointed by former U.S. President Barack Obama, has recently served as a judicial representative to the American Bar Association's antitrust section. He also previously presided over the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to the proposed merger of Sysco and U.S. Foods. Attorneys involved in the Sysco case described him as "fair" and "good for both parties" in the upcoming litigation. Sure enough, his assignment to the Google lawsuit was met with relief in the DOJ's antitrust division.
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