When you're one of the world's largest tech companies, you have to manage a lot of patent litigation. Still, I'm guessing it's unusual to go back-to-back marathon hearings in the same judicial district on the same day. That's what Amazon.com faced Thursday in the Northern District of California.

Criminal jury trials will resume when gating criteria, based on "14-day trends of facility exposure, community spread, and community restrictions," is met, the court's clerk said.

"The majority's opinion is a Pyrrhic victory for Congress. Courts have many virtues, but dispatch is not one of them," Judge Thomas Griffith wrote of the D.C. Circuit's decision in the Don McGahn case.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York said he doubted that criminal trials would be able to resume in the district by mid-October, when Avenatti was scheduled to stand trial for the second time in Manhattan federal court.

Companies impacted by ransomware often have to weigh the cost of the ransom against the long-term impact to the business. But Treasury Department sanctions could potentially make the price of enduring such a cyber incident even steeper.

"Chief Justice Roberts provided the critical fifth vote in favor of striking down the Louisiana admitting-privileges law. But he concurred in the judgment, not the plurality's reasoning," the Eighth Circuit panel said Friday.

The accusations could provide fodder for a broader agenda set by President Andrés Manuel Lo pez Obrador to strengthen the national oil and electric companies and end reforms that opened the energy sector to foreign investment.

Welcome to the legal world of drug cartels and organized crime gangs. And though it's nothing like the way Netflix show "Ozark" suggests it is through cold, calculating attorney and criminal Helen Pierce, it does involve navigating bold personalities, intense media scrutiny — and occasionally worrying your spouse.

Marc Mandel spoke to Corporate Counsel about building resilience within his legal team and being a strategic member of the team and to the C-suite.

Quinn Emanuel partner Maaren Shah says business development activities are changing in ways that could open doors for women lawyers.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Verna Saunders reasoned that the high court's 7-2 decision in July rejecting broad claims of presidential immunity—in a case over a Manhattan grand jury subpoena seeking financial records—applied not only to criminal proceedings but also to author E. Jean Carroll's civil complaint against President Donald Trump.

As the court is now eyeing broader expansions in the coming month—with jury summonses expected to go out starting Sept. 9 —many attorneys are eager to begin tackling their backlog of cases. But at the same time, frustrations and fears about safety and the constitutionality of the proceedings linger.

A lawsuit by New Jersey attorneys seeks a declaration that making attorneys appear for in-person proceedings in nondetained cases during the pandemic, without a videoconference option, is a violation of the Administrative Procedures Act and the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.

Even as some firms begin to bring back furloughed workers and curb austerity measures, the stop and start of pandemic recovery hits an ebb.

The newly installed president of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Bar Association recalls being rattled when he was stopped by police and wants to use his experience as a vehicle for change.

Police are investigating the incident, which took place in the early hours of Friday morning.

"Because the committee's injury has been caused by McGahn's defiance of its subpoena and can be cured here only by judicial enforcement of the subpoena, the injury is traceable to McGahn's conduct and judicially redressable," the court found.

The majority of affected roles are within the firm's business support and group services.

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"I think that putting yourself out there and being authentic about your struggles and what you're going through helps you connect with others," said Colin Levy, who has found a new in-house legal job.