The Legal Up blog

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This week’s highlights Bipartisan Supreme Court commission takes no position on terms limits or court expansion The legal industry added 2,700 jobs in November Bill to end PACER fees advances to the full senate Burnout “a real issue” as demand for legal word outpaces growth in headcount Tort Reform ...

This week’s highlights Pandemic spurred unprecedented revolution in state civil courts says new report Los Angeles Superior Court expands online dispute resolution platform to eviction cases Two national law firms announce a merger that will bring them into the Am Law 100 CA State Bar seizes online ...

This week’s highlights Parking ticket fighting app was engaged in unlicensed practice of law, FL Supreme Court finds Presidential commission divided on Supreme Court expansion, term limits Attorneys across the country are frustrated at pace of return to in-person proceedings Law firms struggle to ...

This week’s highlights Legal industry adds 4,300 jobs in September One-in-five corporate lawyers “high exhausted” says survey CA judges may critique lawyer performance, opinion says Courts can’t use remote proceedings to limit physical access, says new CA law Reuters reports that “The Queen’s ...

This week’s highlights New U.S. Supreme Court term: Abortion, gun rights, and religion on the agenda. Fears of “eviction tsunami” yet to transpire. Experts conflicted as to why. 131 federal judges heard cases involving companies in which they or their families owned stock Major accountancy firm to ...

This week’s highlights Law firms are investing in new tech, but lawyers are slow to make use of it—survey Citing speedier courts, more access CA’s Judicial Council lobbies for permanent remote courts NY begins publishing live eviction filing data, revealing gradual return of residential evictions ...

This week’s highlights Female lawyers still unrepresented, especially in senior positions Lawyers often underprice their services, says creator of pioneering pricing app Inflation report shows no change in average price of legal services in August 9th Circuit rejects broad privilege test for legal ...

This week’s highlights As courts reopen, divorce filings are on the rise California, Illinois eviction bans set to expire; New York’s ban extended to 2022 Legal services sector adds 4,300 jobs in August, despite an overall slowdown Several BigLaw firms may delay their office reopening until 2022 ...

This week’s highlights Two-thirds of Americans have experienced a legal problem, says news survey Most lawyers think they work too much and bill too little time AG asks BigLaw firms, law schools to help fight evictions Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Florida courts re-introduce mitigation ...