In today’s column, Kirkland’s already churning restructuring department got more work as two major retailers filed for bankruptcy; EY Law‘s new survey of legal departments finds most are not using legal services providers for the bulk of their legal needs; and several law firms have made life sciences hires recently in anticipation of Covid-19-related work.

Bison Trails Co., a founding member of digital currency group the Libra Association, has recruited a former in-house lawyer from The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to be its first general counsel.

A request by Quinn Emanuel to receive $185 million in fees for a case that required relatively few hours but achieved a huge reward highlights a fundamental argument about whether lawyers should be compensated based on the amount of time they work or the value they bring to a case.

All 13 federal appeals courts now are livestreaming oral arguments compared to four prior to the pandemic, the latest sign of how Covid-19 has made U.S. courts more transparent.

A U.S. judge issued a stinging rebuke to a lawyer claiming ownership of several Argentine television companies, finding he deceived Miami media mogul Remigio Ángel González into signing over the rights.