Wake Up Call: As Covid Chapter 11 Filings Soar, Prepared Firms Cash In

July 7, 2020, 12:59 PM UTC

In today’s column, Big Law firms put in a collective 5.4 million hours in pro bono work last year and are expecting a pandemic-fueled surge of pro bono cases this year; in 2019, Jenner & Block topped the national pro bono scorecard; the FCC appointed an acting top lawyer to fill in for its general counsel, who’s taking paternity leave. McDermott’s ex-practice chief for its alcohol regulatory and distribution group took a job as top lawyer of a brewers’ trade association; a Florida lawyer showed up for a sentencing hearing wearing a hazmat suit; Florida changed its bar exam date ...

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