In today’s column, Covid-19 has killed tens of thousands of legal sector jobs much faster than the 2008-2009 Great Recession did; as the crisis causes massive general U.S. unemployment and other misery, several Big Law firms are including pro bono and community service work in their summer associate programs; California’s bar exam pass rate dropped to a record low in February; Skadden Arps paid $11 million to settle a dispute with an ex-Ukraine leader.
- Leading off, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Alex Spiro is leading Tesla Inc.'s lawsuit against a California county that won’t let the electric car maker ...