The right to a speedy criminal trial was suspended for a year in federal courts along California’s Mexican border to avoid spreading the coronavirus, meaning a growing number of immigration detainees may be locked up longer -- and exposed to the virus.

The U.S. Supreme Court postponed its April argument sitting, bringing its total number of delayed cases to 20 as the coronavirus outbreak continued to scuttle the justices’ plans.

A former Arkansas county canine officer is unable to sue a state prosecutor for allegedly blocking him from a drug task force job in retaliation for pursuing potential legal action to recover overtime related to his prior position, the Eighth Circuit said.

The U.S. legal sector cut 1,700 jobs in the first weeks of the coronavirus impact on the economy as law firms and other employers scrambled to adjust to a worsening business climate.

The public and the media will get greater access to some criminal proceedings, even as federal courts around the U.S. curtail in-person hearings to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said on Friday.

Arnold & Porter’s Brian Israel has been leading a daily meditation to relieve stress and strengthen community as law firms are forced out of the office by Covid-19.