This week’s Legal Speak podcast features Sidley Austin partner and mother of two Corin Swift discussing how parenting amid a pandemic has upended her work life.        

Whether in-person or virtual, pandemic-era court proceedings pose challenges for litigators trained to read and react to jurors’ facial expressions. But social distancing has also provided a few unexpected advantages, according to some lawyers.        

“I feel there’s a cost when voices are missing from the room,” one judge testified. “That cost is not theoretical. It is real. Diversity makes for a better judiciary, and that in turn helps fulfill our promise of justice for all.”        

The high court is set to hear arguments March 29 in a securities class action appeal from Goldman Sachs that threatens to undo a key tool for plaintiffs in obtaining class certification.        

Each week, the Law.com Barometer newsletter, powered by the ALM Global Newsroom and Legalweek(year) 2021, brings you the trends, disruptions and shifts        

Fiona Thatcher says many women with similar experiences have contacted her since she shared her story.        

Industry Index: Increases in retail & consumer goods and banking & finance filings are among the trends flagged in New Jersey by Law.com Radar.        

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“Ford has a veritable truckload of contacts with Montana and Minnesota, as it admits,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in Thursday’s ruling.        

As special purpose acquisition companies grow in size and status after a record-shattering year, law firms are standing at attention, eager to get in on the action—as long as the bubble doesn’t burst.