Author: bakhtawar

Who could have seen this coming? Well, pretty much everyone. Back in March, the law firm of HWL Ebsworth, an Australian firm with over 850 attorneys and 1,250 employees total, refused to close their offices amid the growing pandemic. As Roll On Friday reported at the time, an insider at the firm said, “I suspect that one … Continue reading International Law Firm That Scoffed At Closing Office Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Suffers From Outbreak Of The Same Virus Continue Reading →

In March, our world was unexpectedly turned upside down when the pandemic hit, and the world as we knew it is now a thing of the past. COVID-19 has touched nearly all aspects of our lives, from our social gatherings (or lack thereof) and how we shop to where we work and how we use … Continue reading Is The Pandemic Ushering In A New Normal For The Legal Profession? Continue Reading →

As remote work has become the new normal, more and more companies are implementing applications like Slack, Zoom, and MS Teams for operational efficiency.  As a result, data is taking on new formats, and is growing at exponential rates.  From an eDiscovery standpoint, it’s hard to keep up. Whether you are an attorney or consultant … Continue reading Set Your Clients Up For eDiscovery Success: Cloud Tools And Best Practices Continue Reading →

California has permanently lowered its cut score in a move that legal educators have pushed for years. This prompted the L.A. Times to write a piece focusing on the hope that this move could improve the diversity of the legal profession. As you might expect, this kicked up a ruckus on social media and it’s an almost … Continue reading No Dummies, It’s Not ‘Racist’ To Say Lowering The California Bar Exam Cut Score Will Improve Diversity Continue Reading →

With bar exams learning that at least one examinee has since tested positive for COVID, the fig leaf protections examiners implemented from spot temperature checks to signed statements have been exposed. People can have this virus without realizing it for days and that’s exactly how it ported itself into the test site. With these dangerous exercises … Continue reading More High-Profile Support For Diploma Privilege Continue Reading →

As reported by ATL and many other news outlets, law schools are increasingly moving to online classes for the fall 2020 semester. Yet, most of these schools are not offering any kind of meaningful tuition reduction for the students who are getting an online experience rather than the in-person experience they originally signed up for. You can’t … Continue reading As Law Students Sue Schools Over Exorbitant Tuition For Online Classes, Consolidation Might Be Coming Continue Reading →

Reid Wilson for The Hill: A little more than three months before November’s election, partisans who back both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are growing anxious over what they see as the mounting potential for a chaotic contest marred by disenfranchised voters, administration errors and mountains of litigation. The new anxiety comes on top of the typical … Continue reading “100 days out, parties fear chaotic election” Continue Reading →

Ohio SOS Frank LaRose in Columbus Dispatch: While absentee voting is trusted by millions of Ohioans as a safe and secure way to vote, and our state ranks among the top in the nation for this voter-first convenience, our system requires some improvements. I have long advocated for online requests and postage-paid envelopes, but the legislature … Continue reading “Column: Time is running out for a crucial Ohio election law fix” Continue Reading →

Here is the order. The judges left the Florida court before it issued the opinion, and the judges claim that the cases are not related enough to merit recusal. Mark Joseph Stern made the case earlier that this is wrong: The Florida Supreme Court held oral arguments on the matter, in which Lagoa and Luck energetically participated. Lagoa was particularly … Continue reading Two Trump-Appointed 11th Circuit Judges Who Sat on Florida Supreme Court When It Heard Oral Argument Over Meaning of Florida Disenfranchisement Amendment Won’t Recuse in Disenfranchisement Case Current Before the 11th Circuit Continue Reading →

The Georgetown Law Journal Online has published the final version of my article, The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn. Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court’s conservative majority has taken the Court’s election jurisprudence on a pro-partisanship turn, which gives political actors freer range to pass laws and enact policies that can help entrench politicians (particularly Republicans) in power … Continue reading “The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn” Continue Reading →