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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption for businesses and individuals around the globe. Our content focuses on its impact on the legal industry, including law firms, the court system, in-house counsel, tech companies and law schools.
By Alex Anteau | December 21, 2023
"We're in a period of upheaval in terms of how we're assessing juries," consultant Tara Trask said.
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By Alex Anteau | December 20, 2023
"I tell trial lawyers all the time: 'Look at the jurors.' It's shocking how many lawyers are trying cases, and don't ever look over the jury to see what's going on," former DeKalb County State Court Judge Dax Lopez said.
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By Colleen Murphy | December 12, 2023
"The central issue is whether the detention of the masks by customs authorities constituted a 'physical loss or damage' to the masks," the opinion said. "Our review of the plain language of the policy does not convince us it was ambiguous."
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By Everett Catts | December 8, 2023
"[The defendant] is speciously trying to apply immunity for truly frontline workers to himself and trying to speciously apply Emory [Johns Creek Hospital]'s arbitration agreement for his conduct," plaintiff attorney Adam Malone said. "The trial court and appeals court rejected both of those arguments, [saying] they're not applicable to him."
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By Emily Cousins | December 8, 2023
"If the law compels a judge to write an opinion that a church may still preach its doctrine and its congregants may live that doctrine everywhere except church, the Constitution has died in the United States," Cameron Atkinson said.
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By Michelle P. Quinn | December 8, 2023
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program was created to provide economic relief to low- and moderate-income households at risk of homelessness due to the pandemic. The program was rushed to meet the immediate threat of evictions due to the COVID shutdowns, and the hastiness of ERAP's creation has led to a wave of litigation, including a recent New York Supreme Court ruling.
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By Colleen Murphy | December 6, 2023
"Thus, based on our holding in 'Mac Property,' we reject plaintiff's contention that respiratory particles—droplets and airborne aerosols—are physical substances that could have physically and tangibly altered its insured property," the opinion said. "Since the policies here require physical tangible alteration to property, and it has already been determined that coronavirus on surfaces could not physically alter property, factual and expert discovery would be futile."
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By Emily Cousins | December 6, 2023
The defendant contended that the plaintiff's claims are prohibited because the accommodation requested was not reasonable as a matter of law or it would have been an undo hardship for the company.
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By The Associated Press | December 6, 2023
Norman Beckwood, 29, of Memphis, entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Mississippi's Northern District said in a news release. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock then sentenced Beckwood to 62 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $10,620,452 in restitution to the Small Business Administration, the office said.
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By Nicholas J. Pappas and Jack Sullivan | December 5, 2023
This article explains the current legal landscape employers face in evaluating requests for accommodations on the basis of religion or disability by explaining the recently announced standards for assessing requests for religious accommodations and summarizing the longstanding standards for assessing requests for disability-related accommodations.
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