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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 Allison Dunn | September 13, 2023
"[A]s appellees have now conceded, there is no qualitative difference between online instruction and in-person instruction. They are the same, we charge the same, it's the same instruction," argued OSU's counsel, John R. Gall, a senior partner at Squire Patton Boggs in Columbus.
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By Avalon Zoppo | September 12, 2023
Federal judges handling civil and bankruptcy cases may provide audio live streams of nontrial proceedings that do not involve witness testimony.
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By Avalon Zoppo | September 11, 2023
University of Rhode Island cites the impossibility doctrine, saying the pandemic-compelled closures made it impossible to carry out its contract with students.
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By Avalon Zoppo | September 7, 2023
A convicted sex offender says the lack of prospective Black jurors deprived him of being judged by a fair cross-section of Washington, D.C.
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By Riley Brennan | August 29, 2023
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Marianna Wharry | August 25, 2023
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | August 22, 2023
This article addresses the Second Circuit's decision on whether Connecticut's repeal of religious exemptions from vaccination requirements for children to attend schools violated various constitutional rights. This decision will likely be an important precedent for policymakers considering similar bills in the wake of the public debate surrounding vaccination mandates in the post-COVID-19 world.
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By Allison Dunn | August 21, 2023
In a 4-3 ruling, the Maryland Supreme Court interpreted a former chief justice's administrative COVID-19 orders concerning the scope of a 15-day extension as pertaining only to the period from March 16, 2020 through July 20, 2020—the dates on which the court clerks' offices were closed to the public—rather than to the entirety of the judiciary emergency orders.
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By Riley Brennan | August 21, 2023
"We do not find any ambiguity in Section 21(c) of the Illinois Emergency Management [Act]. The statutory authority is clear that, except for willful misconduct, any 'private person, firm or corporation' who renders 'assistance or advice at the request of the state during [a] disaster shall not be civilly liable for causing the death of, or injury to, any person,'" the state appeals court said.
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By Riley Brennan | August 18, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court's dismissal of plaintiffs' free-exercise claims against Kentucky's governor, stemming from the barring of in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, concluding he had qualified immunity and was shielded from liability.
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