Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com’s weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. Two prominent African-American lawyers in mass torts, one for plaintiffs and one for defendants, talked to me about what the protests meant to them personally and professionally. Two lawyers launched a women-run plaintiffs’ firm in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Insurance firms, and some plaintiffs, do not want an MDL for cases brought over denied business interruption claims.
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