Signs around the LaGuardia Airport advise travelers of states that have an average positive tests in excess of 10% or positive tests of 10 per 100,000 residents. New York City asks travelers from these states to quarantine for 14 days and requires them to fill out a travelers form. Photo: Ryland West/ALM
Steptoe & Johnson was the most active law firm defending clients in COVID-19 cases last year, appearing as counsel in 210 cases in 2020 as the pandemic canceled events and companies took to the courts over contract disputes.
The Law Firms Activity Report, released Thursday by Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, found that law firms including Dentons, Greenberg Traurig, Litchfield Cavo and Jackson Lewis took on hundreds of cases on behalf of clients defending themselves in litigation tied to the fallout from the pandemic.
