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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 Angela Morris | March 18, 2020
Immigration attorneys want the hearings to go on, because they want to get their clients out of detention, where the risk of infection is high because of packed facilities and poor sanitary conditions. Simultaneously, attorneys are concerned for their own health when they have to attend packed immigration court hearings.
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By Cheryl Miller | March 18, 2020
The governor gave the state Labor and Workforce Development Agency until March 23 to issue guidance for companies on complying with the executive order.
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By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | March 18, 2020
Law firms have additional considerations beyond the typical business or employer.
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By Max Mitchell | March 18, 2020
The shutdowns were not altogether a surprise for lawyers. Many said their firms began developing plans weeks ago. Joseph Messa of Messa & Associates in Philadelphia said March 13 that his firm had been developing contingency plans to have lawyers work from home if things worsened.
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By Ross Todd | March 18, 2020
"For Christ's sake we've got a trial going on out here. Can't we get at least enough test kits to ensure that the defendant is healthy?," said U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California at a hearing in a case involving a Russian man charged with hacking California-based tech companies.
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By Katheryn Tucker | March 18, 2020
"Someone was fortunate to have been tested," Atlanta criminal defense attorney Drew Findling said Wednesday after hearing the news of the first positive case confirmed in the state prison system. "We don't know who's untested."
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By Ryan Tarinelli | March 18, 2020
Workers for a company that employs between 11 and 99 people would be given at least five days of paid sick leave and afforded unpaid leave until the end of a quarantine or isolation period, according to the measure.
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By Jane Wester | March 18, 2020
Criminal courthouses in each borough will have three video parts, which will together handle "all essential Criminal Court functions" until further notice, court officials said.
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By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 18, 2020
The U.S. Marshals Service informed the D.C. Superior Court late Tuesday that the deputy marshal stationed at the courthouse had tested positive for coronavirus.
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By Karen Sloan | March 18, 2020
At least five highly ranked law schools have said they are moving to pass/fail grading this semester—a change that could disrupt the normal law firm summer associate hiring process.
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