COVID-19

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.

International Edition

Cleary and Weil Score Victories for Ryanair in EU State Aid Cases

By Anne Bagamery | May 18, 2023

The cases reflect the continuing realignment of air travel players in Europe amid the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 minute read

International Edition

Am Law 100 Law Firm Sued Over China-Based Partner's Alleged Due Diligence Failure

By Michael A. Mora and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 7, 2023

Former Hunton Andrews Kurth partner Jerry Li is now a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Beijing.

4 minute read
International Edition

Brazilian Law Firms Field More Restructuring Requests as Economy Wobbles

By Amy Guthrie | April 6, 2023

Creditors who offered a brief respite to Brazilian companies during the pandemic are now coming to collect as the country struggles with high inflation and double-digit interest rates.

3 minute read

International Edition

The Lawyers Are Not All Right

By Andrew Maloney | Patrick Smith | Hank Grezlak | January 30, 2023

As law firms are pushing lawyers and staff to return to offices, constant stress, triggered by the pandemic and other events, has changed people and the legal workplace.

9 minute read
International Edition

Video: The 2022 Global 200 Webinar: Watch It Here

By Law.com International | September 22, 2022

Watch our global correspondents and editors review the recent performance of the world's biggest law firms, discuss major trends in international legal markets and talk about what they think we will see in the coming year.

1 minute read
International Edition

'Inclusion Can't Be Imposed': Clifford Chance's Diversity & Inclusion Heads on Battling Diversity Fatigue

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | September 16, 2022

Clifford Chance's global head of diversity & inclusion, Tiernan Brady and recently-appointed UK head, Nina Goswami, talk through previous failures in the D&I world and where to go next.

8 minute read
International Edition

Destroying the Myth of the 'Gladiator' Lawyer

By Gail J. Cohen | August 11, 2022

George Strathy, the chief justice of Canada's largest court system, is urging law firm leaders to help combat stress and anxiety in the legal profession. Law firms are listening.

7 minute read
International Edition

Insurer Ended Cover for Law Firms for Litigating Against Insurance Industry

By Paul Hodkinson | July 19, 2022

The move sent 'shockwaves' as it could mean insurers try to avoid lawsuits by ending professional indemnity cover for law firms advising claimants.

3 minute read
International Edition

Ince Blames Cyber Attack and Ukraine War for Dip in Revenue

By Jack Womack | May 23, 2022

Following a challenging year, the U.K.-listed law firm also cited the impact of COVID on its regional offices as a reason for the financial slowdown.

3 minute read
International Edition

International Law Firms Look to New Avenues of Growth in Japan

By Brian Yap | May 12, 2022

Many international law firms in Japan have historically focused on outbound M&A work. COVID-19 changed all that.

6 minute read
Law.com

Arizona Appeals Court Finds COVID-19 Death Compensable Under Workers' Comp Statute

By Colleen Murphy | September 25, 2023

"We start with the word 'accident,'" stated Judge Michael S. Catlett, in his written opinion for the court. "Employer suggested during oral argument that a disease not qualifying as an 'occupational disease' cannot qualify as an 'accident.' But that argument is inconsistent with decades of precedent saying otherwise."

6 minute read
New York Law Journal

NY Appeals Court to Mandate in-Person Appearances for Emergency Relief Requests

By Brian Lee | September 25, 2023

The announcement indicates that there may be case-by-case exceptions, but whether and to what extent they will be made remains unknown at this time.

2 minute read
Texas Lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright Sinks 2 Class Actions Against Southwest Airlines

By Adolfo Pesquera | September 22, 2023

U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay said, "Plaintiffs' theory of breach relies on the content of a federal regulation that was not explicitly referenced by name in the (contract)."

4 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Employment Action Against J&J Alleges Wrongful Denial of Religious Exemption From Vax Policy

By ALM Staff | September 19, 2023

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

1 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

Princeton Facing Suit By Ex-Employee Over Vaccine Exemption

By ALM Staff | September 19, 2023

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.

1 minute read
Daily Report Online

Customer Sues Dollar Tree, Alleging He Got COVID-19 From Rat Traps

By ALM Staff | September 19, 2023

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

1 minute read
The American Lawyer

With Innovation All the Rage, Seyfarth Leans On History of Lab Work

By Andrew Maloney | September 18, 2023

Seyfarth is making a renewed push in the name of innovation, firm leaders say, with several endeavors such as automated templates for contracts and discovery and AI use-case teams.

6 minute read
Daily Business Review

State Health Officials Take Aim at New COVID Booster Shot

By Jim Saunders | September 14, 2023

State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issued guidance that was dramatically different from a recommendation by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which said people 6 months old and older should receive updated COVID-19 vaccines.

3 minute read
The Recorder

California Supreme Court to Hear Taxpayer Suit Over COVID Court Delays

By Cheryl Miller | September 13, 2023

Lawyers representing San Francisco Superior Court said an appellate ruling would allow taxpayers to sue courts for any imagined administrative misstep. San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju called that claim an exaggeration.

3 minute read
Law.com

'If There Had Been a Full Refund, Do You Think We'd Be Here?': Ohio Supreme Court Hears Arguments in COVID-19 College Refund Dispute

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.

6 minute read

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