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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 Cheryl Miller | March 20, 2020
Merced County Superior Court Judge Carole Ash declared a mistrial and advised everyone in the courtroom to talk to the public health department or a doctor. The court's executive officer released a statement saying the courtroom will be disinfected.
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By Jane Wester | March 20, 2020
"As you know, our courts are critical to the functioning of our society, and even more so during a public health crisis like this one when the public needs to know that our government is working for them," Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said.
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By Dylan Jackson | March 20, 2020
Some recent local and state government orders have been unclear as to whether law firms are still allowed to operate the skeleton crews that firms have turned to for maintaining basic business functions.
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By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones | March 20, 2020
As the country combats the COVID-19 crisis, lawyers are settling into a new work reality. We checked in to see how they're coping.
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By Alaina Lancaster | March 20, 2020
In a pair of emergency motions for preliminary injunction, lawyers from Lichten & Liss Riordan who represent classes of Uber and Lyft employees are asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to find that they should be classified as employees, so that they can take advantage of state-mandated sick leave.
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By Dan Clark | March 20, 2020
"The undersigned organizations employ millions of individuals who are faced with this crisis and are doing their best to manage their personal and professional lives in the face of uncertain times. Many companies have instituted mandatory work-from-home measures to limit community," reads a letter from companies and trade organizations to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
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By MP McQueen | March 20, 2020
As health officials warn of a shortage of personal protective equipment and ventilators in the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950 and issued an executive order empowering the federal government to allocate manufacturers' output to the federal government, citing a national security emergency. What does this mean for general counsel of medical suppliers, or companies that could produce medical supplies?
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By Tom McParland | March 20, 2020
Criminal case operations would be limited to processing new arrests, arraignments, bail appeals and emergency matters, according to new court guidance, and steps would be taken to increase physical distance between persons.
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By Max Mitchell | March 20, 2020
After the Office of General Counsel's guidance was issued Friday, Philadelphia attorney Ted Simon said it appeared that Wolf recognized the constitutionally mandated roles that attorneys play.
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By Lidia Dinkova | March 20, 2020
The hospitality industry is taking a beating as even before the mandate to close hotels bookings plummeted.
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