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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 Riley Brennan | April 25, 2023
"By rendering its verdict, the jury accepted the Commonwealth's argument that the Defendants were actually and collectively communicated the directive to mask or leave. This was a question for the jury and the jury answered it by rendering their verdict of 'guilty,'" the judge wrote.
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By Marianna Wharry | April 25, 2023
The decision marks a split from three other circuits on the issue of whether the major questions doctrine, which requires that Congress speak clearly if it wishes to assign to an agency decision of vast economic and political significance, applies to the president.
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By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | April 25, 2023
In Rynasko v. New York University, 63 F.4th 186 (2nd Cir. 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit potentially revived a putative class action against NYU seeking a partial refund of tuition fees due to NYU's response to the COVID pandemic.
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By Avalon Zoppo | April 21, 2023
Survey finds jurists more wary than practitioners about holding proceedings remotely.
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By Riley Brennan | April 21, 2023
"...[T]he court's predominance analysis merely accepted [the plaintiff]'s proffered common questions without referring to the common evidence presented to answer those questions. As such, the court's certifications rest on an error of law and amount to an abuse of discretion," the appeals court said.
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By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board | April 19, 2023
Instead of imposing a 5 p.m. filing deadline requirement, the Third Circuit should consider stating it as a formalized preference.
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By Aleeza Furman | April 18, 2023
At issue was an order from Judge Christine Ward of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas granting a motion to coordinate a collection of COVID business interruption lawsuits filed against Erie Insurance Exchange.
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By Emily Saul | April 17, 2023
An ordained minister who was a court official sought accommodations for religious and medical reasons but his requests were ignored, the lawsuit says.
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By Riley Brennan | April 17, 2023
Joining several other state and federal decisions from around the country, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent state restrictions and shutdown orders were not excuses for tenant Fitness International to miss their rent payments to its landlord Vereit Real Estate under its commercial lease.
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By Riley Brennan | April 14, 2023
"No Oregon appellate court, state statute, or treatise has yet interpreted the phrase 'direct physical loss or damage' in the context of a commercial property insurance policy dispute involving COVID-19 allegations," the Ninth Circuit panel wrote. "Therefore, we find it prudent to allow the Oregon Supreme Court to do so in this instance."
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