Our courts have had to innovate quickly to keep up with the continuously-unfolding challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge Karen Caldwell of the District of Kentucky likened the challenge to “building an airplane while you’re flying it.” Judge Caldwell reopened her courtroom to jury trials early in the wake of initial court closures. Recognizing the … Read Article
From socially distanced courtrooms to virtual hearings, courts around the country are continuing to adapt to the ongoing pandemic environment that continues to be the world we live in. Los Angeles has created a $0 bail schedule for misdemeanors and lower-level felonies to “curb the spread of COVID-19 in jails and surrounding communities.’ California courts … Read Article
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, one of the top feared law firms for 10 years running1, is based in Los Angeles and noted to be the largest law firm in the world. In this time of upheaval and quarantine, our court systems are operating on reduced availability and are adapting to the current reality of … Read Article
Ready, set, ZOOM. Courtrooms and legal technology are transforming at a rapid pace in response to the COVID-19 pandemic environment and Texas may be leading the way. According to the Court Technology Bulletin, 26 potential jurors used the videoconferencing platform Zoom to attend a voir dire in Collins County for an insurance case. James McMillan’s … Read Article
The pandemic is real and the quarantines are indeed flattening the curve. While courts across the country have switched to remote proceedings wherever possible, a judge in one of America’s hottest hot spots decided to ignore social distancing guidelines and force those in his courtroom to do the same. Two weeks later he died of … Read Article
Did you fail to specify “pandemic” or “disease” in your force majeure clause? Or fail to include a force majeure clause altogether in your contract? Should you have foreseen the impact of COVID-19? The language of contracts will likely be changed forever in the wake of the pandemic’s disruption to businesses. While the courts will weigh … Read Article
From hand sanitizer to toilet paper, we’ve all heard of the price gouging which has gone hand in hand with the COVID-19 pandemic – but one company is taking the price gouging for the highly-sought after N95 masks very seriously. 3M discovered that a company was selling fake N95 masks at a whopping 600 percent … Read Article
by Aimée Keller In this time of turmoil, staying calm and sane is one of the best resources we have; and one of the most challenging. We are living through a completely new experience for modern humans. With all of our modern medicine and sanitation, we have not ever been faced with a globally destructive … Read Article