Public Health

More BigLaw firms close or require remote work because of coronavirus threat

More large law firms are closing offices and requiring work at home amid mounting concerns about the new coronavirus. Law firms are emphasizing that they can continue to serve clients despite office closings and remote work.

Mar 16, 2020 12:10 PM CDT

BigLaw firm asks all employees to work remotely following death of legal assistant with flu-like symptoms

Updated: A Davis Wright Tremaine staff member, who worked out of the firm’s office in Bellevue, Washington, was found dead Thursday after she’d left work Tuesday morning, experiencing flu-like symptoms.

Mar 13, 2020 1:37 PM CDT

How can prisons contain coronavirus when Purell is a contraband?

When Lauren Johnson reached for a squirt of hand sanitizer on her way out of the doctor’s office, she regretted it immediately.

In the Central Texas prison where she was…

Mar 13, 2020 1:10 PM CDT

ABA announces all-digital ABA Day, urges Congress to provide coronavirus relief to nonprofits and create task force

The in-person portion of ABA Day, scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., from April 21 to 23, has been canceled because of the public health emergency created by COVID-19.

Mar 13, 2020 12:00 PM CDT

Amid coronavirus worries, how do law schools move online?

As more schools move JD instruction out of the traditional classroom setting, many are moving into uncharted territory.

Mar 12, 2020 3:05 PM CDT

SCOTUS and other courts are restricting visitors or canceling proceedings amid coronavirus concerns

Some federal courts are changing or suspending some operations as a result of concerns about the coronavirus. The U.S. Supreme Court is among them.

Mar 12, 2020 12:15 PM CDT

Coronavirus and law schools: More universities shifting to online classes

An increasing number of universities with law schools—including those that have not reported active cases of coronavirus—are canceling their in-person classes and moving them online.

Mar 12, 2020 10:47 AM CDT

ABA president offers coronavirus response update, announces COVID-19 programming

The ABA prioritizes the health and safety of its staff and members and continues to monitor the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other sources for updates on how the coronavirus could affect its programming and operations, ABA President Judy Perry Martinez said Wednesday.

Mar 11, 2020 2:41 PM CDT

Coronavirus and law schools: Numerous schools canceling in-person classes

The concerns about the coronavirus have spread to law schools, with schools across the country canceling in-person classes or announcing full closures.

Mar 11, 2020 10:15 AM CDT

Quinn Emanuel shuts down New York office after partner tests positive for coronavirus

A partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in New York has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting the firm to close the office as a precaution this week.

Mar 9, 2020 10:47 AM CDT

SCOTUS chief justice rebukes Senate’s top Democrat for warning justices will ‘pay the price’

In an unusual move, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. chastised Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer for remarks he made about President Donald Trump’s two nominees to the high court during a rally Wednesday.

Mar 5, 2020 11:38 AM CST

Lawyer tests positive for coronavirus; officials say he’s second person in NYC to be diagnosed

An attorney at a Manhattan trusts and estates law firm has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Tuesday.

Mar 4, 2020 10:23 AM CST

How BigLaw and the courts are responding to coronavirus; potential illness closes one firm’s office

Several large law firms are taking steps to reduce the threat of coronavirus to their workers, including one law firm that shut down an overseas office after a worker became ill.

Feb 28, 2020 11:20 AM CST

Recent changes in SCOTUS raise the stakes in upcoming abortion case

Every abortion case that reaches the U.S. Supreme Court has high stakes. The case that the justices will hear on March 4 is all the more momentous because of recent changes on the court.

Feb 20, 2020 1:05 PM CST

Cure or Con? Health products touted on social media are slipping by regulators

Social media offers cheap and targeted advertising that regulators don’t have the time or resources to fully monitor. Deceptive health claims that would land a company in court if made on television or radio are slipping by online.

Feb 1, 2020 1:45 AM CST