Syracuse University Hit with Another Class Action Lawsuit Over Pandemic Refund Policy -
"She is looking to represent an estimated tens of thousands of students who paid for tuition in the spring semester of 2020."
Why...more
This 18th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us return to what, even in these early days of the pandemic, must be considered as some of the hottest topics. Thus, we discuss new...more
8/5/2020
/ All-Risks Insurance ,
American Medical Association ,
Bars ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Casinos ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contracts Clause ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Due Process ,
Eviction ,
Executive Orders ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Government Lockdown ,
Gross Negligence ,
Immunity ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Landlords ,
Legitimate State Interest ,
Moratorium ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Property Damage ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Remote Learning ,
Restaurant Industry ,
School Closures ,
State Health Departments ,
Students ,
Takings Clause ,
Universities ,
Waiver of Liability ,
Workplace Safety
This 17th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, discusses everything from insurance coverage disputes to statewide shutdown orders. Despite an uphill climb towards liability, businesses...more
7/30/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Business Closures ,
Business Losses ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Sisolak ,
Governor Wolf ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Immunity ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Refunds ,
Remote Learning ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State and Local Government ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Workplace Injury ,
Wrongful Death ,
Wrongful Withholding
This 15th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. This week we note how COVID-19 has accelerated a pre-existing trend toward class action litigation. And...more
7/19/2020
/ Airlines ,
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Casino Employee ,
Casinos ,
Class Action ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cruel & Unusual Punishment ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entertainment Venues ,
Executive Orders ,
Exemptions ,
Failure to Comply ,
Government Lockdown ,
Gym Memberships ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Limitation of Liability Clause ,
Masks ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Popular ,
Prisoners ,
Private Schools ,
Public Nuisance ,
Quarantine ,
Refunds ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Social Distancing ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Universities ,
Workplace Safety
This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
7/13/2020
/ Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Austria ,
Bars ,
Board of Education ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disparate Impact ,
Due Process ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Equal Protection ,
Eviction ,
Executive Orders ,
Failure To Protect ,
First Responders ,
Florida ,
Free Speech ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Kid Rock ,
Lack of Authority ,
Landlords ,
Liquor Licences ,
Local Ordinance ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Masks ,
Medical Monitoring ,
Moratorium ,
Negotiations ,
New York ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Nursing Homes ,
On-Call Employees ,
Parental Rights ,
Pennsylvania ,
Permanent Bans ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Protests ,
Public Schools ,
Rent ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Privacy ,
San Francisco ,
Social Distancing ,
State Constitutions ,
State Health Departments ,
State of Emergency ,
Students ,
Takings Clause ,
Teachers ,
Tenants ,
Tennessee ,
Texas ,
Tourism ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Decontamination
...In this issue, Mitch Rhein examines the Supreme Court decision permitting class action waivers, Spencer Cook looks at a recent decision that warns employers to be careful about asking for past pay rates, Chelsea Thompson...more
6/13/2018
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Required Forms ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS