This 35th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us discussing yet more shutdown challenges, nursing home wrongful-death cases, landlord-tenant disputes, and tuition-refund claims....more
12/10/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Orders ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Gross Negligence ,
Nursing Homes ,
Relief Measures ,
Religious Institutions ,
State of Emergency ,
Wrongful Death
This 29th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, covers some of the hottest topics in these developing areas of law: governments' authority to implement mass gathering restrictions, face...more
10/29/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Catholic Church ,
Churches ,
Civil Liability ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Curfews ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Evers ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Masks ,
Nursing Homes ,
Public Gatherings ,
Refunds ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Wrongful Death
This 27th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us start with a discussion of a trend toward class actions, with later discussions on two key areas -- insurance coverage disputes and...more
10/13/2020
/ Audits ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Emergency Powers ,
Executive Orders ,
Firemen ,
Governor Hogan ,
Governor Whitmer ,
Governor Wolf ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
MI Supreme Court ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Patent Infringement ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Refunds ,
SCOTUS ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Waivers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 24th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees a flurry of activity around government restrictions on mass gatherings and business operations -- including a significant ruling from...more
9/23/2020
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Bars ,
Business Closures ,
Citations ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Due Process ,
Executive Orders ,
Farmers ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor DeWine ,
Governor Wolf ,
Immigrants ,
Immunity ,
Masks ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
Nursing Homes ,
OSHA ,
Political Speech ,
Public Gatherings ,
Reimbursements ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Peaceful Assembly ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights, Issue 23 -
This 23rd edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning from a brief Labor Day break. The spate of lawsuits...more
9/18/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Cruise Ships ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governors ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Negligence ,
Nursing Homes ,
Price Gouging ,
Retaliation ,
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
This 11th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, identifies news reports placing the number of COVID-19 filings at around 2,700, with insurance coverage disputes former the single largest...more
6/16/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cruise Ships ,
Elder Care ,
Emotional Distress Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Nursing Homes ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Police Power ,
Prison ,
Prisoners ,
Public Health ,
State Constitutions ,
State Legislatures ,
Vaccinations ,
Wrongful Death