This ninth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, continues to be dominated by shutdown challenges and workplace injury and wrongful death claims. But as governments discuss contact...more
6/1/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
CARES Act ,
Commercial Leases ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Eviction ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
OSHA ,
Refunds ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
This sixth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19 litigation, sees us reporting on many of the same types of cases. Consumers continue to seek refunds for goods and services that have been disrupted by the...more
5/14/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
CARES Act ,
Civil Authority Coverage ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Commercial Speech ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contracts Clause ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cruise Ships ,
Debt Collectors ,
Due Process ,
Emergency Powers ,
Equal Protection ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Fraud ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Free Speech ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Whitmer ,
Gross Negligence ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jones Act ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
Negligence ,
OSHA ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Price Gouging ,
Primary Elections ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Refunds ,
Rental Property ,
Right to Peaceful Assembly ,
SCOTUS ,
Second Amendment ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Takings Clause ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Universities ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
Our updates about “The REAL Trending Litigation Topics Regarding COVID-19” are now called Unprecedented to reflect the development and adaption of legal theories to address the unprecedented impact from COVID-19. Although the...more
5/4/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court Schedules ,
Cruise Ships ,
Debt Collectors ,
Government Shutdown ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Moratorium ,
Negligence ,
Nursing Homes ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Standard of Care ,
State Health Departments ,
Student Loans ,
Videoconference ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Safety
Another week brings another round of COVID-19-related lawsuits. We are identifying some early trends and provide a synopsis of the more relevant lawsuits below....more
4/27/2020
/ Amazon ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Business Interruption ,
Collaboration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Debt Collection ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Executive Orders ,
Immunity ,
Instagram ,
Interstate Travel Restrictions ,
Moratorium ,
Nursing Homes ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Postponement ,
Price Gouging ,
Refunds ,
Sanitation ,
SBA ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Small Business Loans ,
State Attorneys General ,
Students ,
Third-Party ,
Virtual Education Tools ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Arrest ,
Wrongful Death
First wrongful death lawsuit from COVID-19 filed against employer. Despite Walmart taking extensive measures to protect "associates and customers, including additional cleaning measures, installing sneeze guards at...more
4/10/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Condemnation ,
False Advertising ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Government Lockdown ,
Gun Laws ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Just Compensation ,
Prisoners ,
Private Property ,
Refunds ,
Right to Peaceful Assembly ,
School Closures ,
Second Amendment ,
Takings Clause ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Unlawful Aliens ,
Workplace Decontamination ,
Wrongful Death
Spilman lawyers addressed litigation issues of critical importance to large and small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Major topics include up-to-date litigation trends, as well as civil recourse for supply chain...more
A trend is emerging with recently filed litigation involving the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to providing information that allows businesses to react as quickly as possible to avert civil litigation threats or to...more
3/27/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cruise Ships ,
Debt Collection ,
Delivery Drivers ,
False Advertising ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Foreclosure ,
Independent Contractors ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Insurance Claims ,
Moratorium ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trolls ,
Price Gouging ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Social Distancing ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices