This 31st edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, follows upon two significant developments: the prospect of a Biden administration and the crossing of the 10-million-case threshold. Why highlight these developments among the many others of the past few weeks? The Biden administration seems poised to take a more hands-on approach to the COVID-19 pandemic than the Trump administration, which means the potential for increased legal obligations at the same time that cases are increasingly sharply all across the country. All that is to say that the legal risks for American businesses are set to increase as we enter the eighth month of the pandemic.

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