It has been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic began and during that time more than 9,500 COVID-19 related lawsuits have been filed across the United States. Out of these 9,500 lawsuits, more than 1,800 employment-related...more
3/31/2021
/ Business Litigation ,
Civil Liability ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Entities ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Immunity ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Masks ,
State and Local Government ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
On February 12, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed Act No. 2021-4 into law. The Act, which is one of three bills designed to combat the economic impacts of COVID-19 that were fast-tracked by Alabama lawmakers, provides...more
On January 6th, lawmakers in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate introduced identical bills (HB 7 and SB 72) aimed at protecting businesses from frivolous litigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to...more
Since March 2020, approximately 4,219 Covid-19 related cases have been filed across the United States, including:
1,004 Insurance Related Cases...
716 Prisoner/Habeas Corpus Cases...
538 Civil Rights Cases...
415 Labor and...more
8/19/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Bodily Injury ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dollar Tree ,
Habeas Corpus ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Labor Law Violations ,
McDonalds ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
Negligence ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Price Gouging ,
Public Nuisance ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Sick Employees ,
Wal-Mart ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
Under typical procedures in Alabama and many other states, notary publics, or “notaries,” must confirm in person the identity of the individual signing a document, and had to provide what is referred to as a “wet signature”...more