Federal District Court Slashes Attorney’s Fees Claim
4/24/20
By: Nancy Reimer and Adrianna Michalska
Finding “pervasive shortcomings” in its billing entries, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently slashed a law firm’s fee request by seventy percent. In Covidien LP and Covidien Holding Inc. v. …
Governor Kemp Issues Executive Order Reopening Certain Businesses in Georgia
4/22/20
By: Andrew Kim
On April 20, 2020, Governor Kemp signed an Executive Order that will impact certain businesses in Georgia. The new Executive Order reopens some businesses previously closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic and removes certain restrictions for other …
Stay at Home Orders Under Attack – What are the Limits and Rights of State Governments?
4/22/20
By: Marc Finkel
Faced with the uncertainty of navigating through a global pandemic, governors throughout the United States have issued a series of executive orders aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Many of these executive orders have …
4/17/20
By: Shaun Daugherty, Erin Lamb and Andy Treese
As doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers have thrown themselves wholly into the challenge of fighting the coronavirus, some have asked whether they are exposed to new or additional …
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Remotely, Including TCPA Constitutional Challenge
4/16/20
By: Matthew Foree
This week, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would hear oral arguments remotely for the first time in its history. The Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference on certain dates in May in …
4/15/20
By: Jill Dunn and Travis Cashbaugh
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt financial markets and businesses across the country, now is a good time for borrowers and lenders to review the terms of any loan documents to consider the impact of …
Considerations For CPAs Dealing With Unpaid Fees
4/15/20
By: Nancy Reimer, Nicole Graham, Elizabeth Lowery, Zinnia Khan, and Caroline Wu
Many Certified Public Accountants and accounting firms will likely be increasingly confronted with collecting fees as the COVID-19 health crisis continues. In dealing with …
When Business Operations Resume, Employers Will Encounter A New “Normal” In The Workplace
4/15/20
By: Justin Boron
After about a month into business shutdowns across the country, employers and employees alike are hoping that a return to the workplace is not too far off into the future. In anticipation for that moment, employers should …
4/14/20
What Does The Executive Order Require: The COVID-19 crisis has employers scrambling to stay on top of legal obligations imposed by recent federal legislation, including the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act, and …
Game, Set, Match: Wimbledon’s Decision To Purchase Pandemic Insurance Coverage Could Be A Winner
4/13/20
By: Bill Buechner
Among many other more serious impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many prominent sporting events have been cancelled or postponed, including the NCAA Tournament, the Masters, the Kentucky Derby and the French Open tennis tournament. Also, all …
Congress Considers Reinsurance Program for Business Interruption Losses Due to Coronavirus
4/9/20
By: Zach Moura
Business interruption coverage typically requires that there be direct physical loss of or damage to property, and many business interruption policies contain virus exclusions. But there are currently a number of legislative proposals at the state and …
Narrow Victory for Law Enforcement and Commonsense in Kansas v. Glover
4/9/20
By: Peter Dooley
The scope of reasonable judgments that police officers can make during traffic-stops under the Fourth Amendment was recently widened, at least narrowly, by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 6th in their 8-1 decision in Kansas …