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    COVID-19: Law in the time of Pandemic

    Apr. 2, 2020

    Special Coverage

    These articles are part of a limited series highlighting the work law firms are doing to help clients respond to the coronavirus pandemic. If you have a story about a practice group responding to a specific sector of business or society, send a pitch to coronavirus@dailyjournal.com.

    In This Issue:

    Labor/Employment

    Arent Fox offers buckle for auto industry’s bumpy ride

    Arent Fox LLP is helping some of the auto industry’s largest companies navigate unprecedented, virus-related regulatory, litigation and business matters across the country.

    Law Practice

    Priority Number One

    Attorneys at Best Best & Krieger are helping public clients navigate the complexities of FEMA grant funding.

    Law Practice

    Breathing Room

    Attorneys at Bryan Cave are working with small banks to help keep communities afloat.

    Law Practice

    Cooley's keeping its business clients from fumbling SEC compliance

    Risks stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, even if theoretical, still have to be disclosed because not doing so can create big problems in the courts, the firm’s attorneys say.

    Law Practice

    Covington helps drug industry weigh risks and need

    For Covington & Burling LLP attorneys and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies they represent, developing medicines and therapeutics amid the global pandemic means striking a balance between the immediate need for treatment and the long-term necessity of future vaccines.

    Law Practice

    Cox Castle helps landlords weather short-term pain and prepare for longterm business prospects

    While many cities and counties throughout the state have drafted eviction moratoriums for commercial tenants amid the pandemic, landlords aren't getting the same break on their mortgages.

    Law Practice

    Sales are up but vintners, too, face new normal, Farella Braun lawyers say

    Despite an initial increase in sales, attorneys in Farella Braun’s wine practice say the pandemic has come at a time when the industry’s still shrugging off a string of bad luck.

    Law Practice

    Fenwick team leads resilient early stage companies through uncertain times

    Fenwick & West LLP is helping its venture capitalist and startup clients hunt for opportunities amid the Covid-19 crisis.

    Law Practice

    Fisher & Phillips warns businesses not to get sloppy about the usual labor and employment issues

    As employers start to worry about class action complaints over labor disputes, attorneys at Fisher & Phillips LLP are watching for individual wage-and-hour cases they say might end up being a bigger threat.

    Law Practice

    Fragomen guides US visa holders through fog of pandemic

    “They’re here on a particular visa, and their stay is often tied to their employment,” partner Karine Wenger said. “If the circumstances surrounding their employment change, then there’s a lot of questions.”

    Law Practice

    Gordon Rees helps construction clients build for future

    Attorneys at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP are working closely with their construction industry clients to overcome project slow downs and cancellations amid a surge of new Covid-19 regulations.

    Law Practice

    Gunderson Dettmer brings clarity to uncertain market

    Despite the financial unease of Covid-19, Gunderson Dettmer’s mergers and acquisitions practice is still completing M&A agreements for venture-backed public technology and life science companies and investors.

    Law Practice

    Virus prompted people to consider the unthinkable

    Estate planners at Hartog, Baer and Hand APC say the coronavirus seems to have spurred many second thoughts about the unthinkable.

    Law Practice

    Advising the hotel industry in a stay-at-home world

    Jeffer Mangels attorneys are helping their hospitality clients endure a sudden rush of labor, compliance and regulatory issues amid an unprecedented economic downturn.

    Law Practice

    Rowing together: Jenner & Block helps clients prepare for a new reality

    Jenner & Block attorneys are working with clients trying to adhere to state attorneys general pandemic directives in the present moment, but they’re also trying to keep them prepared for likely audits after the worst is over.

    Health Care & Hospital Law

    King & Spalding helps health care providers navigate concerns with COVID-19

    Hospitals struggling to find the space and supplies they need to treat an anticipated influx of COVID-19 sufferers understandably have their sights set on the ground.

    Labor/Employment

    Emergency Response

    Liebert Cassidy Whitmore attorneys work with public sector clients has routinely required fast answers.

    Law Practice

    Quarantine presents new complications for family lawyers

    Attorneys at McManis Faulkner say they're taking on more clients seeking divorce since the Governor's shelter in place order took effect.

    Data Privacy

    One size fits one

    Newmeyer Dillion takes a bespoke approach to coronavirus-related cybersecurity concerns.

    Law Practice

    ‘Meeting the moment’: O’Melveny resuscitates hospitals

    When every hospital bed counts, the work being done by O'Melveny & Myers LLP's restructuring team could potentially save lives.

    Law Practice

    No Refs, No Games

    Attorneys at Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani LLP represent over 100 qualified medical evaluators, or QMEs, who are physicians certified by the Division of Workers Compensation to evaluate claims.

    Law Practice

    Steptoe & Johnson helps retailers adjust to ‘new normal’

    “I would hate to see a future where you can’t do traditional window shopping and go to a nice outdoor mall and kind of walk around and have the stores we all grew up with,” said Stephanie Sheridan, a San Francisco-based Steptoe partner.
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