Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Type |
Jennifer Terrell |
BALLOT DENIED: VOTING IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 |
34-OCT CBA Record 2020 (September/October, 2020) (10/29/2020) |
During Indiana's primary election this year, held in June, Angela Horne and hermother planned to vote as they always do-by casting a ballot at their polling place. Because of safety concerns amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, however, Marion County opened |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Black Caucus unveils next steps to combat racism |
2020 WL 3565075 (7/1/2020) |
Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday announced the next phase in their strategy for fighting institutional racism, presenting a long list of reform proposals they're hoping to move this year following the death of George Floyd at |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Keith Lewis, CQ Roll Call |
Black-owned businesses twice as likely to fail amid COVID-19, NY Fed says |
CQ Roll Call Washington Banking Briefing (8/6/2020) |
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday reported the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minority businesses, citing research suggesting 41 percent of Black-owned businesses closed permanently, more than twice the rate for white- |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Cliff Collins |
BRING IN THE JURY |
80-SEP Oregon State Bar Bulletin 26 (9/25/2020) |
When Oregon courts slowly began resuming jury trials in the spring and summer, they faced two sometimes conflicting goals: delivering justice, and keeping people safe. The result has been a wave of physical changes to courtrooms across the state, and a |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Jordain Carney |
China hawks flex muscle amid coronavirus fallout |
The Hill (4/15/2020) |
The fallout from the coronavirus is shaking up the U.S.-China relationship on Capitol Hill, as a group of hawkish lawmakers fiercely criticize Beijings response to the disease. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Gavin Hart, Esq. |
Chinese nurse accuses hospital of racial harassment during pandemic |
35 No. 09 Westlaw Journal Employment 03, Westlaw Journal Employment (12/3/2020) |
A registered nurse at a California hospital has filed a complaint alleging that her supervisors made racist remarks about her Chinese nationality, denied her proper personal protective equipment despite the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately fired her when |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Elvina Nawaguna, CQ Roll Call |
Citing COVID-19, GOP lawmakers skip Arizona copper mine hearing |
CQ Roll Call Washington Energy Briefing (3/12/2020) |
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans boycotted a hearing Thursday on the impact on Native Americans of a proposed copper mine in Arizona, arguing the event should have been canceled because coronavirus restrictions prevented their witnesses from |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Kirsten Engel |
CLIMATE FEDERALISM IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: CAN THE STATES "SAVE" AMERICAN CLIMATE POLICY? |
47 Northern Kentucky Law Review 115 (7/12/1905) (2020) |
To many, the Trump administration has been a nightmare for U.S. progress on climate change. From the appointment of climate-change skeptics to influential administrative positions, to the rollback of greenhouse gas regulations applicable to transportati |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Michelle Y. Ewert |
CLINIC IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS |
89-OCT Journal of the Kansas Bar Association. 44 (September/October, 2020) (10/10/2020) |
The coronavirus pandemic has led to dramatic changes in how the legal community operates. During the spring 2020 semester, students in the Washburn Law Clinic pivoted to an almost completely online delivery of legal services. In the Washburn Law Clinic, |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Marty Johnson |
Communities of color hit hardest financially by COVID-19: study |
The Hill (9/16/2020) |
Communities of color have been hit the hardest by economic and social challenges spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study, adding to the well-documented toll the pandemic has had on health within these communities. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Thomas G. Wolfe, J.D. |
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT-FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS URGE FEDERAL REGULATORS TO SUSPEND CRA REVISION, RULEMAKINGS UNRELATED TO COVID-19 |
Wolters Kluwer Banking and Finance Law Daily (4/9/2020) |
In their letter to the OCC and FDIC, Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters and committee members urge the federal agencies to focus on a strong response to the coronavirus pandemic and to suspend efforts to revise unrelated rulemakingsespecially regarding t |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
CQ Roll Call staff |
Congress considers telehealth, racial disparities under COVID-19 |
CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (6/15/2020) |
Lawmakers will analyze telehealth and racial disparities this week, two long-standing health insurance topics that have been amplified by the coronavirus pandemic. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Jordain Carney |
Congress set for showdown on coronavirus relief legislation |
The Hill (7/20/2020) |
A fight over the next round of coronavirus aid is coming to a head as lawmakers prepare to race the clock to get a deal; ; Congress set for showdown on coronavirus relief legislation July 20, 2020 A fight over the next round of coronavirus aid is coming |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
J. Edward Moreno |
Congressional Black Caucus calls on CDC to report racial data |
The Hill (4/8/2020) |
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to report racial data in updates on the coronavirus outbreak after figures reported by certain states and counties showed black Americans are dispropor |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Brett Samuels |
Conway defends Trump's COVID-19 language after saying it was 'offensive' |
The Hill (6/24/2020) |
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday defended President Trump's repeated use of the term kung flu" to describe the coronavirus despite previously telling reporters the term was "highly offensive."" |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Max Greenwood and Julia Manchester |
Coronavirus steals Trump economic edge |
The Hill (4/18/2020) |
President Trump has the money, the bully pulpit and a firm grip on his party as he leans into his reelection race, but he no longer has what was long seen as the greatest strength of his presidency: a strong economy. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Lindsay F. Wiley , Stephen I. Vladeck |
CORONAVIRUS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE COURTS: THE CASE AGAINST "SUSPENDING" JUDICIAL REVIEW |
133 Harvard Law Review Forum 179 (7/1/2020) |
For obvious reasons, local and state orders designed to help flatten the curve of novel coronavirus infections (and conserve health care capacity to treat coronavirus disease ) have provoked a series of constitutional objections- and a growing number of |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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COULD A WPA-TYPE JOBS PROGRAM COUNTERACT CORONAVIRUS-CAUSED JOB LOSSES AND EXPEDITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? |
2020-7 Construction Briefings 1 (7/1/2020) (7/1/2020) |
As of this writing (at the end of May 2020), the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to work its way across the United States. It appears highly probable that a second wave will follow later this year. Thus, the hardship and dislocation that accompanied |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Sandhya Raman, CQ Roll Call |
COVID-19 amplifies racial disparities in maternal health |
CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (5/14/2020) |
Days before her death, Amber Isaac tweeted about her negative experiences receiving pregnancy care at her local hospital in the Bronx. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Valena Beety, Brandon L. Garrett |
COVID-19 AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
11/16/2020 U. Chi. L. Rev. Online 1, University of Chicago Law Review Online (11/16/2020) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the boundaries of our criminal legal system, testing the entrenchment of patterns in incarceration, policing, and surveillance. During a time in which new concerns arose about racial injustice and mass incarceration, p |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Katherine Florey |
COVID-19 AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS |
96 Notre Dame Law Review Reflection 1 (2020) (9/9/2020) |
The strict controls that many jurisdictions, including most U.S. states, established to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have proven difficult to sustain over time, and most places are moving to lift them. Internationally, many plans to ease lockdowns ha |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Leanne Fuith , Susan Trombley |
COVID-19 AND THE CAREGIVING CRISIS |
77-OCT Bench and Bar of Minnesota 27 ()October, 2020 (10/29/2020) |
The covid-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of life. Since March 2020, Minnesota families have navigated a new normal that no longer includes access to regular care for their children or other vulnerable family members. At the end of July, Gov. Tim |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Robert Gatter , Seema Mohapatra |
COVID-19 AND THE CONUNDRUM OF MASK REQUIREMENTS |
77 Washington and Lee Law Review Online 17 (5/28/2020) (5/28/2020) |
As states begin to loosen their COVID-19 restrictions, public debate is underway about what public health measures are appropriate. Many states have some form of mask-wearing orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection. Public health guidance from |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Guofu Liu |
COVID-19 AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF NATIONALS ABROAD |
114 AJIL Unbound 317, AJIL Unbound (2020) |
The COVID-19 pandemic is having serious and disproportionate effects on nationals abroad and their families globally. Many states have adopted positive measures including temporarily suspending forced returns as well providing visa and work permit extensi |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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COVID-19 Employee FAQs |
-2020 |
Answers to frequently asked questions from employees about issues related to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The FAQs address worker notification laws, paid sick leave and family and medical leave benefits, health and safety protections i |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Michael Lotito, et. Al. |
COVID-19 employment lawsuits |
38 No. 19 Westlaw Journal Aviation 10, Westlaw Journal Aviation (12/3/2020) |
Littler Mendelson attorneys Michael Lotito, James Paretti, Ramanpreet Dheri and Tessa Gelbman discuss the various liability claims employers have faced during the coronavirus pandemic, including wage and hour, retaliation, wrongful termination and wo |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Daniel P. Monarch , Daniel J. Boehm |
COVID-19 GIVES RISE TO THE BIRTH OF THE REMOTE VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE PROGRAM |
62-AUG Orange County Lawyer 36 (8/1/2020) |
On March 23, 2020, the Honorable Judge Kirk H. Nakamura, Presiding Judge of the Orange County Superior Court, initiated a series of Administrative Orders that continued or trailed almost 10, 000 Family Law matters (Administrative Order 20/08). Pursuan |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Morgan Chalfant |
COVID-19 makes Trump's work with black Americans that much harder |
The Hill (5/23/2020) |
President Trump, who stepped up his effort to target black voters earlier this year by focusing on criminal justice reform and the record-low unemployment rate, has been forced to shift in recent weeks as the novel coronavirus has disproportionately aff |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Susan Swann |
COVID-19 quick take: White House revives Native American affairs council |
WESTLAW Health Daily Briefing (4/29/2020) |
The White House and U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on April 28 jointly announced (2020 WL 2030035) the reestablishment of the Obama-era White House Council on Native American Affairs, to continue interagency coordination of tribal governments' r |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Elizabeth Williams, J.D. |
COVID-19 Related Litigation: Challenges to Election and Voting Practices During COVID-19 Pandemic |
54 A.L.R. Fed. 3d Art. 3 (Originally published in 2020), American Law Reports ALR Federal 3d (12/3/2020) |
Early in the presidential election year of 2020, COVID-19, an infectious and sometimes deadly disease caused by a novel coronavirus, appeared throughout the United States and the rest of the world. Many state and local governments imposed restrictions |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |