| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Type |
| Cynthia L. Cooper |
LAWYERS TACKLE MATERNAL MORTALITY |
106-NOV A.B.A. J. 18, ABA Journal (11/30/2020) |
New concerns about maternal risks in pregnancy emerged as COVID-19 plowed its way across the country this year. In April, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo convened the COVID-19 Maternity Task Force to look at alternative facilities for delivery. In May, the As |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Gary Blankenship |
LEGAL AID WORKING ON PANDEMIC, RACIAL EQUALITY ISSUES |
7/2020 The Florida Bar News 11 (7/1/2020) (7/1/2020) |
Online intake, putting brochures in baskets from food banks, and direct mail to low-income Floridians are ways legal aid offices are reaching out to residents facing the triple threat of a pandemic, an economic meltdown, and widespread social unrest. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| UCLA Chapter, Asian/Pacific Islander Law Students Association |
LETTER FROM THE ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION REGARDING STEPHEN BAINBRIDGE |
68 UCLA Law Review Discourse 22 (2020) (Abstract on Racism.org) (9/9/2020) |
The following letter from the UCLA School of Law chapter of the Asian/Pacific Islander Law Students Association was sent to UCLA School of Law administrators on April 13, 2020, in response to anti-Asian statements by a professor. This was not an isolate |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Pamela Wolf, J.D. |
LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS-DISPARATE IMPACT ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST TYSON, JBS CHALLENGES LACK OF COVID-19 WORKER PROTECTIONS |
Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily (7/9/2020) |
The companies' current operating procedures have a discriminatory impact on the predominantly Black, Latino, and Asian workforce at their plants, according to the complaint. On July 8, a nationwide coalition of organizations that advocate for meat pro |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Pamela Wolf, J.D. |
LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS-HHS, CDC ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO FULFILL STATUTORY DUTIES IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily (11/2/2020) |
The federal government has purportedly shown a pattern of misconduct and neglect in response to a pandemic that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives in this country and has inflicted pain, suffering and illness upon millions more. A New York public ch |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Jacob Bielanski |
LOANS-NUMEROUS GROUPS URGE CANCELLATION OF STUDENT DEBT IN NEXT COVID-19 RELIEF BILL |
2020 WL 4012884 (7/16/2020) |
Over 100 groups support earlier efforts to forgive $30, 000 of roughly 45 million borrowers' student-loan debts, in addition to extending a payment forbearance provision under the CARES Act ending at a cliff on October 1. Congressional leaders have been |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Caroline V. Lawrence, The COVID-Dynamic Team |
MASKING UP: A COVID-19 FACE-OFF BETWEEN ANTI-MASK LAWS AND MANDATORY MASK ORDERS FOR BLACK AMERICANS |
11 Cal. L. Rev. Online 479, California Law Review Online (11/30/2020) |
Mandatory PPE orders during COVID-19 have forced Black Americans to weigh the dangers of disease against the dangers of selective enforcement and racial profiling. In states with civil rights-era anti-mask laws, both wearing and eschewing masks could lea |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| John Bowden |
Maxine Waters: Trump more concerned about Confederate statues than coronavirus |
The Hill (6/25/2020) |
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) took aim at President Trump on Thursday, saying he is more concerned with protecting Confederate monuments than halting the spread of the coronavirus. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Tal Axelrod |
McConnell launches ad touting role in passing coronavirus relief |
The Hill (3/31/2020) |
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday launched a new ad for his reelection campaign touting his role in passing a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that was signed into law last week. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Michigan governor's order mandating COVID-19 testing for agricultural workers challenged in court |
411 Corporate Counsel's Monitor NL 8, Corporate Counsel's Monitor (11/1/2020) |
Agricultural business owners and employees (collectively, the plaintiffs) recently challenge the enforcement of an emergency order the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued imposing COVID-19 testing protocols on employers and housing pr |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Jim Saksa, CQ Roll Call |
Mnuchin offers insight on PPP changes in next COVID-19 relief bill |
CQ Roll Call Washington Banking Briefing (7/17/2020) |
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave an indication Friday of the potential changes to a forgivable loan program that's been a lifeline for small businesses hurt by COVID-19; ; Mnuchin offers insight on PPP changes in next COVID- 19 relief bill July 17, |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Blair Chavis, et. Al. |
MOMENT -OR- MOVEMENT? |
106-NOV A.B.A. J. 34, ABA Journal (11/30/2020) |
Lawyers have a long tradition of supporting efforts to bring racial and social justice to this country. They've argued important civil rights cases, demanded police accountability and advocated for public policies to address systemic and institutional ra |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| David Jordan, CQ Roll Call |
Money needed to battle environmental injustice during COVID-19, panel told |
CQ Roll Call Washington Energy Briefing (6/9/2020) |
Communities affected by higher rates of pollution will need greater investment to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and improve their local environment, witnesses told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Native American casino owner sues Lloyd's, AIG over coronavirus shutdown losses |
30 Westlaw Journal Insurance Coverage 01 (2020) (2020) |
A Native American tribe on March 24 sued a group of insurance companies, asking a court to declare that losses it is incurring from shutting down its casinos during the coronavirus pandemic are covered by its business insurance. The suit by the Chickasaw |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Troy Sepion |
Native American nations seek coverage for COVID-19 business interruption |
WESTLAW Insurance Daily Briefing (4/14/2020) |
Two Oklahoma Native American tribal nations have filed lawsuits against their insurers, seeking coverage for losses and expenses they incurred when they closed businesses and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Morgan Gstalter |
New York AG launches hotline to report coronavirus hate crimes, xenophobia against Asian Americans |
The Hill (3/25/2020) |
New York Attorney General Letitia James launched a hotline this week for people to report hate crimes and biased incidents against Asian Americans during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Emily Kopp, CQ Roll Call |
NIH sets national strategy to unify effort on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines |
CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (4/20/2020) |
The National Institutes of Health announced an initiative to unify disparate efforts across the drug industry to respond to the coronavirus-related pandemic. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| By Pamela Wolf, J.D. |
OSHA NEWS-$15K PENALTY ASSESSED FOR JBS' FAILURE TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM COVID-19 |
Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily (9/14/2020) |
Although the agency was silent about the details, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union said the outbreak led to eight deaths and more than 200 infections. OSHA has cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect employees from |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| |
Pandemic of Coverage Litigation for Business Income Losses Due to Coronavirus Plagues Insurance Industry |
41 No. 6 California Tort Reporter NL 1 (7/1/2020) |
As businesses across the nation scramble to find ways to survive this COVID-19 pandemic, many are realizing that their lost business income should be covered under their business insurance policies and are filing claims seeking the coverage to which they |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| John Bowden |
Pelosi: White House made 'unacceptable changes' to testing language during negotiations on coronavirus stimulus |
The Hill (10/18/2020) |
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused White House officials of making unacceptable changes" to language concerning funding for COVID-19 testing efforts in the framework of an emerging coronavirus relief deal." |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Brett Samuels |
Pence seeks to boost Daines in critical Montana Senate race |
The Hill (9/14/2020) |
BELGRADE, Mont. The Big Sky Country got the vice presidential treatment on Monday as the White House threw its muscle behind Sen. Steve Daines (R) in a race that could decide control of the Senate in November. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| John Bowden |
Poll: 80 percent of African Americans say Trump has done 'fair' or 'poor' job handling coronavirus |
The Hill (5/19/2020) |
A majority of African Americans hold a negative view of President Trump and the federal government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a new poll. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Max Greenwood |
Poll: Serious concerns about coronavirus drop in six battleground states |
(8/26/2020) |
Serious concerns about the coronavirus pandemic are on the decline in some of the nations most critical battleground states, while approval of President Trumps handling of the outbreak is rising, according to a new CNBC-Change Research poll released on |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Valena E. Beety |
PRETRIAL DISMISSAL IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE: A RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND PROTEST ARRESTS |
11/16/2020 U. Chi. L. Rev. Online 44, University of Chicago Law Review Online (11/16/2020) |
The most dangerous place to be in America is prison or jail. The coronavirus pandemic, which, when paired with unsanitary and overcrowded incarceration conditions, can transform a few months' sentence into a lifelong health condition or death, compoun |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Niv Elis |
PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2021 |
The Hill (11/6/2020) |
The election results, both known and unknown, have scrambled the prospects for a new coronavirus relief bill after months of negotiations. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Gavin Hart, Esq. |
PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2023 |
WESTLAW Labor and Employment Daily Briefing (11/6/2020) |
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 |
| Max Greenwood |
PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2025 |
The Hill (11/11/2020) |
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Wednesday was projected to have held back a challenge from Democrat Cal Cunningham, delivering a further blow to Democrats' hopes of flipping the Senate. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Donielle Tigay Stutland, J.D. |
PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2026 |
Wolters Kluwer Banking and Finance Law Daily (11/12/2020) |
Brainard suggests that CRA reform and modernization will help address systemic inequalities in the American Indian community. On Nov. 10, 2020, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard addressed the National Congress of American Indians and discussed the |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Keith Lewis, CQ Roll Call |
PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2027 |
CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (12/3/2020) |
Tribal nations and Urban Indian Organizations were offered a choice to receive COVID-19 vaccine distributions either through their respective states or through the Indian Health Service, and all have finalized their elections, the Health and Human Servi |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Duncan Fairgrieve , et. Al. |
Products in a Pandemic: Liability for Medical Products and the Fight Against COVID-19 |
11 European Journal of Risk Regulation 565 (9/9/2020) |
A multitude of medical products are being developed and produced as part of efforts to tackle COVID-19. They are varied in nature and range from test kits to tracing apps, protective equipment, ventilators, medicines and, of course, vaccines. The des |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |