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Attorneys with Fortney & Scott, LLC GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS CRISIS 17 Federal Employment Law Insider 2 (5/1/2020) (5/1/2020) Federal agencies continue to tackle the unique challenges the COVID-19 pandemic is causing for employers. Working remotely, agency leaders have had to change the way they carry out their missions. Often finding themselves at the forefront of the government's response, they have shown surprising capabilities. The Equal Employment Opportunity; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  Governments, Agencies Mobilize as Coronavirus Escalates Across the U.S. 48 HDR Current Developments 1 (3/28/2020) (3/28/2020) 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading in the U.S., and it is spreading rapidly. As this issue of HDR goes to press, there are 46, 548 total confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S., and 592 deaths, according to data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Worldwide, there are 169, 387; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Montrece M. Ransom, et. Al. GUEST CHAIR'S COLUMN: DYING TO BELONG: RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE 32 No. 5 Health Lawyer 3 (8/23/2020) I am obsessed with the phenomenon of belonging. For the past year, I've been studying, presenting workshops on, and writing about the importance of fostering a sense of belonging in all of our shared spaces. In addition, the heart of my coaching practice is affirming to my clients that anywhere they are called or aspire to be, they belong; ; Health Lawyer June, 2020 GUEST CHAIR'S COLUMN: DYING TO BELONG: RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE Montrece M. Ransom JD MPH; coupled with the disproportionate burden of illness and death among Black Americans from COVID- 19, provide evidence of what many Black Americans in public health have been saying, and what research has shown- racism is a; ultimately due to racism. [FN2] Impacting infectious disease, this systemic racism has led to rapidly expanding inequity amidst the COVID- 19 pandemic. Simply being a black American in this country is; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Jacob Z. Bolton HEALTH IN ALL OR PROFIT FOR SOME: HEALTH AND RACIAL EQUITY IN ALL POLICY FOR A JUST TRANSITION 20 Journal of Law in Society 315 (Summer, 2020) (9/14/2020) C1-2TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. 315 Background. 317 L1 A. Background on Climate Destabilization. L2317 L1 B. Background on Climate Destabilization Law. L2322 L1 C. Proposals for U.S. Climate Change Law. L2329 L1 D. Building Local Institutions for Climate Justice. L2335 I. Climate Change & Inequity: A Root Cause Analysis. 338 II. Frame Policies... 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
CQ Roll Call staff HHS seeks to prevent racial, ethnic discrimination during pandemic CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (7/21/2020) The Health and Human Services Department's Office for Civil Rights issued guidance on Monday to ensure that HHS-funded programs comply with federal civil rights laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination related to race, color and national origin during the pandemic; ; HHS seeks to prevent racial, ethnic discrimination during pandemic July 21, 2020 The Health and; origin. HHS is committed to helping populations hardest hit by COVID- 19 including African- American and Native American 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Marty Johnson Hispanic and Black children facing higher rates of COVID-19 hospitalization: CDC The Hill (8/8/2020) A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that Hispanic and Black children have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic at a disproportionate rate, underscoring how minority communities across the country have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19; Hispanic and Black children facing higher rates of COVID- 19 hospitalization: CDC August 08, 2020 A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that Hispanic and Black children have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic at a disproportionate rate, underscoring how minority communities across the country have been among the hardest hit by COVID- 19; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Rafael Bernal Hispanic Caucus asks for Department of Labor meeting on COVID in meatpacking plants The Hill (8/6/2020) The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) asked Thursday for a meeting with Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) head Loren Sweatt to clarify the agency's oversight of working conditions at meatpacking plants amid coronavirus; Hispanic Caucus asks for Department of Labor meeting on COVID in meatpacking plants August 06, 2020 The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) asked Thursday for a meeting with Labor Secretary; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Rafael Bernal Hispanic Caucus demands protections for agricultural workers in next coronavirus bill The Hill (4/15/2020) The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) called on legislative leaders Wednesday to include salary, social safety net and immigration protections for farmworkers in any future coronavirus relief packages. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Rafael Bernal Hispanic caucus report takes stock of accomplishments with eye toward 2021 The Hill (9/17/2020) The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) touted its increasing numbers and high-profile clashes with the Trump administration in a new report highlighting its accomplishments and efforts during the 116th Congress. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Mike Lillis and Scott Wong House approves $2.2T COVID-19 relief bill as White House talks stall The Hill (10/1/2020) House Democrats on Thursday approved a massive, $2.2 trillion package of coronavirus relief, lending political cover to party centrists in tough races while putting fresh pressure on Senate Republicans to move another round of emergency aid before the coming elections. 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
  House Bill Would Direct SEC, Fed to Study Racial Gap in Stock Ownership WGL-ACCTALERT VOL 14 NO 205 (10/22/2020) A House bill would direct the SEC and the Federal Reserve to conduct a joint study on the racial gap in stock ownership. The report would, among other topics, include recommendations on raising stock ownership among African-Americans and any other group less likely to own stocks, according to the bill text. By Bill Flook A House bill... 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Cristina Marcos House Democrat introduces bill to prevent Trump campaign from requiring COVID-19 liability waivers at rallies The Hill (6/16/2020) A new bill introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) would prevent President Trump's reelection campaign from issuing liability waivers protecting it from lawsuits should supporters attend a rally and contract the coronavirus. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Juliegrace Brufke House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus The Hill (9/17/2020) The House passed a resolution Thursday condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19 in a 243-164 vote. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Cristina Marcos House votes to create select committee to oversee coronavirus response The Hill (4/23/2020) The House on Thursday voted to create a select committee to oversee the federal response to the coronavirus crisis, with Republicans accusing Democrats of trying to use it as a cudgel against President Trump during an election year. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
By Tanisha Pinkins, Esq., Baker Donelson PC How leaders can retain diverse talent during the COVID-19 pandemic Practitioner Insights Commentaries (10/29/2020) Baker Donelson attorney Tanisha Pinkins discusses how the legal industry can ensure it retains and prioritizes diverse talent amid the pandemic's economic turbulence. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Tanisha Pinkins, et. Al. How Leaders Can Retain Diverse Talent During the Covid-19 Pandemic 35 Westlaw Journal Employment 09 (12/1/2020) Baker Donelson attorney Tanisha Pinkins discusses how the legal industry can ensure it retains and prioritizes diverse talent amid the pandemic's economic turbulence. As COVID-19 continues to fuel uncertainty and financial loss, resulting in furloughs, layoffs, terminations, reduced salaries, and other tough business decisions, recent headlines... 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
Andrew Hammond , Ariel Jurow Kleiman , Gabriel Scheffler How the Covid-19 Pandemic Has and Should Reshape the American Safety Net 105 Minnesota Law Review Headnotes 154 (Fall, 2020) (12/1/2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered an unprecedented shock to the United States and the world. It is unclear precisely how long this crisis, which is both epidemiological and economic, will last, and it is difficult to gauge the extent and direction of the changes in American life these crises will cause. Nonetheless, it is beyond dispute that the... 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
  HUD Moves Quickly to Allocate COVID-19 Relief Funding 48 HDR Current Developments 1 (5/1/2020) (5/1/2020) Secretary Ben Carson has directed HUD to immediately begin allocating $3.064 billion in relief funding to help low-income families and vulnerable citizens as the U.S. continues to grapple with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which was signed into law by; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  ICYMI: TRUMP EPA APPROVES FIRST-EVER LONG-LASTING ANTIVIRAL PRODUCT FOR USE AGAINST COVID-19 (8/24/2020) APPROVES FIRST-EVER LONG-LASTING ANTIVIRAL PRODUCT FOR USE AGAINST COVID- 19 August 24, 2020 ICYMI: Trump EPA Approves First-Ever Long; administration seeks to propel emerging treatments and protections against the coronavirus, and as several companies race to deliver an effective, safe vaccine. (Bloomberg, 8/24/20; 2020 Administrative Decisions & Guidance
  ICYMI: U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR EUGENE SCALIA DELIVERS REMARKS ON DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE USDL 20-1263 (6/16/2020)   2020 Administrative Decisions & Guidance
Samuli Seppänen Ideological Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic: China and its Other 16 University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review 24 (2020) (12/1/2020) This Article discusses the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as an instance of ideological contestation between the People's Republic of China and its ideological Other-the Western liberal democracies. Much of this ideological contestation highlights the idiosyncratic aspects of opposing ideological narratives. From the illiberal perspective,... 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
Prof. Genevieve Fajardo II. DEBT COLLECTION DURING COVID-19 2020 Advanced Consumer & Com. L. 18-II, State Bar of Texas (9/14/2020) During the first months of COVID-19, Federal and state governments paused many traditional debt collection activities. Eviction and foreclosure moratoriums were instituted all over the country, and many states, including Texas, stopped garnishment proceedings and other debt collection lawsuits. Together with court closings for public health... 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
J. Edward Moreno Illinois Democrats call on HHS to address racial health disparities The Hill (4/14/2020) Illinois Democratic lawmakers, led by Sen. Dick Durbin, are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address racial disparities in those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Medha D. Makhlouf, Jasmine Sandhu IMMIGRANTS AND INTERDEPENDENCE: HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXPOSES THE FOLLY OF THE NEW PUBLIC CHARGE RULE 115 Northwestern University Law Review Online 146 (10/14/2020) On February 24, 2020, just as the Trump Administration began taking significant action to prepare for an outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States, it also began implementing its new public charge rule. Public charge is an immigration law that restricts the admission of certain noncitizens based on the likelihood that they will become... 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  In race to COVID-19 drugs, EU may fast-track remdesivir sale before U.S. 36 Westlaw Journal Pharmaceutical 03 (2020) (2020) The European Union may give an initial green light in the coming days for sale of the drug remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment, the head of its medicines agency said May 18, fast-tracking the drug to market amid tight global competition for resources. The United States, which has angered the EU with aggressive tactics in a procurement; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  In re: COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY THE OUTBREAK OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19): REVISEDSCHEDULE FOR THE RESUMPTION OF CRIMINAL JURYTRIALS General Order No. 2020-19 Docket Number: 2:20MC7, United States District Court, E.D. Virginia. (6/30/2020) The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has continued to closely monitor the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as the developing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and local health authorities. On May 26, 2020, General Order No. 2020-16 was issued, establishing a; 2020 Cases
Nizan Geslevich Packin In Too-big-to-fail We Trust: Ethics and Banking in the Era of Covid-19 2020 Wisconsin Law Review 1043 Rev. (2020) (12/1/2020) The COVID-19 economic crisis has brought to light something very broken in the American banking system-that banks prioritize their own profits over the interests of those they serve and over the interests of social justice. And they are permitted to do so because they do not owe a fiduciary duty to their customers and are not social welfare... 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
Julie S. Lucht and Sarah E. Flotte, Perkins Coie LLP IN WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS, REMEMBER LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO EMPLOYEES 1 West Employment Law Letter 5 (4/1/2020) (4/1/2020) Employers are rightfully concerned about what they should be doing to respond to the continued spread of COVID-19. As we all deal with disruptions to our daily routines, employers need to keep in mind the applicable employment laws when deciding how to respond. How employers respond to the coronavirus outbreak may implicate several areas of; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Lillian Bautista Incoming Lawmakers Stress Coronavirus Relief, Economy as First Priority of New Session The Hill (18-Dec-20) (12/18/2020) COVID-19 relief and getting the economy back on track must be top priorities in the next legislative session, incoming lawmakers from both parties said Thursday. 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
  JOINT STATEMENT BY TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN T. MNUCHIN AND SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DAVID L. BERNHARDT ON DISTRIBUTION OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND DOLLARS TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES Treas. SM-998 (5/5/2020)   2020 Administrative Decisions & Guidance
Aris Folley Kellyanne Conway says it's 'highly offensive' to refer to coronavirus as 'kung flu' The Hill (3/18/2020) Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday called reports of a White House official referring to COVID-19 as the kung flu virus highly offensive after a journalist pressed her repeatedly about the matter." 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  Key COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Cases Tracker (US) -2020 A table of key insurance coverage cases filed to recover losses related to the ongoing 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The table summarizes each case, identifies the insurance coverage implicated, and contains links to each complaint and related resources. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Lisa M. Koblin, et. Al. KNOW HOW TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES AS COVID-19 SPREAD CONTINUES 1 Mid-Atlantic Employment Law Letter 1 (4/1/2020) (4/1/2020) The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is no doubt on the minds of employers and employees across Pennsylvania, as well as the nation. Public health officials urge calm but also caution. Employers can set a reassuring tone by showing they are staying up to date on developments and taking precautions that will protect employees. The coronavirus COVID-19 is; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  Kudlow: 'I don't believe there's systemic racism in the US' 2020 WL 3067872 (6/10/2020) Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Wednesday he does not believe there is systemic racism in the United States. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Marty Johnson Kushner: Black Americans have to 'want to be successful' The Hill (10/29/2020) White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Monday that in order for the presidents policies to be most effective, Black Americans must want to succeed. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
  Language barriers hamper coronavirus response 2020 WL 1323119 (3/22/2020) Non-English-speaking communities are increasingly concerned that coronavirus information is being communicated to them after the rest of the country and in less detail, creating a divide that could put minority groups at greater risk of contracting the virus. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Jordain Carney Lawmakers race to pass emergency coronavirus funding The Hill (2/27/2020) Lawmakers are moving quickly to try to pass emergency coronavirus funding before a mid-March break, with negotiators eyeing finalizing an agreement by early next week. 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Henry Kenyon, CQ Roll Call Lawmakers want to know how race-based algorithms affect medical care CQ Roll Call Washington Data Privacy Briefing (9/29/2020) A bicameral group of lawmakers wants the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to review the use of race-based clinical algorithms used by doctors to determine if they are based on accurate science and if there is any bias in them affecting healthcare outcomes. 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
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 Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs called on Congress to fund research on the... 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Brendan Williams Left for Dead: Nursing Home Care Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic 24 Quinnipiac Health Law Journal 24 (2020) (2020) C1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction. 31 II. A Challenged Care Sector. 33 A. Funding. 33 B. Resident Demographics. 34 C. Regulation of Care. 35 D. International Response. 37 E. The Response in the United States. 38 III. Concluding Recommendations. 62 2020 Law Reviews 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. Those offices also report they are bracing for an expected tidal wave of eviction cases and seeing; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Jim Alrutz Legislative Update: Early State and Federal Responses to Coronavirus-related School Closures 40 Children's Legal Rights Journal 146 (2020) (12/1/2020) By April 7, 2020, every state and territory of the United States, including Washington, D.C., took measures to close schools in response to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, known colloquially as the coronavirus. These measures ranged from a recommendation for school closures to executive orders closing schools for the remainder of the... 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
Karima Bennoune Lest We Should Sleep: Covid-19 and Human Rights 114 American Journal of International Law 666 (October, 2020) (10/1/2020) Any meaningful human rights law approach to COVID-19 must be holistic and recognize the breadth of the challenges to both economic, social, and cultural rights, and civil and political rights. It must be grounded in the threat posed by the disease but also address responses to it, and implicate a wide range of state and nonstate actors. Such an... 2020 Law Reviews 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 isolated incidence of hateful language in the UCLA Law community. Earlier in the school year, other UCLA... 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Ruby Dhand, Anita Szigeti, Maya Kotob, Michael Kennedy, Rebecca Ye Litigating in the Time of Coronavirus: Mental Health Tribunals' Response to Covid-19 37 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 132 (2020) (12/1/2020) People with mental health and addiction issues are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 given the elevated risk of contracting COVID-19 within psychiatric facilities. The impact of the pandemic on this extraordinarily vulnerable population includes the potential for large outbreaks and multiple deaths. There is also the increased risk of serious... 2020 Law Review Articles and 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 processing workers and allied groups filed an administrative civil rights complaint against; 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 charter school and its administrator, a community health organization and its CEO and public... 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 asked to include student debt-relief that meets the scale of student debt issues as part of the; LOANSNUMEROUS GROUPS URGE CANCELLATION OF STUDENT DEBT IN NEXT COVID- 19 RELIEF BILL July 16, 2020 By Jacob Bielanski By Over; CARES) Act. Including student debt cancellation as part of our coronavirus response would put borrowers and their families on better financial footing, provide an immediate economic boost, advance racial equity, relieve strain on other federal and state programs, and; 2020 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources
Justine Coleman Loeffler, Perdue Praise Trump for Signing Covid-19 Relief Legislation after Uncertainty The Hill (27-Dec-20) (12/27/2020) Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) praised President Trump for signing COVID-19 relief legislation on Sunday after his repeated criticisms on the stimulus check amounts raised questions about the bills future. 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
Reena K. Shah, Esq. Maryland Attorney General's Covid-19 Access to Justice Task Force 2 No. 2 Maryland Bar Journal 100 (2020) (12/1/2020) In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, too many hard-working Maryland residents face extraordinary challenges in virtually all aspects of their lives: health, food, employment, housing, finances, estate planning and family issues. Over 3300 Marylanders have died as a result of COVID-19; unemployment filings have skyrocketed from 2,090 in March... 2020 Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources
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