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Lockdowns
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India Legal
Delhi court acquits Shabnam Hashmi in Covid-19 lockdown violation case
A Delhi court has acquitted social activist Shabnam Hashmi and co-accused Seema Joshi in connection with alleged violations of Covid-19 lockdown protocols during a protest in Dwarka in October 2020.…
Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law
Businesses shuttered by COVID-19 lockdowns seek Supreme Court’s revision of modern takings law
Is a business temporarily closed by order of the government entitled to compensation? Two groups of plaintiffs have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court hoping not just for a “yes” but…
inversecondemnation.com
Michigan, Over Dissent, Declines To Hear Co-19 Shutdown Takings Case
In this Order, the Michigan Supreme Court declined to consider a case which challenges the Michigan governor's Co-19 shutdown executive orders, which, in the words of the dissenting Justices, reached "nearly…
Health Law Prof Blog
Cooperating to Resist: Society and State During China’s COVID Lockdowns
Shitong Qiao (Duke University), Cooperating to Resist: Society and State During China’s COVID Lockdowns (Duke L. Sch. Pub. L. & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-59) (2023):China’s lockdown during the COVID-19…
The Right Coast
Lockdowns
via www.youtube.comSpoiler alert: lockdowns were a charlie foxtrot of epic proportions. But hey: the experts told us to do it and they didn't know any better. I don't remember many…
Consumer Class Defense Counsel
Seventh Circuit Emphasizes “Rigorous Analysis” to Certify Class against University for Its Decision to Cancel Classes during the Pandemic
By Jonathan W. Garlough, Bryan T. Mette
In Eddlemon v. Bradley University, 65 F.4th 335 (7th Cir. 2023), the Seventh Circuit underscored that evidence, not allegations, control the court’s class certification analysis. At issue in Eddlemon were…
The Right Coast
Lockdown Harms and the Silence of Economists – Collateral Global
As professional economists, we have watched the response of much of the economics profession to COVID-era lockdowns with considerable surprise. Given the evident and predictable harms of lockdowns to health…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Rebuffs Tanning Business Case Against COVID Shutdown
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Fifth Circuit rejected claims by a tanning business that COVID shutdowns violated its equal protection rights and amounted to an…
China Law Blog
Doing Business in and with China During COVID Lockdowns
By Dan Harris
The following four things in the last 24 hours have “compelled” me to write this post. One, a client yesterday asked me to explain China’s current COVID quarantine rules for…
Health Law Prof Blog
Why the UK Complied with Lockdown Law during COVID-19
Joe Tomlinson (University of York), Simon Halliday (University of York), Jed Meers (University of York), Naomi Finch (University of York), Mark Wilberforce (University of York), Why the UK Complied with…