Topic
Pandemic
401 published works
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Federal Construction Contractors Are Faced With the Double Whammy of the Pandemic and Price Escalation: What Can Be Done?
By Michael H. Payne, Casey J. McKinnon
When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March 2020, various lockdowns were ordered and Americans learned a new term—“social distancing.” Working remotely using videoconferencing platforms became commonplace and, in most…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
George Cooper, Сox & Palmer’s CEO, on how Atlantic Canada pulled together during the pandemic
He worked with the judiciary, regulators, and other legal leaders to keep justice on track
Health Law Prof Blog
Pandemics, Travel Restrictions, and the Distancing from International Law
Fernando Dias Simões (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Pandemics, Travel Restrictions, and the Distancing from International Law:History shows that governments confronted with a pandemic tend to impose travel restrictions.…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
As masks and other safeguards go off, wariness about virus remains
The battle against the coronavirus pandemic has shifted anew with lingering wariness about the fast-ebbing Omicron surge, persistent concern about the still-high disease deaths, sustained worries about potential new viral…
Rudner Law Blog
2021: The Employment Year in Review – Part One
In the world of employment law, 2021 was a year of contrasts. Where some areas saw seismic shifts in the way the law was to be applied, others saw only…
Big Molecule Watch
Draft Senate Legislation Expands FDA’s QIDP Designation
On Tuesday, January 25, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) released a discussion draft of the…
Criminal
Two former Attorneys General recap criminal justice challenges two years into the pandemic
Two notable former US Attorneys General, Alberto Gonzales and Loretta Lynch, who are co-chairs of the CCJ National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice. have this notable new Hill commentary…
The Right Coast
USAID won’t give details on $4.67 million grant to Wuhan lab collaborator EcoHealth Alliance | Washington Examiner
A federal humanitarian agency won't answer key questions about its nearly $5 million grant to a research organization already under fire for its work at the Wuhan lab possibly linked…
Health Law Prof Blog
Intellectual Property Paradoxes in Pandemic Times
Peter K. Yu (Texas A&M University), Intellectual Property Paradoxes in Pandemic Times, 71 GRUR Int’l (Oxford U. Press) (forthcoming 2022):The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many paradoxes that raise complex law…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
As Omicron rips through hospitals, new governor lifts Virginia pandemic measures
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has thrust Virginia into the ferocious battles over evidence-based efforts to quell the coronavirus pandemic, with the newly installed Republican issuing executive orders to bar schools from…