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COVID-19 Closes On-Campus Learning and Prompts Lawsuits from Students Seeking Tuition Reimbursement
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, colleges and universities were forced to make major adjustments in the wake of the public health crisis. Students were required to vacate residence halls, and traditional on-campus learning was replaced with online courses and virtual learning. Most agree that these steps were [...]
New Jersey’s Executive Order No. 112 on COVID-19 Response and Providing Protections for Front Line Health Care Responders
Governor Phil Murphy on April 1, 2020 signed Executive Order No. 112, authorizing the Division of Consumer Affairs to temporarily reactivate the licenses of recently retired health care professionals and grant temporary licenses to doctors licensed in foreign countries. The Executive Order also temporarily permits certain health care professionals to [...]
COVID-19 Response Team: Workers’ Compensation Work From Home Injuries
Our COVID-19 Response Team examines each jurisdiction where we have offices and discusses the implications of the pandemic on work from home injuries. Workers' Compensation Work From Home Injuries Newsletter - 5/29/2020
The Case Progresses: Remote Work, A Doctor’s Note, and Purported Layoff (or Unlawful Termination?)
This is a follow up to a post last week in which I provided a short commentary on a developing story about the Maine radio personality who was purportedly the subject of a claimed layoff. The long-time, seasoned employee claims she was terminated because she did not return to work [...]
Courthouses and Statehouses Consider Pandemic Coverage Claims
In early 2020, even as the COVID-19 virus spread beyond China and took root on the North American continent, industry analysts confidently predicted that U.S. property insurers would largely escape the pernicious effects of this pandemic in light of their policies’ "direct physical loss" requirements as well as virus exclusions [...]
Courtney M.M. Person Named Secretary of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
Morrison Mahoney Associate Courtney M.M. Person has been elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA) for 2020-2021. This is her first time holding a leadership position in the organization.
