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Lawyers Fight For Their Careers While Fighting Long COVID

When Erica Taylor contracted COVID-19 in the summer of 2020, she had only mild symptoms and intended to work from home. “But then the brain fog hit and the fatigue hit. And I could not think my way out of a paper bag,” the 33-year-old Georgia attorney recalled.

The Big Picture: COVID Coverage Cases In Fed. Appeals Court

Federal appellate courts have taken divergent paths in grappling with COVID-19 coverage cases, with some waiting to hear from state high courts, others consolidating the suits and still more issuing ruling after ruling in favor of insurers who say policies don’t cover the economic stifling of a global pandemic.

COVID 2 Years In: Biggest Wage And Hour Issues

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, wage and hour issues around hazard pay, screening time and remote work have come up in litigation. With some of those cases still pending, issues remain unresolved. Here, Law360 looks at the pandemic’s biggest wage and hour issues.

EXPERT ANALYSIS

Remote Hearings Should Be The Default In Civil Litigation

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure impose an affirmative duty on courts to eliminate undue cost, so remote hearings should be the default in civil litigation even after the pandemic, while in-person hearings must justify their existence, says Joshua Sohn at the U.S. Department of Justice.