Protecting Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the pandemic, many businesses continued operating without standard safety guidelines, endangering employee health. Legislation could help
COVID and the Law
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Read more: The Education Divide Caused by COVID-19 The Education Divide Caused by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and online learning have widened America’s educational inequality divide into a massive chasm.
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Read more: Unprecedented Expulsion of Immigrants at the Southern Border: The Title 42 Process Unprecedented Expulsion of Immigrants at the Southern Border: The Title 42 Process
In March, President Trump used a little-used public health rule, title 42, to restrict immigration at the United States’ land borders.
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Read more: Interview with Glenn Cohen Interview with Glenn Cohen
Professor Glenn Cohen, one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and law, to discusses covid vaccine distribution.
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Read more: COVID-19 and Undocumented Workers: A Catastrophic Confluence COVID-19 and Undocumented Workers: A Catastrophic Confluence
Undocumented immigrants remain particularly vulnerable as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the United States.
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Read more: Protecting Public Health Will Require a Culture Shift Alongside Legal Change Protecting Public Health Will Require a Culture Shift Alongside Legal Change
Flu deaths fell during the pandemic. If minimal burdens lead to less illness, we should implement virus-prevention practices long-term.
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Read more: Telework for Caregivers: A Gap in Employment and Disability Law Telework for Caregivers: A Gap in Employment and Disability Law
The workforce is filled with employees who are caregivers at home. These caregivers may need to work remotely but are not entitled to.
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Read more: Stay-at-Home Orders and Religious Freedom: How Courts Balance the Free Exercise Clause and State Emergency Powers Stay-at-Home Orders and Religious Freedom: How Courts Balance the Free Exercise Clause and State Emergency Powers
By Beshoy Shokralla In the wake of the initial impact of COVID-19, state governments rushed to respond to breakouts. The resulting executive orders led to widespread shutdowns that attempted to balance the reduction of contact between people and the institutions needed to sustain the population. While at first many accepted the necessary shutdowns, it didn’t…
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Read more: Decarceration and the Coronavirus Pandemic Decarceration and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Most jurisdictions have taken some steps to decarcerate during the pandemic, but they’ve only put a tiny dent in American mass incarceration.
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Read more: Contracts in the Age of COVID-19: A Look At Force Majeure Clauses Contracts in the Age of COVID-19: A Look At Force Majeure Clauses
Dow do Force Majeure clauses work? How can COVID-19 be a triggering event, as applied in recent cases?
