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From: White Collar Law360 <newsglaw360.com> To: < Subject: Coronavirus: Your Afternoon Briefing Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:03:47 +0000 it aw360 Special Report Coronavirus Special Report Thursday, April 30, 2020 Follow Law360 TOP NEWS LAW FIRMS Akerman LLP Virus Decisions Today May Hurt Firm Retention Tomorrow Akin Gump Associates may be stuck in place right now as hiring has ground to a halt Allen & Overy during the coronavirus pandemic, but when opportunities open up again, how Arent Fox law firms handled the crisis could have a big impact on whether they retain top talent. Austin LLP Baker Botts Coronavirus: How Law Firms Are Handling The Downturn Baker Donelson UPDATED April 30, 2020, 12:46 PM EDT I The spreading coronavirus Baker McKenzie pandemic has upended the legal industry, forcing firms to cut salaries, lay off attorneys and make changes to summer associate programs. Here is a Ballard Spahr roundup of how law firms are responding. Belkin Burden Blank Rome Buchanan Ingersoll Furloughs Staff As Pandemic Continues Brafman & Associates Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC is among the ranks of law firms making Brown Rudnick employee and pay changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, confirming Wednesday that it has furloughed some staff members. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Buchanan Ingersoll 6 More BigLaw Firms Alter Summer Associate Programs Cadwalader Wickersham Six firms, including Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, Cahill Gordon confirmed Wednesday that they have changed their plans for summer Cleary Gottlieb associate programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Clifford Chance Texas Firms Plan To Play It Safe Reopening After COVID-19 Cooley Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is touting the first phase of his plan to reopen the Covington & Burling state after a monthlong shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic, but law Cravath Swaine firms in the Lone Star State say they're not in any rush to get their employees Crowell & Moring back into the office. DLA Piper CLOSINGS AND RESTRICTIONS Davis & Gilbert LLP Davis Wright Tremaine Coronavirus: The Latest Court Closures And Restrictions Debevoise & Plimpton UPDATED April 30, 2020, 2:05 PM EDT I As courts across the country take Dechert measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some are restricting access and altering their procedures. Here is a roundup of changes. Dentons Dinsmore & Shohl Coronavirus: The Latest EU Court Closures And Restrictions Duane Morris UPDATED April 30, 2020, 11:54 AM GMT I As courts across the region take Eckert Seamans measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, some are restricting Edelson PC access and altering their procedures. Here is a roundup of changes. Epstein Becker Green California Extends Criminal Trial Deadlines Another 30 Days Eversheds Sutherland EFTA00105252 In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Golden State's top judge Faegre Drinker on Wednesday added an additional 30 days to the deadlines for superior Fisher Phillips courts to hold criminal trials, bringing the total extension to 90 days. Foley & Lardner WHAT IT MEANS FOR ATTORNEYS Fox Rothschild Fragomen Del Rey COVID-19 Crisis Clouds Future For Electricity Sector Fried Frank The COVID-19 pandemic has the power sector facing ratepayer and Fross Zelnick contractual headaches due to declining U.S. electricity demand, as well as Gibson Dunn increased cybersecurity risks with more key utility employees working remotely. Here, Law360 examines three issues the power sector may confront Goldberg Segalla during the pandemic. Goodwin Greenberg Traurig 5 Types Of Suits Employers Are Bracing For Post-Pandemic Greenspoon Marder Employment attorneys are forecasting a wave of novel litigation once the dust Groom Law Group settles from the COVID-19 pandemic, including suits alleging employers shorted newly remote workers on pay or refused to provide time off Hinshaw & Culbertson guaranteed by the coronavirus leave law. Here, Law360 looks at five kinds of Hodgson Russ lawsuits employers can expect to see more of as the world tries to get back to Hogan Lovells normal. Holland & Knight New DOL Benefit Plan Guidance Embraces E-Disclosure Hueston Hennigan The U.S. Department of Labor's new guidance on employee benefit plans and Husch Blackwell the novel coronavirus pandemic hints that the agency is accelerating its Irell & Manella embrace of electronic disclosures for retirement savers, attomeys say. Jenner & Block K&L Gates Congress Presses FDA To Curb COVID-19 Testing Fraud Kelley Drye A congressional subcommittee is demanding that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration help curb what it says is a "flood" of fraudulent coronavirus Kilpatrick Townsend tests and has singled out four companies regarding the reliability of their tests. Latham & Watkins Levenfeld Pearlstein FTC Commissioner Says Virus Is Cutting M&A Review Burden Linklaters Although the COVID-19 pandemic has placed tremendous strain on antitrust enforcers, a decline in corporate transactions has spared agencies by Littler Mendelson diminishing the number of deals to review, a member of the Federal Trade Loeb & Loeb Commission said in comments made public on Wednesday. Lowenstein Sandler Lucas Magazine Watchdog Threatens Legal Action Over COVID-19 Refunds Manatt Phelps The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday it is prepared to take companies to court if they refuse to give customers refunds after events and Marshall Dennehey holidays are canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak. Mayer Brown McDermott Will Climate Groups Push Insurers For Green COVID-19 Recovery Mintz Levin Activist groups have urged insurers to use the economic recovery from Morgan Lewis COVID-19 as an opportunity to choose investment strategies that help fight climate change, waming that the insurance industry risks repeating old Munger Tulles mistakes if it fails to do so. Munsch Hardt Nelson Mullins 1st Challenge To COVID-19-Related Green Card Ban Rejected Nixon Peabody An Oregon federal judge on Wednesday rejected a certified class of green Norton Rose card beneficiaries' bid to enjoin aspects of President Donald Trump's green card ban, finding no connection between Trump's October immigration order O'Melveny & Myers that spurred the class action and his recent COVID-19-related ban. Ogletree Deakins Orrick Don't Trust Shkreli To Cure COVID-19, Feds Say Paul Hastings Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli's history of charging exorbitant prices for life-saving medication for personal gain came back to Paul Weiss haunt him as federal prosecutors pounced on his bid to be released to home Pepper Hamilton confinement in order to purportedly find a cure for COVID-19. Porter Wright Pryor Cashman EFTA00105253 Coping With A Pandemic: Edelson's Jay Edelson Quarles & Brady With distancing and isolation the new norm amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Quinn Emanuel Law360 is sharing reactions from around the business and legal community. Reed Smith Today's perspective comes from Chicago-based Jay Edelson, founder and Rivkin Radler CEO of plaintiffs boutique Edelson. Schiff Hardin EXPERT ANALYSIS Seyfarth Shaw Shearman & Sterling State Laws Cannot Retroactively Rewrite Insurance Contracts Sheppard Mullin State efforts to retroactively mandate business interruption insurance Shook Hardy coverage for pandemic-related losses are unfair to insurers and violate the U.S. Constitution's contracts, takings and due processes clauses, say Sidley Austin Kathleen Sullivan and Derek Shaffer of Quinn Emanuel. Skadden Slaughter and May Applying PPP Loan Affiliation Rules To PE Portfolio Cos. Spain Spain Portfolio companies' eligibility for Paycheck Protection Program loans is Stephenson Harwood complicated by their status as affiliates of their private equity sponsors, and uncertainty over how liberal and consistent lenders will be in interpreting the Taft Stettinius Small Business Administration's affiliation rules, say attorneys at Fried Frank. Troutman Sanders Venable LLP 6 Antitrust Considerations For Companies During Pandemic Vinson & Elkins While antitrust laws have not changed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the White & Case risk of crossing the antitrust line has increased substantially, say Jay Levine and Allen Carter at Porter Wright. Wilkinson Barker Williams & Connolly Wilson Sonsini Winston & Strawn Womble Bond Dickinson COMPANIES AXA SA Amazon.com Inc. American Bar Association American Immigration Lawyers Association Aviva SA Cardinal Health Inc. Facebook Inc. Google Inc. Henry Schein Inc. Insurance Europe Ltd. International Association of Insurance Supervisors Major Lindsey & Africa Medline Industries North American Electric Reliability Corp. Owens & Minor Inc. Retrophin Inc. SBM Offshore NV Swiss Re The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Turing Pharmaceuticals AG Twitter Inc. 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