McKool Smith has developed a resource center to help clients stay updated on legal and business developments that can help them navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update this section frequently with client alerts, media reports, and other content and other information.
Click below for legal alerts and news articles to help corporate policyholders properly assess their coverage for recouping losses due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Insurance Recovery
- News Report: "Increased use of M&A Deterrents may spur rise in D&O Litigation," featuring Kirk Dillman (Business Insurance, 05/06/20)
- Published Article: "How Law Firms Can maximize COVID-19 Insurance Coverage," by James Smith (Law360)
- Published Article: "Contracts Clause Unlikely to Impede Biz Interruption Laws," by Patrick Pijls (Law360)
General Litigation
- New Report: “‘There’s Going To Be a Reckoning’: A Look at Restructuring in 2021," featuring Hugh Ray (Westlaw, 1/3/21)
- News Report: "Holiday Season Won't Save Many Retailers in Pandemic Year," featuring John Sparacino (Law360, 10/23/20)
- News Report: "Coronvirus Could Push US Bankruptcies to Worst Levels in 10 years," featuring John Sparacino (Fox Business, 8/13/2020)
- News Report: "IP Insurers See Their Time as Now With COVID-19 in Background," featuring Robert Manley (Bloomberg Law, 06/25/20)
- News Report: "Covid-19 Has Commercial Real Estate Tied in Knots, As Lockdown Ease in New York City and Other Major Cities," featuring Courtney Statfeld (MarketWatch, 06/23/20)
- News Report: "Force Majeure Provides Questionable Relief for LNG Buyers as Covid-19 Pandemic," featuring Willie Wood (Reorg News, 05/13/20)
- News Report: "Law Firm Disrupted"-developments in the wake of COVID-19," featuring Lew LeClair (Law.com, 05/08/2020)
- News Report: "The Iconic Brands That Could Disappear Because of Coronavirus," featuring Hugh Ray (The Washington Post, 4/29/20)
- News Report: "3 COVID-19 Changes IP Attys Want to Keep & 1 That Must Go," featuring Scott Hejny (Law360, 4/2/20)
- News Report: "Coronavirus Disputes May Turn on Little-Known Clause," featuring Lisa Houssiere (Law360, 3/27/20)
- News Report: "Coronavirus May Hasten Arbitration Technology Boom," featuring Lisa Houssiere (Law360, 3/20/20)
- News Report: "Attorneys Optimistic Pandemic Won't Disrupt USPTO Filings," featuring Scott Hejny (Law360, 3/17/20)
- White Paper: "Legal Distancing: Reducing Your Odds of Catching/Spreading Trade-Secret Litigation in These Tumultuous Times.” by Robert Manley
- Published Article: "COVID in the Courts: Trends in Pandemic-era Commercial Real Estate Litigation," by Courtney Statfeld and Daniel Hendler (New York Real Estate Journal)
- Published Article: “'Independent Economic Value' Crucial In Trade Secret Cases,” by Robert Manley, Kevin McElroy and John Bone (Law360)
- Published Article: "International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact Of COVID-19 On Arbitration In 2020 And Beyond" by Lisa Houssiere (Mealey’s International Arbitration Report)
- Published Article: "Oil & Gas Companies Face Broader Exposure to FCA Liability Under COVID Stimulus Programs" by N. Cyrus Bayar (Institute for Energy)
- Published Article: "A case for experienced legal counsel on COVID-Era financial markets and products litigation" by Zach Mazin and Daniel Hendler (Westlaw)
- Client Alert: "Emerging Issues under the Payroll Protection Loan Program for Lawyers and Small Businesses," by Lewis LeClair, Michael Fritz, Steve Wolens and Gary Cruciani
- Client Alert: Changes in California Court Procedures Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
- Client Alert: Changes in the New York Court Procedures Amid COVID-19 Outbreak